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Robertson Life Sciences Building and Skourtes Tower

LEED Platinum fast-track multi-phase project at Portland's South Waterfront

Market

Healthcare

Location

Portland, Oregon

Delivery

Design-Assist

Overview

The Oregon University System and Oregon Health & Science University partnered on the 612,000 square foot Robertson Life Sciences Building (RLSB) — formerly the Collaborative Life Sciences Building — a new allied health, academic and research building.

Located on a state-of-the-art suburban campus within the urban fabric of the South Waterfront, the RLSB incorporates laboratories, classrooms, lecture halls, and retail space. The adjoining Skourtes Tower provides a premier education space for healthcare and dental studies.

 

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    Our Approach

    As a fast-tracked project with extensive pre-planning and prefabrication, our team utilized BIM and Lean processes to meet all project schedules.

    • Southland worked with MWESB firms and local unions to meet almost all diversity goals, resulting in:

      Apprentice — 22 percent
      Minority-owned — 23 percent
      Women-owned — 4 percent

    Faced with some logistical challenges due to the location of Portland's downtown South Waterfront, we worked closely with the design team in a colocation environment to ensure constructability of the HVAC scope of work.

    Result

    For this accelerated, multiphase project, our team successfully provided design-assist preconstruction, prefabrication, BIM, and installation of dry side mechanical HVAC systems. Additional highlights include:

    • Almost 5 million pounds of sheet metal ductwork

    • Approximately 16,000 hangers

    • 2,800 grilles/registers/diffusers

     

    • Successful Partnerships

      Owner: Oregon Health & Science University and Oregon University Systems
      GC: JE Dunn Construction
      Architect: SERA Architects

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