Biology and Chemistry Labs Located Together on Shared Floors
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development (J&J PRD) recently completed construction of a new 186,000-sf addition to its existing 122,000-sf research complex in La Jolla, Calif. The complex, which can house more than 600 employees, features modular and open-plan labs, free standing lab space for specialty equipment, and shared floors for biologists and chemists.

New Research Facility Exemplifies Comprehensive Planning Process
Strategic planning is an all-inclusive term at the University of Alberta where constructing new facilities is done with careful consideration of achieving long-term project sustainability.

Using Design Policies and Guidelines to Create Safe, Efficient Biocontainment Labs
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Md., tackles the daunting task of operating six animal research facilities in two locations by adhering to strict design policies and guidelines. The experience will be an asset when the NIAID expands its program to include at least two more animal facilities and a third location by the end of 2007.

Themes, Teams, and Tools Drive Diversity
If there's a hallmark trait distinguishing the latest lab facilities, it would have to be diversity. Each new building is a one-off design that, while borrowing heavily from its predecessors, is custom-configured to meet specific occupant needs, according to Richard Rietz, Ph.D., a long-time lab consultant based in northern California.