CANCELLED 6/11/25

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Kansas State University
Mosier Hall and Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation Building Tours

Please join us for project presentations and building tours at Kansas State University.

Mosier Hall Clark & Enersen was hired to offer expertise in research laboratory design to help Kansas State University apply for $3.4 million in federal funding for a renovation of the 2nd floor of Mosier Hall. The NIH Grant was ultimately successful, and the university will receive full funding for the project. Clark & Enersen laid out a proposed core facility that would include an interior fit out of existing shell space on the 2nd floor, which will be consistent with the NIH DRM, and feature new window and skylight openings, as well as new equipment installed in an adjacent mechanical penthouse and on the roof area directly above the facility. Other features of the shell fit out include continuous cavity wall insulation and air barrier membrane, furred and painted interior faces of exterior walls, a composite steel structural floor, and a roof structure with steel girders and joists that support a metal roof deck, rigid insulation, and a TPO membrane roof system. The entirety of the 2nd floor shell space is a column-free area and all steel members are fireproofed to meet the rating requirements of the building. The core facility will also have six-foot-wide corridors, metal stud walls, cleanable acoustical ceilings, seamless epoxy resinous flooring, and card access systems. Laboratory spaces will meet BSL-2 NIH requirements. Four core research spaces will feature painted steel, fixed casework with epoxy counters, biological safety cabinets, lockers, and collaboration areas. There will also be a wide array of support spaces dedicated to sterilization of biohazardous materials; liquid nitrogen cryogenic freezers; manifold cylinders for equipment utilizing CO2 and N2; working cold room for DNA research; shared use chemical fume hood; and a dedicated server rack room for bioinformatic computing. Each of these facilities will be equipped with safety features such as eye wash and safety showers, clear egress paths, backup power, and cleanable durable materials.

Global Center for Grain & Food Innovation (GCGFI)
Clark & Enersen was selected by Kansas State University to design the new GCGFI, as well as to complete renovations at Call Hall and Weber Hall. The GCGFI will be a nearly 140,000-gross-square-foot facility with specialized teaching and research laboratories for grain, milling, and food science; flexible research labs for interdisciplinary investigation; a modern 160-seat lecture hall, and collaborative meeting spaces for students and research teams. This project will help to consolidate the department of Grain Science and Industry’s teaching and research programs, which are currently spread across five structures across the main campus. Call Hall improvements will include renovating and expanding the dairy bar and creamery/dairy pilot plant, refreshing public and common spaces, converting research labs on Level 1 into office space, and completing various building-wide electrical system upgrades. Renovations at Weber Hall will include ADA accessibility updates, building-wide electrical upgrades, updates to the Meats lab, abattoir, and classroom, research lab renovations/upgrades, converting a teaching lab into office space, and refreshing common spaces, among other improvements.

Thursday, June 12th from 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Mosier Hall Rm. P223, 1800 Denison Ave., Manhattan, KS 66506

Parking instructions to be announced at a later date.

CANCELLED 6/11/25

In the best interest of event participation, event will be rescheduled to a later date.

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