Collagen Solutions is a company located in Eden Prairie, MN that develops, manufactures, and supplies medical grade collagen biomaterials for use in research, medical devices, and regenerative medicine.
In late 2021 HCM was hired for the Collagen Solutions expansion project through McGough Construction. McGough and HCM have a long-standing relationship working on various project types; a highlight is our work together on Biomedical Facilities. Collagen Solutions at the time was located in a small office space just across the road from the 6455 City West Parkway Facility that was purchased by the company in early 2022. The Facility is a total of 60,000 SF, 20,000 SF of which has remained a Tenant space for Collagen to rent out, knowing they may expand into that space in the future.
The project consisted of approximately 40,000 SF of interior build-out. Of the 40,000 SF, approximately 30,000 SF of the space was renovated into ISO 7 and ISO 8 level production spaces, supporting clean rooms, and mechanical spaces. All the clean room spaces were constructed of a demountable walls system with low wall return chases throughout and an open-air plenum above. Some other supporting labs are R&D, QC, Solutions Prep and Microbiology.
The production space is entered through a set of Men’s and Women’s Locker Rooms to begin the gowning process. Each production space / clean room is then entered through another gown room(s) with additional gowning requirements.
Some of the production space remains as shell for future expansion in place.
The floor finish throughout is an epoxy coating. There is very little built-in casework allowing for a lot of flexibility.
The Office Design kept most of the Private Offices off the windows allowing a lot of natural light throughout the Open Office environment. This created a very bright and inviting space for employees to come each day. The space also includes several Phone Rooms, Huddle Rooms, and other Meeting Rooms of various sizes. Lastly there is small Coffee Bar, Break Room, and Surgical Suite for customers to see work firsthand through an adjacent Customer Conference Room.
The Design Team included HCM Architects, Loucks (Civil), Paulson & Clark Engineering (Structural), and Dunham (MEP Engineering). The Team worked together from January 2022 - April 2022 developing the Design and Construction Documents. Construction began in late April 2022 and was completed in December of 2022.