SETTING UP A LABORATORY

1. SETTING UP A LABORATORY Jim McElwain College Architect

2. THE LAB HAS A LAB WHICH HAS A LAB

3. THE LAB BRADFORTH HAS A LAB CHEMISTRY WHICH HAS A LAB LASER

4. LABORATORY TRANSFORMATION BEFORE AFTER

5. The Design and Construction Team

6. PROJECT PHASES • Project Planning • Defining Functional Areas • Identifying Personal Preferences • School and Department Coordination • Project Initiation • Establishing Budget and Schedule • Capital Construction Coordination • Project Design and Documentation • Preparing for Bidding and Construction • Architect/Engineer Coordination • Project Implementation • Construction Contract • Building Permit • Contractor and Inspector Coordination • Project Completion • Occupancy and Operation • Facilities Management Coordination

7. Defining Functional Areas • Wet Laboratory • Occupied space with extensive plumbing and chemical fume hoods • High potential for spills

8. Defining Functional Areas • Wet Laboratory • Dry Laboratory • Regularly occupied space with benches, tables, instrumentation • Low potential for spills

9. Defining Functional Areas • Wet Laboratory • Dry Laboratory • Support Spaces • Not regularly occupied for extended periods • Equipment Rooms • Instrument Rooms • Plant or Animal Rooms • Environmental Control Rooms

10. Defining Functional Areas • Wet Laboratory • Dry Laboratory • Support Spaces • Student Space • Assigned space for post-docs and graduate students • Unassigned space for undergraduates • Group space for meetings

11. Defining Functional Areas • Wet Laboratory • Dry Laboratory • Support Spaces • Student Space • Offices • P.I. Office • Laboratory Staff • Research faculty • Conference Rooms

12. Identifying Personal Design Preferences Relationship between Laboratory Space and Student Space STUDENTS WITHIN LABORATORY OR STUDENT SUITE REMOTE FROM LABORATORY

13. Identifying Personal Design Preferences Relationship between Laboratory Space and P.I. Office OFFICE WITHIN LABORATORY OR OFFICE SUITE REMOTE FROM LABORATORY

14. Identifying Personal Design Preferences Relationship between Openness and Enclosure OPEN LABORATORY OR ENCLOSED LABORATORY

15. Identifying Personal Design Preferences Relationship between Windows and Lab STUDENT STATIONS BY THE WINDOW OR LABORATORY BENCHES BY THE WINDOW

16. Identifying Personal Design Preferences Colors, Materials and Finishes WOOD CABINETS SUSPENDED CEILING PATTERNED FLOOR OR METAL CABINETS OPEN CEILING MONOLITHIC FLOOR

17. Project Initiation

18. Project Initiation

19. Project Schedule DESIGN 18 WEEKS Planning Occupancy BID 6 WEEKS CONSTRUCT 20 WEEKS

20. Typical Project Hazards • Disabled Accessibility • Fume Hoods • Sink and faucets • Counter top and cabinets

21. Typical Project Hazards • Disabled Accessibility • Laboratory Exhaust • Fume Hoods • Vertical shafts • Spot exhaust

22. Typical Project Hazards • Disabled Accessibility • Laboratory Exhaust • Electrical power backup • Generator • UPS • Alarms

23. Typical Project Hazards • Disabled Accessibility • Laboratory Exhaust • Electrical power backup • Code Requirements • LA Research Reports • UL Labels • Chemical Quantities • Occupancy Classifications

24. Typical Project Hazards • Disabled Accessibility • Laboratory Exhaust • Electrical power backup • UL Listing and other Code requirements • Waste Water Management • Acid Waste piping • Building Clarifiers • Sediment Traps

25. Typical Project Hazards • Disabled Accessibility • Laboratory Exhaust • Electrical power backup • UL Listing and other Code requirements • Waste Water Management • Purified water • Purification levels • Water distribution • Spot Polishers

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