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							                 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

                                      Request for
                          State Building Commission Action

                                        May 2006
                                       Project 06B2V


1.   Institution: The University of Wisconsin–Madison

2.   Request: Requests authority to increase the project scope and budget of the Health
     Emotions Research Institute (HERI) Addition project, located at the University Research
     Park, 6001 Research Park Boulevard, Madison, Wisconsin by $3,000,000 Gift Funds for
     a total revised project cost of $10,000,000 Gift Funds.

3.   Description and Scope of Project: This project will add 10,000 gross square feet (GSF)
     to the 32,000 GSF addition being constructed to the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute and
     Clinics (WisPIC) building under the terms of a land use agreement between the Board of
     Regents and the University of Wisconsin-Medical Foundation. Upon completion of the
     addition, the university will accept the completed facility as a gift-in-kind from the
     foundation.

     The additional 10,000 GSF will provide fourteen clinical and two research beds, four
     exam rooms, and associated support spaces such as reception areas, equipment rooms and
     offices for the UW Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Center.

     The Medical Foundation has solicited proposals for the additional work and received
     responses from three contractors, Boldt, Findorff, and Vogel. Pricing for the total project
     of 42,000 GSF will not exceed $10,000,000. The University of Wisconsin Medical
     Foundation has obtained gift funds for this additional work.

4.   Justification of the Request: The university has sleep related programs in five locations:
     (a) The UW Hospital and Clinics offers a Sleep Clinic, staffed by physicians with
     expertise in sleep disorders who see patients in consultation on any sleep disorder; and
     (b) a Sleep Laboratory, which provides specialized testing and treatment procedures. The
     clinic and the laboratory are located in approximately 1,000 assignable square feet (ASF)
     in the UW Hospital and Clinics building (Clinical Sciences Center (CSC)). A third (c)
     clinical sleep facility is operated by Meriter Hospital where UW clinical faculty perform
     diagnostic sleep studies. A fourth (d) location is in the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute
     and Clinics (WisPIC) at the University Research Park, 6001 Research Park Boulevard where
     research sleep studies are performed. Finally, (e) research sleep studies are done by UW
     faculty at the Medical Sciences Center (MSC) located at 1300 University Avenue. The
     first four sleep programs would cease operation and be consolidated at the proposed
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         HERI Addition and become the UW Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Program. Valuable
         space in both UW and Meriter Hospitals would be reassigned for more urgent clinical
         purposes. The MSC sleep center would continue.

         The original plan for the HERI addition included 4,000 gross square feet for a Sleep
         Research Program to be used by several faculty members with occasional need for
         clinical sleep research. At the same time, the UW Hospital and Clinics, UW Medical
         Foundation, and the School of Medicine and Public Health began planning for a
         comprehensive clinical and research sleep center that would draw on the expertise of
         approximately 20 UW-Madison faculty members now scattered at different locations
         described in the previous paragraph.

         The consolidated sleep program became a reality when the participating institutions—
         UW Hospital and Clinics, UW Medical Foundation, the School of Medicine and Public
         Health, and Meriter Hospital—came to agreement on consolidating their activities and
         this had not occurred when the initial project was submitted to the Regents and Building
         Commission.

         Locating the consolidated sleep studies and follow up clinics as part of the HERI addition
         will streamline the operation and improve the ability to perform research sleep studies.
         The waiting list for patients at any of the UW sleep centers is approximately four months,
         fragmenting care and requiring patients to wait several months to obtain a final diagnosis
         and treatment plan. Expansion at the HERI site will provide additional beds superior to
         those originally envisioned and within excellent proximity to our sleep researchers, many
         of whom are located in the WisPIC building.

         The additional funding will also be provided by a gift from the UW Medical Foundation.
         Upon completion of the addition, the university will accept the completed facility as a
         gift-in-kind from the foundation.

5.       Budget: Not Applicable.

6.       Previous Action:
         February 2006                  Approved the agency request and granted authority to construct a
                                        Health Emotions Research Institute (HERI) Addition of 32,000 GSF at
                                        an estimated total project cost of $7,000,000 Gift Funds.



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