USDA National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Facility

Improving the sustainability of cold water marine aquaculture.

Location
Franklin, ME
Delivery Method
CM at-Risk
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