Berkeley Lab: What Happens Next?

manager Robert Hartman said the company's corporate offices in Canada received a call Monday informing the business it had made the cut for the next round of properties to be of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 

"We're pleased to be included on the list," Hartman said this week. "It was an honor to be included. Now we're going to work with the lab, the cities of Albany and Berkeley, the Board of Regents, and the university on taking the project to the next stage."

There were 21 applicants who hoped to be , which will allow for the consolidation of leased research facilities now scattered around the East Bay. The university Monday.

"We had put a lot of work into our submittal and we're pleased to be considered to be worthy to make it to the next step," said Hartman. He said both Albany and Berkeley officials have written letters of support for the project. 

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Hartman said racetrack officials are waiting for more details from the university about what it will need to do next. He said it's not yet clear whether racetrack operations would cease, or what kind of information the track will be asked to provide. 

"I wouldn't make any assumptions until we see the next phase of the process," he said. 

The university will send a more specific request for information to finalists either this week or next, Hartman said. 

"Until I get that and review it, I'm not sure what we'll be asked to provide," he said.

Jon Weiner, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab spokesman, said the finalists will be invited to the lab to make presentations about their proposals. There will be site visits and community outreach. There will be geotechnical surveys. And there will also be negotiations with all the parties involved.

Weiner said scheduling is still going on to determine when the initial presentations will take place. 

The meetings will be a chance for the lab to hear more from applicants about what they have in mind for the project, Weiner said. 

Learn more about the selection criteria in the Request for Qualifications document above. 

Read more about the history of the project on Berkeleyside.

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