Forum H: Operations and maintenance of BSL facilities -- special processes, standards, costs

BSL facilities (levels 2, 3, and especially 4) are not your run-of-the-mill O&M missions. Safety and risk dictate that these facilities require very different processes, standards, skills, and budgets. Here, session leaders profile what O&M programs need to be for different types of BSL space in terms of cost/sf, facility performance measures, requirements for inspection, testing, and service delivery. They illustrate special procedures, standards, and staffing approaches for containment and security systems, HVAC, and housekeeping, and they outline strategies for O&M budgeting and cost control.

Hemisphere Engineering US, Inc.

Smith Carter Architects & Engineers, Inc.

Leaders:

• Gilles Tremblay -- Principal, Hemisphere Engineering US, Inc.
• Heather A. Smith -- Facility Management Strategist, Smith Carter Architects & Engineers, Inc.
• Canadian Science Center for Human and Animal Healt -- Les Wittmeier, Manager of Technical Services