Strategic planning and execution: Lessons from a rapid ABSL-3 build

Best practices identified from COVID-19 research facility initiatives should prepare your organization to pivot toward today’s urgent research demands and timely funding opportunities. Session leaders profile a Stanford University ABSL-3 facility case study and distill fast-track planning and execution models for efficient and effective project delivery. They illustrate key decision points, processes, and checklists for rapidly building stakeholder engagement and consensus on site selection, navigating permitting and regulatory requirements, aligning containment needs with design, and commissioning processes that ensure successful operations from day one.