Confidential Pharmaceutical Campus
icon Mechanical is delivering design-assist mechanical and plumbing systems for a 156,000+ SF high-hazard pharmaceutical lab and administration facility for a confidential major manufacturer.
- Owner
- Pfizer
- Value
- $50,000,000
- Construction Manager
- Clayco
- Architect
- Forum Studio
- Industries
- Commercial
- Laboratory
- Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical
- icon's role
- Engineering
- Fabrication & Modular
- Mechanical Construction
- HVAC & Sheet Metal
icon Mechanical delivered design-build mechanical on this $200 million office and laboratory facility for Pfizer, the building where Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine originated. The three-story, ~300,000 SF complex now accommodates more than 600 scientists and researchers developing protein- and peptide-based biotherapeutics. A one-story portion houses the pilot plant, solution prep, warehouse, support areas, and loading dock, while the upper levels hold the laboratories, offices, and interaction spaces, along with an ISO 7 cell-bank clean room and OEB 5 lab space.
icon collaborated with Clayco to implement an innovative prefabricated utility core wall strategy for the laboratory spaces, shifting work traditionally framed and piped onsite by multiple trades into a coordinated off-site fabrication process that improved efficiency, quality, and installation speed.
Scope of Work
Central Utility Plant & HVAC
- 3,000-ton chilled water / cooling tower plant — N+1 redundancy
- 600 MBH steam plant — N+1 redundancy — for process demand and humidification
- 24,000 MBH high-efficiency condensing-boiler heating plant
- (11) air handling units for building cooling and heating
- Phoenix Valves providing pressure control throughout the lab spaces
Lab & Process Systems
- Biokill · CIP · High-Purity Water · Clean Steam
- Laboratory Gases · Compressed Air · Vacuum System
- Acid Waste Drain · HEPA Filtration
Specialized Environments
- ISO 7 cell-bank clean room · OEB 5 clean room
- Pilot plant · solutions prep
Engineering & Value Engineering
On a project of this scale and technical detail, icon's role demanded a complete understanding of how every component of the building would operate. Through modeling and planning, icon developed the most cost-effective, energy-efficient systems for the facility. Accurate, easy-to-understand preconstruction estimates were one of the keys to a strong working relationship across the full team of owners, developers, and trade partners. The result of this value-engineering approach: improved constructability, better system selections, more efficient design, and better market pricing.
Project Insights
- Origination site of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
- 3,000T CHW plant · 24,000 MBH HW plant · 600 MBH steam plant
- N+1 redundancy on both chilled-water and steam systems
- icon's award-winning modularization approach on this project shaved three months off the construction schedule and saved the owner over $1,000,000.
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