HERA | Health, Education Research Associates

HERA’s governmental experience includes clients from federal, state, county, and city agencies. We are involved in projects that include, among others, labs for:

We address a variety of environmental issues, energy efficiency, and pollution prevention.

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Laboratory Renovations

Centers for Disease Control

Building 17 Construction Review

State of New Mexico

Laboratory Services Building

District of Columbia

Consolidated Laboratory

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

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, North and South Tower (Building 54) Laboratory Renovations

North and South Tower (Building 54) Laboratory Renovations

Washington, DC

Client: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Size: 96,600 GSF

Construction Cost: $12 million

Completed: 2004

HERA Services: Lab programming, planning, and design

“HERA brought a lot of needed detail to the process to help the user understand what they were getting.

HERA deals with scientists and lab technicians and understands that balancing all the needs and the budget is a complex issue. HERA helped us all realize that. HERA provided the detail up front that saved us time and money later.”

— Russ Manning
AFIP
Washington, DC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Infectious Disease Laboratory Building 17

Courtesy Whiting-Turner

Infectious Disease Laboratory
Building 17

Atlanta, Georgia

Client: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Size: 276,462 GSF

Construction Cost: $40 million

Completed: 2002

HERA Services: Consulting and quality review for health & safety, constructability, and lab value enhancement

State of New Mexico, Laboratory Services Building

Courtesy Perkins + Will

Laboratory Services Building

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Client: State of New Mexico

Size: 192,000 GSF

Construction Cost: $65.8 million

Completed: currently in design

HERA Services: Laboratory programming, planning, and design

District of Columbia, Consolidated Laboratory

Consolidated Laboratory

Washington, DC

Client: District of Columbia

Size: 295,000 GSF

Construction Cost: $75-200 million

Completed: currently in design

HERA Services: Lab programming, conceptual planning, and process mapping