2024-11-24T05:14:56-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150205022/cdc-to-build-nation-s-most-advanced-infectious-disease-lab-in-atlanta Sean Joyner 2020-07-01T13:00:00-04:00 >2020-07-01T13:38:29-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/83/838927294a7b3cbfafbe22016cf5f8e8.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new 160,000-square-foot High Containment Continuity Laboratory (HCCL) facility is heading to Atlanta, where the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is planning to construction the nation's most advanced infectious disease research center.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.bdcnetwork.com/cdc-set-build-most-advanced-high-containment-laboratory-country" target="_blank">According</a> to&nbsp;<em>Building Design + Construction,</em> the new, facility will be part of the CDC&rsquo;s 2025 Masterplan at the Roybal Campus in Atlanta. The multi-story research building will increase the CDC&rsquo;s research capacity to sustain its diagnostic mission and will support its public health mission by helping communities prepare for, detect, and respond to consequences of public health hazards. The HCCL building will be a Biosafety Level-4 (BSL-4) facility and accommodate approximately 80 laboratory researchers.</p> <p>The CDC has selected <a href="https://archinect.com/flad" target="_blank">Flad Architects</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/Page" target="_blank">Page Southerland Page</a>, and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150072417/wsp" target="_blank">WSP</a> to design the HCCL building. McCarthy Building Companies will function as <a href="https://www.aiacontracts.org/contract-doc-pages/27151-construction-manager-as-constructor-cmc-family" target="_blank">Construction Manager as constructor</a> (CMc).</p>