ENR 2024 Midwest Best Projects
Best Project, Higher Education/Research and Award of Merit, Safety: Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building
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Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building
St. Louis
BEST PROJECT, HIGHER EDUCATION/RESEARCH and Award of Merit, Safety
Submitted by: McCarthy Building Cos.
Owner: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Lead Design Firm, Structural Engineer, MEP Engineer: CannonDesign
General Contractor: McCarthy Building Cos.
Civil Engineer: Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc.
WBE General Contractor: Tarlton Corp.
DBE Design-Build Contractor: KAI Enterprises
At more than 600,000 sq ft, the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building is one of the largest and most advanced neuroscience facilities in the U.S.
The 11-story building brings together over 100 research teams previously dispersed in 11 separate locations across the Washington University School of Medicine campus.
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The building is designed to facilitate greater interdisciplinary collaboration among medical school scientists.
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The research that the building makes possible aims to accelerate the development of new therapies, diagnostic tools and medications to treat Alzheimer’s disease, brain tumors, spinal cord injuries and other neurological conditions.
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Over the course of construction, more than 3,800 individual contributors received approximately 8,900 hours of safety training.
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Every trade partner with a total manpower of 40 or more maintained a full-time, onsite safety professional. These individuals participated in quarterly OSHA partnership meetings, biweekly project safety manager meetings and daily jobsite walks.
