Accolades Begin for New UA Research Building in Downtown Phoenix
The University of Arizona Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building has received two awards for best new educational building.
Engineering News-Record, a weekly magazine for the construction industry, named it the “Best of the Best Higher Education/Research Project.” The competition identifies the nation’s “pinnacle of design and construction achievement” for projects completed between May 2016 and May 2017.
The $136 million, 10-story, 245,000-square-foot Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building houses research labs of faculty and scientists at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and its partners.
DPR Construction • Sundt Construction, Inc., a joint venture, managed construction of the building, which opened in February 2017. Architects for the project were CO Architects of Los Angeles and Ayres Saint Gross of Phoenix.
More than 700 projects were submitted in 20 categories for the ENR awards. The winning projects were featured in the March issue of ENR. All winners will be celebrated at an awards banquet in New York City on April 6.
Among the first tenants in the structure are the college’s Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine; the Research and Translational Flow Cytometry and Immunology Core Laboratory; the cancer research lab of William Cance, MD, deputy director of the UA Cancer Center; the cardiovascular research lab of Guy L. Reed, MD, MS, dean of the medical school; the UA Institute of Molecular Medicine, in partnership with Phoenix Children’s Hospital; and the UA Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, another UA College of Medicine – Phoenix and Phoenix Children’s Hospital partnership.
The UA has invested nearly $450 million in building projects on the downtown Phoenix Biomedical Campus and has nearly 1 million square feet of capital projects. In addition to the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix, the campus offers classes in the UA Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and the Eller College of Management.
About the College
Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to advance its core missions in education, research, clinical care and service to communities across Arizona. The college’s strength lies in our collaborations and partnerships with clinical affiliates, community organizations and industry sponsors. With our primary affiliate, Banner Health, we are recognized as the premier academic medical center in Phoenix. As an anchor institution of the Phoenix Bioscience Core, the college is home to signature research programs in neurosciences, cardiopulmonary diseases, immunology, informatics and metabolism. These focus areas uniquely position us to drive biomedical research and bolster economic development in the region.
As an urban institution with strong roots in rural and tribal health, the college has graduated more than 1,000 physicians and matriculates 130 students each year. Greater than 60% of matriculating students are from Arizona and many continue training at our GME sponsored residency programs, ultimately pursuing local academic and community-based opportunities. While our traditional four-year program continues to thrive, we will launch our recently approved accelerated three-year medical student curriculum with exclusive focus on primary care. This program is designed to further enhance workforce retention needs across Arizona.
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