Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Facility

Birmingham, Alabama

The Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Facility brings together researchers from a wide variety of fields to study important health issues such as diabetes and auto immune diseases, and conduct bone, bio engineering and brain research. The 12-story facility has 315,000 square feet of research and office space and consists of a concrete frame clad with brick, granite, glass and Alabama quarried limestone. One striking feature is a rotunda at the main entrance also clad with limestone and topped with a copper-roofed dome. The project was built on a confined urban site and had virtually no lay down room for material delivery. Hoar self- performed nearly 190,000 man hours and this magnitude of self-performed work coupled with the hazard exposure associated with a multi story concrete frame elevated even Hoar’s constant focus on safety. This project was brought in ahead of contractual completion date and was successfully completed with ZERO lost time accidents.