Net-Zero Energy Targeted for Physical Sciences and Engineering Building at Yale University

The preconstruction contract for Yale University’s $365-million Physical Sciences and Engineering Building project was awarded to Turner Construction Company.

This project will feature forward-thinking sustainability efforts, including carbon reduction to lower energy and carbon impact during the construction process. The building will also target net-zero performance and rely on a concerted prefabrication and Lean strategy.

The physics and engineering research complex will include a 253,000-square-foot research laboratory building, a 48,000-square-foot addition to Wright Laboratory and a 220-space parking garage. The facility will include an advanced instrumentation development center, research labs, offices, seminar rooms, social spaces, chemical safety facility and delivery services nodes. The multi-sequenced, multi-building project will demolish several existing buildings, including a chemistry safety building, laboratory and parking garage. In addition to the extensive demolition, soils remediation, major utility relocations and installations, as well as subterranean and above-grade structures are included in the scope of work.

The project is slated to begin construction in summer 2023 and complete in 2027, with an intensive preconstruction effort beginning in the summer of 2022.