Life Sciences Building
State University of New York at Albany
Albany, New York
RBA performed the structural design of this two-story, 170,000-square-foot building which houses state-of-the-art laboratories for research occurring at the frontiers of contemporary science.  The facility also houses a basement-level vivarium, offices, conference rooms, and an auditorium for the Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology departments of the university.  The $39 million building is steel-framed with cast-in-place foundations.   The design criteria included limits on floor vibration in laboratory areas.  Hillier Group, Inc., was the Architect.