Construction Underway on $27M Botany Building Renovation at UCLA

A $27-million upgrade to the University of California, Los Angeles has commenced, which includes an extensive renovation to the campus’ Botany Building. The project team includes BNBuilders and CO Architects.

The renovations at UCLA’s 4-level, 37,351-square-foot Botany Building include the building and an adjacent herbarium. The work consists of removing all existing interior partitions; mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and hazardous materials; and installing new MEP and life safety systems, new roof, entrance, accessibility upgrades, seismic upgrades, technical equipment upgrades and interior finishes.

When complete, the renovations will provide new wet and dry labs for research, classrooms for teaching and related support spaces. The project’s development and construction will be guided by standards for buildings eligible for listing on the National and California Registers of historic places, and will strive to achieve LEED Gold v4 certification. The project broke ground in February 2020, and is anticipated to be complete by summer 2021.

Rendering courtesy of CO Architects.