The Atlanta Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is home to several major infectious disease laboratories and performs much of the critical research for AIDS, Ebola, TB, and other deadly diseases. The headquarter’s campus houses 2,300 employees in approximately 1.3 million square feet of office and laboratory space. Since 1993, PBS&J has been involved in strategic planning, master planning, and site and civil engineering for the three CDC campuses located in the Atlanta metro area.
 
Master planning efforts performed for five- and ten-year periods beginning in 1993 and updated in 1997 outlined a building, renovation, and expansion program to ensure that the CDC maintained its first-rate status in protecting the health of the public. With the 19-acre expansion to the Clifton Road campus, PBS&J assisted with utility infrastructure analysis and master planning and designed a stormwater detention facility that consolidated flows from several detention facilities into one wet-pond system.

As part of the antiterrorism/force protection security planning efforts, PBS&J provided design services for the conversion of an existing building to a secure perimeter-based receiving and transfer facility, which significantly reduced vehicular traffic through the campus. PBS&J is part of member of several architectural teams responsible for the design of approximately 1.6 million square feet of additional office and laboratory space. PBS&J is also developing an alternate backup water storage facility for both the fire and domestic water systems on campus, which includes a 500,000-gallon tank.