Whether you’re forging a new strategic plan for research facilities, planning new construction or renovation projects, of pushing to get more from your research facility assets, don’t sign off on anything until you see the new options and solutions you should be programming for. Two days at this conference will save your institution millions of dollars in new options discovered and big mistakes avoided.
ISSUE: Higher asset utilization for research buildings is a top management issue. Plan for it. Here you’ll learn the latest plans for shared space and equipment, increased occupancy and equipment density, improved space utilization, and programmatically correct value engineering.
ISSUE: Flexibility to accommodate the increasing rate of change for research personnel, missions, and research tools is one of the top research-building requirements. Plan for it. At this conference you’ll examine the full spectrum of flexible-plan concepts on which the new lab buildings are being designed.
ISSUE: Team research is the big new science culture-shift that is here to stay. Growing expectations for research productivity, focus, and urgency, plus the new research methods demand it. Plan for it. Learn at this conference what this means for space planning models, circulation, fitups, infrastructure, and safety.
ISSUE: Faster, more efficient lab projects have become the norm. Slow, protracted planning/building cycles are out. Plan for it. At this conference you’ll learn about the advanced project models being used to by the majors in setting up lab building projects to start fast and move quickly and efficiently.
ISSUE: Open-plan labs are fast becoming the plan of choice. Plan for it. There are strong economic and programmatic reasons, and almost all new projects are going this way. Here you’ll examine the different styles of open-plan labs and learn which ones work and which ones don’t.
ISSUE: Special programs missions. Research buildings are increasingly housing a mix of imbedded spaces with exacting requirements to meet specialized research missions. Plan for it. Here, you’ll learn planning strategies for imbedded BSL-rated space, vibration-controlled areas, clean environments, and vivaria.
ISSUE: Security and safety are two big operating issues impacting research-building designs. Plan for it. Learn at this conference how new lab plans are solving safety risks connected with interdisciplinary research, the distribution and storage of dangerous substances and select agents, and access control.
Get ahead of the planning curve on these top issues. Get fully positioned for a fast launch of your next lab building initiative. Attend this conference along with other members of your group (including your key operating people who will have to run these buildings) and make this meeting an integral part of your 2004-2005 management plan.
I look forward to seeing you in San Francisco!
Steven L. Westfall
President
Tradeline, Inc.
WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING?
This conference has been designed and produced for project managers, group leaders, research department heads and financial officers who work for research-based corporations and institutions that own and occupy their own buildings.
In order to maximize your conference experience, Tradeline’s unique attendance policy limits attendance by representatives of firms that provide management consulting, design, construction, contract services or products to this audience to those who are making presentations or exhibiting at this conference.
