Texas’s Top Projects - 24

Center for Targeted Therapy

PROJECT COST: $70,000,000

The Center for Targeted Therapy project is a 210,000-sq-ft addition to the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research and will accommodate the growth of existing research programs. The structural system is reinforced concrete beams and columns supported by drilled and under-reamed piers. For vibration-sensitive research equipment, the elevated floors were designed to meet a maximum vibration velocity of 2000 mips. An isolated slab-on-grade was designed for NMR equipment. The building will connect to the existing imaging research building on all six floors. It will join with the future University of Texas Health Science Center Research Park Complex via a 300-ft underground tunnel.

Key Facts

Location: Houston
Start/completion dates: March 2008/2011
Owner: The University of Texas/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
General contractor: Vaughn Construction, Houston
Architect: Courtney Harper Partners, Houston
Structural engineer: Rogers Moore Engineers LLC, Houston
Civil engineer: Rogers Moore Engineers LLC, Houston
MEP engineer: E&C Engineers and Consultants Inc., Houston
Major subcontractors: Walter P Moore, Houston; Turner & Townsend, Houston ; Shen Milson Wilke, Bastrop, Texas