New York officials have selected a joint venture of Gilbane Building Co. and Turner Construction Co., along with architect and engineering firm HOK, to design and build a $750-million public health laboratory project, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
New York’s Wadsworth Laboratory is the largest state public health lab in the U.S., New York officials say. It has played a central role in New York’s COVID-19 response. But its operations are currently spread across five facilities in New York’s Capital Region in the eastern middle part of the state, totaling about 900,000 sq ft, records show. Officials want to consolidate those operations into a single 750,000-sq-ft laboratory on the Harriman State Office Campus Complex in Albany.