Construction planning

Abstract The NWRC Institutional Records were originally produced and/or collected in various offices at the NWRC including the Director’s Offices, Safety Office, Administrative Unit, Information Services Unit, Human Resources, and Research Laboratories. The records in Series I came to the archive between April 2009 and April 2016. Series II does not have any records and will house future records as they are accrued. Records in the NWRC Institutional Records collection are no longer active and have...

Scope and Contents

The Pre-Planning and Preparation series was received from Bill Dusenberry in 2001. It contains documents from 1994-2000 and contains all the pre-construction planning and research that occurred before the Outdoor Pens and associated buildings could be built. Includes cost estimates, architectural sketches, reviews, assessments, and email correspondences.

Abstract Planning for the Wildlife Disease Research Building began in January 2007. This building was to be attached to the east side of the Animal Research Building and Invasive Species Research Building. It would contain state-of-the-art BLS-3 facilities for research on wildlife and their diseases. The planning process had reached the Solicitation for Offers phase when the financial crisis of 2008 caused major budget cuts. This stalled the project and resulted in the decision to take a step...