USDA National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Facility
Improving the sustainability of cold water marine aquaculture.
- Location
- Franklin, ME
- Delivery Method
- CM at-Risk
- Market
- Manufacturing / Industrial
- Client
- US Department of Agriculture
- Year Complete
- 2007
- Region
- Northeast
Project Overview
This new 40,000-square-foot aquaculture center created a new home for Atlantic Salmon research and development. The facility features wet lab space, fish containment and water treatment rooms, material/waste locks, a 2,000-square-foot effluent treatment building, two 3,000-square-foot research tank outbuildings, and specialized aquaculture tanks, systems and piping.
Work also included sitework, underground utilities infrastructure, leach field and underground propane tanks.
40,000
Square-Foot Research and Development Building
6,000
Square Feet Total Research Tank Outbuildings
2,000
Square-Foot Effluent Building