On Mar. 19, 2015, a contract was awarded to DGR Grant Construction of Richland, Washington, to build a new chemistry laboratory building at the DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

The facility was identified as the number one research space need at PNNL. It will support a broad range of research missions at PNNL and includes features to make the building easier to modify for specific projects.

At approximately 16,000 square feet, the single-story building will cost about $7.5 million to build and furnish. It will feature 10 chemistry labs and a small complement of workstations for researchers to use while conducting their experiments. It will be located on the north end of PNNL’s core campus in Richland near the corner of Stevens Drive and Horn Rapids Road, adjacent to the nearly complete Systems Engineering Laboratory.