SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTOR EXPERTISE: BUILDING COMPLEX PROJECTS AT THE SPEED OF DISCOVERY.

Because the Science and Technology markets continually advance, the complex demands of construction management in this sector do as well. Suffolk has deep experience here, building complex facilities unimagined even a few years ago. There�s the MIT Koch Integrative Cancer Research Center, for example, that joins bioscience with engineering and nanotechnology to fight for a cure. From bio-safety labs at the most secure levels, to surgical and transgenic labs, wet labs, cold labs and clean rooms, our work is state-of-the-art with an eye to the future to meet evolving technology needs.

�Expertise in estimating and the use of building information modeling. These two factors have enabled Suffolk to maintain the contract price and deliver the building ahead of the projected completion date. A smooth and efficient experience.�

� Assistant City Manager, City of Port St. Lucie, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies

SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION TO BUILD BIOPROCESSING CENTER AT UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH

Suffolk Construction has been awarded a $21.5 million contract from the University of Massachusetts Building Authority to manage construction on an innovative new bioprocessing facility for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth�

$21.5 million, 38,000 square-foot facility key component of heralded SouthCoast Biopark

BOSTON, MA, March 16, 2012 � Suffolk Construction has been awarded a $21.5 million contract from the University of Massachusetts Building Authority to manage construction on an innovative new bioprocessing facility for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Located on a four-acre site 10 miles off campus, the unique 38,000 square-foot facility will function as an incubator space for small life science companies in Fall River�s SouthCoast Biopark.

The one-story facility will provide a venue in which companies can test their bio-manufacturing processes at scale while paying a monthly rent that is lower than traditional lab space. This arrangement will allow these start-ups to generate new therapeutic materials for pre-clinical testing, as well as train their current and future workforce. This model will allow the Biopark to effectively grow successful life science companies, who may then locate into larger facilities within the park.

The state-of-the-art facility will feature a variety of laboratories including research, development, training, quality control, cell culture production, and purification suites. One feature of the project is a series of controlled access labs that will allow potential users of the facility to view cellular and molecular testing and drug development through glass partitions. A warehouse area, laboratory support spaces, lecture rooms, an office area, and parking for approximately 50 cars are also part of the scope.

Suffolk will work with Elkus Manfredi Architects on the project, which will include many energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable elements. At a minimum, the building will be LEED Certified and will include a small cogeneration system.

Construction will begin in April 2012. Upon its completion in 2013, the bioprocessing facility will be an important asset to the advancement of the life sciences industry within Massachusetts.

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