Project Archive Twin Cities Campus

Project Archive

Twin Cities Campus |East Bank: The Temporal Bone Lab, long a crown jewel of the University of Minnesota Medical School's Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, needs revitalization to ensure that the next generation of otolaryngologists is prepared to meet the needs of those with hearing loss throughout Minnesota and beyond.

This project is primarily an equipment replacement project that replaces an existing cart and tunnel washer with like equipment to support research operations within the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Building.

Twin Cities Campus |East Bank - Dwan Variety Club Cardiovascular Research Center (Dwan) was built in 1972 and consists of three floors (Levels 1-3).  Level three is currently used for research labs and offices. The total renovation area of 17,800 GSF will demolish interior partitions, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fixtures, equipment, and finishes to provide all new construction for modern, flexible research labs.

Twin Cities Campus | East Bank: This project renovates a 1,200 SF underutilized space in Moos Tower, room 1-712, to accommodate a new MRI for dental imaging. The scope includes asbestos abatement, minor demolition, and build-out of a suite of rooms to support a Magneton Free Max .55T MRI unit.

Twin Cities Campus | St. Paul - The Suite 32 Reconfiguration project involves interior demolition and renovation of 5,400 GSF on the ground level of the existing McNeal Hall in Saint Paul to create a signature departmental teaching studio space for the College of Design

Twin Cities Campus | East Bank - This project will convert the CHP plant to a Combined Cooling Heat and Power Plant (CCHP) to meet the Twin Cities Campus Master Plan projected demands, and resolve current peak cooling day “brownouts." 

Twin Cities Campus | East Bank - This project renovated approximately 20,100 sq ft on the 4th Floor of the Philips‐Wangensteen Building (PWB) for a new active learning classroom and five active teaching labs with associated lap support, office, and storage for the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP), as well as a new Medical School Admissions office space. The Renovation also included facility upgrades.

Twin Cities Campus | East Bank - This project renovated the 18,000 gsf second floor of the Dwan Variety Club Cardiovascular Research Center Building in the Health Sciences district of the East Bank Minneapolis campus. The renovation demolished the existing individual inefficient labs to create contemporary open wet bench research labs with shared core facilities.

Twin Cities Campus | East Bank - This project installed a new wet fire protection system for all floors of the five (5) buildings. The project upgraded the required fire/smoke/CO2 detectors along with existing devices, to ensure the buildings have a fully functioning and code‐compliant installation.

Twin Cities Campus | East Bank - This project renovated 11,300 SF of existing space in the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, located in Murphy Hall. Spaces enhanced by the renovation include lower‐level classroom spaces, media lab library, broadcast studio, and adjacent support space.