NIAID Rocky Mountain Labs To Get Comparative Medicine Center

Drawing of modular multi-level structure

Artist’s rendering of the new Comparative Medicine Center at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana shows east view.

Drawing of modular multi-level structure with multi-story, window-less wall

Artist’s rendering of the new center shows south view.

birdseye view of two identical 1-story structures side by side, with several smaller storage units in foreground

These two 1960s era ARMCO buildings were removed to clear the site for the new center.

ground-level view of one-story barn-like structure with asphalt lane in front

Street-level view of RML ARMCO Bldg. The new center will be built at the site this building, and its twin, once occupied.

Drawing of multi-level building with upper-level modular bump-out.

Artist’s rendering of the new Comparative Medicine Center at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana shows west view.

NIH will construct a Comparative Medicine Center at its Rocky Mountain Laboratories facilities in Montana. The new building previously known as “Bldg. B” during the planning phase, will alleviate stress on other buildings for NIAID, as facilities now do not have adequate animal holding space. Current accommodations limit research that scientists are conducting on the RML campus.

The new building will allow NIAID to expand its research response to future infectious disease outbreaks. Funding for the new construction was made available through the CARES Act, which enables increases in Covid-19 research capabilities. The new structure will replace RML’s Armco I and II Bldgs., which were constructed in the 1960s. The Office of Research Facilities hopes to award a construction contract as early as this fall. The new center is estimated to be completed by spring 2024.

September 17, 2021

Vol. LXXIII, No. 19

September 17, 2021

Vol. LXXIII, No. 19

NIAID Rocky Mountain Labs To Get Comparative Medicine Center

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