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Click on a video below to current updates on the Biological Sciences Facility, Computational Sciences Facility, or the Physical Sciences Facility research complex.
I recently meandered through the 60,000-square-foot Ultra-Trace Laboratory with lead engineer Robert Steele. The labs are state-of-the-art-specifically designed to accommodate the research that will be conducted there. I was especially intrigued by the six foot by six foot cube encased with shielding floor to ceiling and on both sides to control electromagnetic interferences. The Ultra-Trace Laboratory will be the first facility to be completed that comprises the Physical Sciences Facility research complex. Equipment and staff begin moving into the building in early 2010. Take a look at the video to see construction progress.
Curious about the status of the MS&T building? Want to take a peek inside? This issue of the Scoop video news blog features Technical Group Manager Mike Rinker who describes the science that will be located in the new facility. Construction Manager Jeff Pittman brings us up to date on the construction progress and Associate Laboratory Director Mike Schlender talks about the long-term significance of modern infrastructure at PNNL.
Benjamin Franklin once said, "A penny saved is a penny earned." The replacement facilities being built through the Capability Replacement Laboratory project will save more than dollars and cents in operating costs. They are expected to be more environmentally sustainable and net a 30 percent reduction in energy consumption compared to facilities that are built to industry standards. Mary Ann Wuennecke, the Scoop guest reporter, interviews scientist Kim Fowler, Energy & Environment Directorate, and architect Gary Watkins, Facility and Operations Directorate. The two were among a team from PNNL who were awarded a 2009 EStar Award by the Department of Energy. The CRL facilities are being built to U.S. Green Building Council Standards LEED-Leadership in Energy and Environment Design-standards.
The Office of Science took another inside look at construction of the Physical Sciences Facility and progress on extending the operating life of the 325 Building. The good news is the review team is extremely pleased with PNNL's progress. The project remains within budget and on schedule for a 2011 completion.
About $17 million in outlying year funding was moved into FY09 to complete construction of the Physical Sciences Facility research complex and upgrades to the 325 Building, also known as the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory.
PNNL recently turned over the 3760 Building located in the 300 Area to Washington Closure Hanford. The facility, now operated by WCH, is still occupied by Laboratory scientists.
PNNL Scoop reporter Mary Anne Wuennecke takes us inside the Ultra-Trace Laboratory, which is one of five new buildings that comprise the Physical Sciences Facility research complex.
Forty feet below the surface . . . about the height of a 4-story building . . . lies a research laboratory that will contain scientific capabilities that can't be replicated anywhere else in the world.
Are you curious to see how construction of the Biological Sciences Facility and the Computational Sciences Facility is progressing? Click on the video news story to see that latest progress. Those facilities are still on schedule to be completed in late September.
It’s amazing to see buildings emerge from barren ground when steel beams are positioned into place and then begin to outline the shapes of PNNL's future laboratories.
