Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Hanley-Hardison Research Center

Project location:  Torrance, Harbor UCLA Medical Center

About Client:  LA BioMed, affiliated with the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, is one of the largest independent not-for-profit biomedical research institutes in the country. The Torrance facility is housed in a collection of converted World War H hospital buildings, along with a few more contemporary facilities, at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center campus. They focus on promoting the role that technology transfer can play in getting innovations to the public sooner; four startups have launched since 2001. LCS Constructors in assisting LA BioMed with their expansion plans. 

Project Description The Hanley-Hardison building named after two former board chairwomen, will enable LA BioMed to be more innovative.  They will have a more efficient space and have people closer together so they can collaborate better, interact and synergize.  The 14,372 square foot research laboratory will combine six departments under one roof, and bring together 14 of LA BioMed’s leading researchers in the fields of medicine, pathology, psychiatry, neurology, surgery and obstetrics/gynecology.

Expected Completion Date: 6/10/08

Architect and/or Engineer:        Lundstrom & Associates

Major subcontractors:
K.A.R. Concrete
Champ Steel
Hale Glass
Talent Air
A&F Electric
Atlas Sheet Metal
Coolbaugh Masonry. 

Key LCS personnel
Robert Wiggins – Project Manager
Steve Lynch – Project Engineer
Dave Storvis – Superintendent
Kevin Gonsalves – Plumbing