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The Tradeline BLOG is an online exchange of quick bits of breaking information, intelligent “briefs”, promising technologies, emerging trends, HOT concepts “overheard” at Tradeline conferences, and some rare, practical stats that will help you keep tuned to the capital projects and facility management profession.
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Flexibility and Project Planning
Know the churn rate for your lab spaces, and use that number in making flexibility investments. ("Everyone" knows churn for office space. Very few know the churn rates for their labs.) If you change out a space typically every 5 years, your plan...
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A standard for science buildings.
The standard flexibility investment you should make in a science building is allowing for 50 percent of the shaft space to be empty.
-From Tradeline's Science Buildings Canada 2005 Conference...
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Suggestions for reducing operating costs.
Open protocol systems and dual sourcing for building automation systems can save 20 to 25 percent on the cost of building control systems.
- From Tradeline's Science Buildings Canada 2005 Conference...
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Pointers for Construction
In planning new buildings, keep focused on the "why we're doing this project" and less on the "how." Build science buildings with the realization that they will go through continuous change and renovation from day one. If possible, always build in shell s...
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Is your turning radius adequate?
Check your parking structure plans for automobile turning radius. Published standards my not apply to your particular situation, and there is nothing worse than cars having to make two-point turns to enter the structure.
- From Tradeline's Science Build...
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Leading Edge Technology
VHP (Vaporized hydrogen peroxide) appears to be the main decontamination technology people are planning for.
- From Tradeline's Science Buildings Canada 2005 Conference...
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A Key Process
Energy modeling should be a major planning issue for science building projects. For more information on energy modeling, visit the Architectural Energy Corporation site or explore examples of energy modeling....
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