Treanor Life Sciences

Treanor Life Sciences team is preparing for another Tradeline presentation. Treanor's Dale Glenn, Design Principal and Jennifer Kulseth, Laboratory Planner,  together with Dr. Glen Marotz from KU School of Engineering will be presenting on integrated engineering research facilities. The session will use the Treanor designed KU School of Engineering's new interdisciplinary research facility Materials, Measurement and Sustainable Environment Center (M2SEC). The Tradeline 2012 International Conference on Research Facilities will be in Scottsdale Arizona on April 23-24.

Presentation synopsis

University of Kansas School of Pharmacy won another award: 2011 Associated General Contractors of Kansas Award of Excellence.

"My heartiest congratulations for a job well done. I hear so many people not connected with the university or with the project bragging about the beauty and functionality of the facility after they have toured the building. Very good work by all." Warren Corman, University Architect and Special Assistant to the Chancellor (Ret.).

Treanor Architects is proud to announce the launch of its new Sustainability Committee. The committee was formed as a grassroots effort within the company to serve as a resource and advocate for environmental sustainability. Through the incorporation of sustainable practices, educating employees and clients, and creating an environmentally responsible outreach program, this committee will address firm-wide needs in the area of environmental consciousness.

The group is led by two sponsoring principals and also of representatives from each of Treanor’s design studios:

• Justice – Sponsoring Principal Andy Pitts, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
• Interior Design – Sponsoring Principal Audrie Wenger, IIDA
• Student ...

Kansas State University's fast track Large Animal Research Center porject has won a prestigious Design Build Award. The project and the Design Build team which included McCownGordon Construction LLC, Kansas City, Mo.; Treanor Architects, Lawrence; and K-State officials, will be recognized at an awards ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 20, in St. Charles, Mo.

Tradeline highlights another Treanor Life Sciences project in an exclusive report: The relocation of the Comparative Medicine Group's Large Animal Research Center at Kansas State University (KSU) was truly a fast paced project. It was designed and constructed in just nine months in order to make room for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). Click on the link below to read the full project profile.

Want to learn more about planning & design of modern labs and lab MEP systems? Attend the pre-conference training session at Tradeline's College and University Science Facilities conference in Scottsdale Arizona on October 12th. Treanor Life Sciences Principal Tim Reynolds is one of the four experts teaching this course which offers 6 AIA CEU's and 6 HSW Hours.

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The results are in! Click on the PDF icon above to see the feedback from the 2011 Science Facility Design Symposium hosted by Treanor Life Sciences. 

Check out the progress of Treanor LIfe Science's newest KU project: the School of Engineering's multidisciplinary research building - Measurement, Materials and Sustainable Environment Center. Below is a link to the Lawrence Journal World article published Sunday August 14, 2011.

July 26, 2011 Construction photo

july 26, 2011 Construction photo

After one full year of occupancy, the School of Pharmacy building on the KU West Campus continues to please the students, faculty, staff and public. “This building was built with the student in mind,” Davis says. “They really did a good job making it so that you can do everything you need to do right there in that building” (Fred Davis, 5th year Pharmacy student in an article in Lawrence Journal World, August 14, 2011). Link to the full article is below.

South stair enclosure, outdoor dining, plaza area, and medicinal garden connect West Campus pedestrian traffic to a full service dining facility located within the building.

Mortar & Pestle Cafe

Interior view of south stair

FEMA Shelter & Student Locker Room

Treanor Life Sciences hosted a very successful 1st Annual Science Facility Design Symposium at the KU School of Pharmacy building on July 28th. The three presentations included: 

• "Demand Based Controls for Laboratories" by Gordon P. Sharp, Chairman, Aircuity, Inc.
• "Construction Costs: Past/Present/Future" by James Vermeulens and Blair Tennant with Vermeulens Cost Consultants
• "Laboratory Containment Equipment" by Brian Garrett and Luke Savage with Labconco Corporation.

The audience consisted of facilities personnel and design & construction management personnel from area universities, researchers and project managers from regional private companies, as well as engineering consultants, all interested in current trends in science ...

Tim Reynolds, Treanor Life Sciences Engineering Principal opening the symposium.

Gordon Sharp with Aircuity and Brian Garrett with Labconco

Blair Tennant and James Vermeulens from Vermeulens Cost Cnsultants

Pre-Symposium tour of the new KU Pharmacy building.