HERA | Health, Education Research Associates

HERA specializes in developing innovative medical research and teaching laboratories for academic clients. We have strong capabilities in functional areas such as:

Other areas where we can help include: grant proposal assistance, benchmarking, EM/NMR suites, vibration isolation, and lab ADA/life safety audits.

Indiana University and
Purdue University

Research Institute III

University of Kentucky Medical Center

Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building

University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine

ABSL-3/BSL-3 Research Laboratories

University of South Dakota
School of Medicine

Lee Medicine and Science Hall

Please contact us for additional information on these select examples or a complete list of our academic medical laboratory projects.

Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University, Research Institute III

Courtesy BSA LifeStructures

Research Institute III

Indianapolis, Indiana

Client: Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University

Size: 240,000 GSF

Construction Cost: $57 million

Completed: under construction

HERA Services: Laboratory and animal facility planning and concept design

University of Kentucky Medical Center, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building

Photo by Matt Wargo for VSBA

Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building

Lexington, Kentucky

Client: University of Kentucky Medical Center

Construction Cost: $35 million (building)

Completed: 2005

HERA Services: Master planning; site selection; laboratory and vivarium programming, planning, and design

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, ABSL-3/BSL-3 Research Laboratories

ABSL-3/BSL-3 Research Laboratories

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Client: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Size: 5,200 GSF

Construction Cost: $7.1 million

Completed: currently in design

HERA Services: Prime architect providing laboratory and animal facility planning and design

University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Lee Medicine and Science Hall

Courtesy Koch Hazard Architects

Lee Medicine and Science Hall

Vermillion, South Dakota

Client: University of South Dakota School of Medicine

Size: 157,000 GSF

Construction Cost: $37 million

Completed: under construction

HERA Services: Laboratory and vivarium planning and design