KU’s New
Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
A massive redevelopment project is underway at the University of Kansas, and AT Industries is helping KU pave the way to incredible new discoveries in medicine, chemistry, physics, engineering, molecular biosciences and related fields.
Master Plan
As part of the university’s master plan, the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building is one of the core academic buildings being constructed to satisfy the evergrowing enrollment in the fields of scientific research. The building’s purpose will focus on collaborative learning, providing advanced laboratories where students will use modern scientific equipment and work together to learn about and conduct research relating to advanced sciences.
Advanced scientific research is predicated on exact measurements, temperatures and having access to necessary tools and substances. The All Temp division of AT Industries is the team KU selected to make sure each of the labs, plants and research facilities in the more than 280,000 square foot building are properly equipped with the basic tools that enable advanced research.
Advanced Insulation
Specializing in insulation, All Temp’s duties at the KU jobsite included installation of advanced insulating material. The insulation used on the piping and ducting throughout the building serves in a number of capacities. First and foremost, AT’s professional insulators make sure that gases, fumes and liquid delivery systems are transporting these materials under perfect conditions for the safety and efficacy that researchers, instructors and students need.
As with many new buildings, a second and extremely important goal for KU is to create a sustainable building. Energy efficient technologies heat, cool and power the new facility, and coupled with the extremely efficient insulation AT installs, the university enjoys significant cost savings as well as a substantially reduced ecological footprint.
Teaching Facility
Given that the new research facility is also a teaching facility, students will have the opportunity to learn how the facility itself functions with onsite visits to the plants and machines that power the new building. In addition to observation decks, AT was asked to color-code the piping’s insulation in the plant facilities and in areas throughout the building, giving engineering students
the opportunity to study thermodynamics and the types of real-world systems they will be designing outside of the classroom (see photo above). The “live learning lab” will host students from several disciplines once it is fully operational.
This integrative approach to both construction and teaching make the new Central District at the University of Kansas a standout among research universities in the region. All Temp started work on the project in early 2017 and plans to have its portion of construction completed by the end of the year. All pieces of the new facility are expected to be completely operational by the summer of 2018.
Industrial Cold Water Pumps
Next Generation
Working in concert with other contractors like J.E. Dunn, AT Industries is helping to create the future for both the University of Kansas and the country’s next generation of creators and builders. All Temp’s close collaboration with other contractors makes it possible to build complex structures fast and with all the right pieces that make it functional, safe and efficient.
