University Medical Center - National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
The NEIDL facility is a 191,000 gsf housing state-of-the-art BSL-4 and BSL-3 biocontainment laboratories and associated BSL-2 laboratories, animal, insectary, clinical research, and research support space. It is located on the Boston University Medical Center campus. The facility will serve as a national resource for efforts in conducting clinical and laboratory (in vitro and vivo) research and testing on hazardous biological agents in support of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Biodefense agenda.
Hemisphere Engineering is responsible for overall management and coordination of engineering services. Specific design includes: HVAC and mechanical systems, control systems, Biowaste and security systems. The biowaste treatment system is composed of three 1500 gallon steam sterilization tanks and will treat approximately 9,000 gallons per day. A 600 lb. tissue digester will also be installed to dispose of animal carcasses from BSL-3 and BSL-4 spaces.
The major scientific components of the program include animal housing for animal research studies, cellular and animal imaging technologies for clinical specimen study and whole body imaging, core support laboratories for specimen processing and production, and basic biomolecular BSL-2 laboratories to conduct basic molecular microbiology research.
Scheduled completion in 2008.
