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Commissioning the systems of your containment laboratory.
Commissioning for biocontainment space takes longer than you think – plan on at least 5 – 6 months. A CL-3 facility is a single large machine so that if one system goes down the whole space goes down. Plan your facility design and operational ...
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Necessary spaces for science facilities.
A common mistake in new science buildings is to have too few meeting rooms and too few offices. It is in the meeting rooms and offices where science “happens.”
- From Tradeline's Science Buildings Canada 2007 Conference.
Explore the leading ...
| | 7.21.07
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Compare designs and drawings.
Do a careful review for the consistency between project specifications and drawings. Contractors will build to the drawings, and if that doesn’t match the project specs, fixing an inconsistent detail can be costly and time-consuming.
- From Tradel...
| | 7.19.07
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Considerations for green roofs.
Sustainability is no longer an option. To some degree or another it is a planning issue for all science building projects. If you are thinking about a “green” roof, get your safety and maintenance people on board with what kind of green roof t...
| | 7.18.07
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Guidelines for lecture halls and technology-rich classrooms.
Lecture theaters should have “cheat screens” at the back of the theater that lecturers can see. This makes for a more powerful, engaging, and video-recordable lecture environment. Be aware that there is a serous question as to whether tiered c...
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Energy savings for labs.
A robust HVAC setback system for unoccupied labs that have fume hoods may make heat recovery from lab exhaust un-economic due to the large energy savings already realized with the setback system. The ROI for presence sensors that control air setback...
| | 7.10.07
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The driver of building design.
Core facilities are driving building designs. They impact the locations of labs, offices, stairways, and hallways. Plan new buildings with this idea in mind. An often overlooked planning fact is that core facilities are expensive and inflexible. Don&rsquo...
| | 7.7.07
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Planning tips for encouraging collaboration.
Facilities that rate high on the Interaction Index have wide circulation corridors in which casual seating areas can be arranged, cafés with food service, and generous, open common space to eat and meet. Successful interaction spaces always involve...
| | 7.5.07
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The atrium - a key to collaboration.
Bringing diverse science groups together is a common science building planning theme, and how you do that should constitute a major planning activity. Almost no interdisciplinary science building is being built without an atrium. The trick is to have a re...
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Building features that attract and retain PIs.
Reduction in funding from government sources puts a premium on recruiting researchers who can attract grants and donations. That makes recruitment features in building projects a good place to invest project dollars. Views are inexpensive recruiting and r...
| | 7.2.07
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A strategy for securing donations.
You can improve your prospects for construction and equipment financial donations if your building is planned to allow separate floors to become separately named institutes or science centers.
- From Tradeline's Science Buildings Canada 2007 Conference.
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