BioTech Six
BioTech Six
600 North Fifth Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Size: 191,000 square feet
Cost: $63,000,000
Year Opened: 2003
Features: Three-story, 191,000 square-foot, $63 million office and laboratory facility for the Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS). DCLS performs over 4 million public health and consumer protection tests a year for agencies of the Commonwealth of Virginia, local government, federal agencies and other states. DCLS is Virginia’s confirmatory laboratory for the national Laboratory Response Network, and is the PulseNet Regional Laboratory for the mid-Atlantic region. DCLS is a member of the Food Emergency Response Network and the Radiation Emergency Analytical Laboratory Network, and provides emergency analytical support for Virginia, neighboring states and federal agencies, particularly in response to terrorism, public health and environmental emergencies throughout Virginia and the Central Atlantic states.
Tenant Listing
- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Tests the integrity of seeds sold in Virginia, certifies standard weights and performs plant pathology services. Several VDACS specialty laboratories are housed in BioTech Six.
http://www.vdacs.state.va.us/
Susan Reed, Manager Seed Laboratories
Phone: (804) 786-8795
Email: Susan.Reed@vdacs.virginia.gov
Dale Saunders, Programs Supervisor Metrology Laboratory Phone: (804) 786-2476
Email: Dale.Saunders@vdacs.virginia.gov
- Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services
Provides analytical testing services to the commonwealth of Virginia and other states as requested through state and federal agencies. Laboratory staff conducts more than 3 million scientific tests each year on air, water, food, gasoline, animal feeds, fertilizers and other substances to help ensure a safe and healthy environment for Virginians and others. DCLS also tests blood samples from all infants born in Virginia as part of the state's newborn screening program. Formed in 1972 when laboratories at several Virginia agencies combined to provide more efficient and cost-effective testing, DCLS was the first consolidated laboratory in the nation to offer a wide variety of scientific testing in support of state programs. Other DCLS services include examination of human specimens for disease control and providing laboratory inspection and certification services as required through the Safe Drinking Water Act and Food and Drug Administration. Testing capabilities have expanded in recent years. DCLS now performs selected testing for the states of West Virginia, North Carolina and New Jersey. In addition to routine testing, DCLS may be called on to respond to various health and environmental emergencies in Virginia.
http://www.dgs.state.va.us/DivisionofConsolidatedLaboratoryServices/tabid/453/Default.aspx
James L. Pearson, Dr. P.H., BCLD, DGS deputy director
Phone: (804) 648-4480, ext. 150
Fax: (804) 371-7973
Email: jpearson@dgs.virginia.gov
Thomas L. York, Ph.D., director Bureau of Analytical Services
Phone: (804) 648-4480, ext. 151
Fax: (804) 371-7973
Email: tyork@dgs.virginia.gov
