New York State is planning a 114,500-square-foot Central Testing Laboratory for the Department of Transportation at the Harriman State Office Building Campus in Albany. The purpose-built facility is designed to bring materials and traffic-signal testing together, with a one-million-pound testing frame, an overhead-crane-equipped operations center and specialized signal-testing space. Official records list a construction contract running from June 29, 2026, through September 26, 2029; they establish the contract schedule, not the project’s precise construction progress.
What the new NYSDOT laboratory is designed to do
The existing NYSDOT laboratory function is spread across two outdated buildings, according to the New York State Office of General Services (OGS) project overview. The new Central Testing Laboratory, Project 47528, is planned for the Harriman State Office Building Campus in Albany. Its design consolidates testing and support functions in a purpose-built facility.
OGS says the laboratory is intended to enable more than 100,000 tests annually. That is the agency’s stated planned capacity, not a verified operating result. OGS describes the aim as enabling DOT “to perform over 100,000 tests annually with increased efficiency and effectiveness.”
How the 114,500-square-foot facility is organized
OGS describes a 114,500-square-foot facility composed of a four-floor main laboratory building and two separate high-bay sections. The agency’s figures break down as follows:
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| Facility area | Area | Planned function and features |
|---|---|---|
| Main laboratory section | 97,354 square feet | Four floors, space for 17 core laboratories and support services; the high-bay strength lab is designed for a custom testing frame rated at one million pounds. |
| Drillers Operation Center | 9,084 square feet | Separate high-bay section with vehicle bays and an overhead crane. |
| Traffic Signals Laboratory | 8,085 square feet | Separate high-bay section with an environmental chamber and traffic-signal testing wall. |
The specialized areas point to a facility intended to accommodate more than conventional bench testing: the strength lab’s large-capacity frame, vehicle bays and overhead crane, and dedicated environmental and signal-testing features are incorporated into the building program.
Building systems and energy design
OGS says the laboratory will use a closed-loop geothermal heating and cooling system, with wellfields extending 800 feet below the surface. The facility is planned to be fully electric apart from an emergency generator, and level-two EV chargers are included for fleet vehicles. These are design specifications, not evidence of measured energy use after the building opens.
In its project overview, OGS describes the “new 114,500-square-foot laboratory” as featuring geothermal heating and cooling with wellfields extending 800 feet below the surface, as well as “a high-bay warehouse and garage.”
What official records establish about the contractor and schedule
The Office of the New York State Comptroller’s Open Book New York contract record lists a construction contract amount of $150,499,000 and a contract period from June 29, 2026, to September 26, 2029. Those dates describe the contract, rather than independently verifying when particular site work began or what stage it has reached.
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OGS separately gives an estimated construction cost of $150 million or more. Its bid-results page for Contract No. 47528-C lists Pike Construction Services, Inc. as the low bidder at $150,499,000, with four other listed bids ranging from $154,390,000 to $164,267,000. OGS labels those bid results unofficial and informational; the Comptroller record is the cited source for the executed contract amount and dates. The bid-results page was last updated September 10, 2026.
The contract timeline extends to 2029, but the official records cited here do not provide a dated construction-site progress report. They therefore do not establish a percentage complete, a current field-work phase or a confirmed groundbreaking date.
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OGS identifies CHA Consulting Inc. as the prime design consultant. The named sub-consultants are Envision Architects, DPC; LERA Consulting Structural Engineers; and Naik Consulting Group, PC.
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