Client Portfolio

GSK Campuses

Rockville, MD

Heffron has delivered mechanical construction across one of Maryland’s most significant life-sciences campuses in Rockville — from the original 650,000-square-foot research headquarters built for Human Genome Sciences to follow-on work supporting the site’s later use as a global vaccines R&D center under GSK.

The campus has since passed through three major biopharma owners, a testament to the lasting quality of the facilities Heffron helped build.

Featured Projects

Rockville, MD

Human Genome Sciences | World Headquarters

Rockville, MD · Capital Research Campus

GSK | Campus Buildings & Labs

Rockville, MD · 9800 Medical Center Drive

Human Genome Sciences | Area 2, Building B

Rockville, MD • Completed Nov 2003 · MEP Engineer: RMF Engineering

Human Genome Sciences | World Headquarters

Human Genome Sciences | Area 2, Building B

When Human Genome Sciences acquired a group of existing buildings from Life Technologies at 9800 Medical Center Drive, the program called for transforming a corporate office property into a working research environment. Heffron self-performed the mechanical scope to convert Building B from pure office space into a mixed office and laboratory facility ready for HGS science.

Crews installed acid waste piping, laboratory and medical-grade gas systems, clean compressed air, laboratory vacuum, and a new RO/DI pure water system on the second floor to feed the building’s expanded lab utilities. Heffron also set, piped, and coordinated start-up for the owner-furnished Kuhlman electric steam boiler and autoclave.

Heffron managed start-up, test and balance, and delivered complete turnover packages for every new and existing system. The full conversion was completed in five months — on a live campus, alongside ongoing operations — with zero jobsite injuries.

Inside the Build

Rockville, MD · Capital Research Campus • 14200 Shady Grove Road — GSK Vaccines R&D Era

GSK | Campus Buildings & Labs

Following GSK’s 2012 acquisition of the Rockville Capital Research Campus, Heffron performed mechanical construction on select campus buildings and laboratories supporting the site’s use as a global vaccines R&D center.

The work continued a relationship that began with the original headquarters build — the same crews returning to the same campus, now under a new owner and a new research mission. Maintaining mechanical reliability across an active biopharmaceutical environment, where uptime and validated performance carry direct programmatic weight, defined every phase of the scope.

Inside the Build