Vanderweil provided commissioning services for Boehringer Ingelheim’s new 100,000 sf R&D complex in Ridgefield, CT. The facility houses biology and structural chemistry research labs, lab support spaces, tissue culture, pharmaceutical drug discovery, x-ray diffractometry labs, mass spectrometry labs, researcher and director offices, loading dock, and a two-story commons area. 

The project included a site utilities design for sanitary and storm drainage piping, high-temperature hot water and chilled water, fire loop, domestic water, 13.8 kV primary electric service, 480 V normal secondary power, emergency power, and a generator farm. The design team sized and routed site utilities for three additional buildings.