Project details

MSU-B Life Sciences Building | Billings, MT

Firm: Dowling Architects
Size: 83,000 sf
Role: Design Professional & Project Manager – Value Engineering, CDs & CA

Life sciences teaching and lab building for Montana State University Billings. The project resumed after a multi-year funding pause and required significant budget realignment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Helped restart the project using existing schematic design documents, updated owner priorities, and revised budget requirements.

• Led value engineering and space planning revisions to bring the project back within budget while maintaining essential teaching, lab, and support functions.

• Helped prepare and coordinate architectural construction documents, including coordination with structural, MEP, lab, and specialty consultants.

• Assumed day-to-day construction administration coordination during the construction phase, including RFIs, submittals, site observations, punch list items, and project communication.

• Coordinated design intent, laboratory requirements, consultant input, owner needs, and construction-phase field conditions.

• Led LEED Gold certification documentation and submittal coordination.

Certification: LEED Gold.