Description

The Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL) addition is a new “sister” facility to the existing west-adjacent IBRL and adds 32,366 gross square feet for use by the College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences (ACES). This addition, or “IBRL 2.0,” is a Group-B Business occupancy, Type II-B, non-combustible two-story structure. The site, consisting of 1.95 acres of disturbed area, is bound by Pennsylvania Ave. to the south and Goodwin Ave. to the east. Parking lot F4 and a shared route for bicycles and pedestrians are adjacent to the north and are rerouted and modified within the project’s scope. The central feature of IBRL 2.0 is a roughly 7,500 square foot highbay bioprocessing pilot plant. This complements the existing IBRL’s roughly 7,700 square foot processing bay to which it is connected by a service corridor sized for forklift circulation. The addition also abuts the existing IBRL’s Volatile Extraction space, adding two adjacent Volatile Extraction rooms, more than doubling the capacity for these activities. Deliveries and service access for IBRL 2.0 are made on the north side of the building, simplified by a new truck dock with a leveler. This utility area connects to the original IBRL’s service yard. In addition to these key features, IBRL 2.0 contains a traditional laboratory space with benches and fume hoods, office and administrative spaces, and accommodations for meetings, events, presentations and tours. The project is pursuing LEED Silver certification, under the LEED v4, BD+C rating system.
Refer to Division 01 of the technical specifications for a complete, detailed breakdown of the base bids and alternates for this project.

This project includes a Project Labor Agreement that will be executed between the lowest responsible/responsive bidder and the East Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council. A copy of the Project Labor Agreement is included at the end of Section 00 90 00.

This project is partially funded with Federal funds from the United States Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration and therefore is subject to the Federal laws and regulations associated with that program.

Further, the Board of Trustees cannot commit any HUD or local funds and will not award a contract on this project prior to the university receiving environmental clearance from the HUD environmental clearance.