ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical, anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah Research Park and its Department of Pathology. ARUP Building #4 is a 220,000-SF, five-story building that serves as the centerpiece for the ARUP compound. The design is an “open lab” to allow for new and changing technologies and began with the demolition of an older building on campus to provide new parking. 

To ensure that onsite laboratories can operate continuously without disruption, the electrical and HVAC systems guarantee immediate backup if a system goes down. The building has noticeably higher ceilings to accommodate automation tracks and structural safety features as well as increased rigidity to minimize vibrations that can interrupt or harm sensitive instruments. The state-of-the-art HVAC system will save ARUP an estimated $300,000 annually in heating and cooling costs.

The project team added four new generators to the facilities existing two, as well as a heat recovery system on the roof that returns heat generated from the building back into the building. In some instances, duct work that is over 20 ft wide is found running through multiple floors to allow a high rate of air exchange. All of this technology and design allows ARUP to process thousands of specimens daily. The building is also tied to the existing building number three via a bridge, allowing material and samples to move freely between them.