Breathitt Veterinary Center

Hopkinsville, Kentucky – Christian County

Murray State University (MSU) Hopkinsville Regional Campus needed to replace their aging lab built in 1958, so Marcum Engineering and Bacon Farmer Workman (BFW) were entrusted with the Breathitt Veterinary Center project. The new state-of-the-art facility is 53,000 square feet, and it required multiple services to complete such as:

• Civil design
• Site design
• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Plumbing

The new facility will be the only Biolevel 3 Certified Lab in Kentucky, addressing the high-level pathology work with bacteria, virus, and parasites that are a high-level threat to human and animal populations. Security systems have been elevated to reflect the new BS level 3 lab spaces. In addition, the center will also continue to serve as a teaching facility for MSU’s veterinary technician program, as well as serve the pre-vet and pre-med students. All classrooms are state-of-the-art and outfitted with 21st-century technology. Marcum Engineering and BFW are proud the project was awarded a LEED Silver and of their involvement in creating an innovative and progressive laboratory to support education and advancement for students and researcher at MSU.

This project is a LEED Silver awarded project.