Case Studies

This high-profile institutional client needed a BSL level III space to accommodate a newly grant-funded research project. Beyond the typical issues of schedule and cost, compliance issues as well as environmental health and safety concerns were paramount given the urban setting and potential public perception of this type of research space in a densely populated area.

An optical technologies manufacturer needed to triple their manufacturing capacity due to increased customer demand. Additional optical cleanroom area was needed, which required additional process piping with temperature control, pressure, and flow within allowable tolerances.

A new building was required for this high-tech client as they expanded their R&D space. In addition to a new class 10 cleanroom, metrology, and chemical gas and liquid storage space, they needed additional office areas, and auxiliary spaces.

As part of a multi-year research initiative, this prominent East Coast university needed to build-out a suite of research spaces to accommodate a grant-funded nanotechnology lab.With an impending deadline for completion, schedule became the driving force to complete the design process and get long-lead items on order early in the project, which forced a cohesive basis of design be developed very early in the project.

This quickly expanding research university had embarked on a multi-phased expansion project for its health sciences departments. This newest building, dedicated to biological-based research, required strictly controlled spaces for a variety of research activities, necessitating multiple mini-environments contained within one building envelope.