Ramaley Biology Building Expansion

Ramaley building expansion

Project Overview

Construction start date:December 2019
Anticipated move-in:Spring 2020
Approved budget:$21.8 million
Gross square-footage:27,378

 

About the project

The new three-story addition to the Ramaley Biology Building will provide the Integrative Physiology program--the second largest undergraduate major on the CU Boulder campus--with new state-of-the-art research facilities. The addition will provide space for the faculty and staff currently housed in Carlson Gymnasium, as well as space to accommodate two new faculty hires for the growing program. It will include a conference room, clinical and wet lab spaces, and offices for faculty, staff and graduate students.

Project Updates

May 2020:

  • The interior is complete minus a few minor changes.
  • The furniture is installed.
  • The sitework including Pleasant Street and the Norlin dock to be completed by the end of May.
  • Landscaping and Sewell Field sod to be installed once campus irrigation is turned on.
  • Move in of the IPHY staff and faculty on hold.

February 2020:

Site

  • Norlin vault lid was waterproofed

Building envelope

  • Window installation completed on north elevation
  • All windows now installed
  • Clay tile roofing and gutters installed

Interior

  • Flooring: Tile in hot/cold tub rooms and elevator corridor completed
    • Final grind of all exposed concrete floors
  • Millwork continued to be installed with lab casework on 2nd floor
  • All casework now installed
  • Drywall completed in stairwell finishing started
  • Final painting is complete on all floors

Mechanical systems

  • Mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) rough in complete
  • Mechanical grills, convectors and restroom fixtures installed
  • Electrical trim continued on all floors

Finals

  • Remove all protection from floors, counter tops, walls, doors, etc. 
  • Final clean of floor 2 and 3

December 2019:

Site

  • Set vault for electrical transformers between Norlin Library and IPHY
  • Work continued on electrical installation for main power

Building envelope

  • North side stone installation continued at main entry and curtain wall elevation
  • Window installation continued

Interior

  • Acoustical ceiling tile (ACT) installation continued on 2nd floor and began on 3rd floor
  • Tile in restrooms and elevator corridor began
  • Millwork was installed in ready areas on Levels 1 and 2
  • Polished flooring continued on Level 2 in corridors

Mechanical systems

  • Rough-in of duct work, hydronic and waste piping is ongoing and pressure testing is continuing all systems
  • Main duct work at shafts is ongoing
  • Rough-in within Norlin vault continued
  • Mechanical grills were being installed on Level 1 after ACT grid

Dec. 7, 2018: It is almost time for construction to begin! Construction site fencing goes up Dec. 21, with work commencing soon after. Relocation of underground utilities will occur over winter break. Pleasant Drive and Sewall Field to the north of the construction site will be closed throughout the project for staging, beginning Dec. 21.

  • Sewall Field will remain closed throughout the Ramaley project for construction staging.
  • The portion of Pleasant Drive between the Ramaley construction site and Sewall Field will also remain closed throughout the project. The main pedestrian detour will route pedestrians along the east, north and west sides of Sewall Field.
  • Construction noise could at times impact nearby building users.