Facilities & Infrastructure - on demand webinar series
Join Lab Design and our experts for this free on demand virtual event as we discuss the basics of lab facility design, and the critical importance of lab infrastructure.
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Laboratories must meet specific standards in order to protect both people and products. Advanced equipment, chemical storage, and well-designed water, energy, and waste systems all play a role in developing a safe lab environment that allows researchers to produce reliable results. Additionally, labs must be able to accommodate the latest scientific and technological advancements—how do you know whether it’s best to build a new lab, or renovate an existing lab? How can you build a comfortable lab for today, with room for expansion tomorrow?
Lab Design will host its Facilities & Infrastructure webinar series on October 18, 2023. Hear from industry experts as they explain the basics of lab facility design, the critical importance of lab infrastructure, and the questions you need to ask when working with equipment manufacturers and suppliers. Register today for this free virtual event!
Learning objectives
1. Understand the importance of quality lab infrastructure
2. Determine when it’s time to build new vs. when it’s time to renovate an existing facility
3. Learn the questions you need to ask lab/facility management when beginning a project
4. Discover new techniques and strategies to design and build a flexible lab that can accommodate future, unknown technology
Lab Design is an AIA CES approved education provider
Sessions
The Importance of Quality Infrastructure in Lab Facility Design
11:00 am EDT
Discover how to prioritize the well-being of lab operators by seamlessly integrating safety and operability into your infrastructure design. This webinar will explore key insights to enhance lab facility design, by delving into critical facets that will reshape your approach to infrastructure planning, ensuring optimal safety, efficiency, and adaptability.
Learn how to create layouts that minimize impact, utilize service corridors, and establish a clear roadmap for safety-conscious infrastructure. Explore the realm of "Smart Planning" for the ever-advancing landscape of intelligent laboratory buildings. Our speakers will discuss standardization, efficient layouts, and future-proofing, while uncovering the cost-effective strategies that can save both time and resources.
Thinking beyond the conventional, by exploring processes for planning for emerging technologies. This presentation will help you understand the importance of accommodating highly technical equipment, estimating power requirements, and adapting to automation trends. Finally, learn to strike the right balance between cost, service, and maintenance when accommodating new process equipment loads. Discover strategies for capturing waste heat and optimizing infrastructure for evolving technologies.
Learning objectives:
Focus on the operator in terms of safety and operability
Understand the concept of "Smart Planning"—effective planning for increasingly smart buildings and owners
Discover how to plan for new technologies using outside-the-box thinking
Plan out considerations for future process equipment loads
This course is approved by AIA CES for 1 LU/HSW
Speakers
Skye Smith
Associate Vice President
Kirksey Architecture
Scott Paden
Corporate Director
Harvey/Cleary Builders
Simplify Safety: Solutions for Fume Hood Integration into Efficient, Modern Labs
12:30 pm EDT
In today’s rapidly evolving laboratory landscape, fume hood integration stands as a pivotal factor in achieving efficiency, safety and compliance. Designing or renovating a lab space involves meticulous attention to detail and fume hoods can impact nearly every design decision. Explore how integrating fume hoods during the initial planning phase enhances lab efficiency, optimizes energy usage, and ensures compliance with safety standards and building codes.
This presentation provides practical insights that will empower you to create cutting-edge laboratory environments that align with the evolving demands of modern research.
Learning objectives:
Learn about the benefits of effective fume hood design in a laboratory environment and how it promotes lab safety
Discuss the importance of integrating fume hood design into the initial planning phase of a laboratory project and how it impacts other design decisions
Explore the ways that fume hood design enhances lab efficiency and optimizes a lab’s energy usage, and helps labs adhere to safety standards and building codes
Discover how to implement a modern, cutting-edge fume hood design into a new or renovated laboratory environment
This course is approved by AIA CES for 1 LU/HSW
Speaker
Kasey Fulmer
Product Specialist
Labconco Corporation
Inclusive Laboratories: Design and Infrastructure in Support of Research and People
2:00 pm EDT
A firm commitment to inclusion and diversity by research organizations improves the potential for innovation, collaboration, and groundbreaking scientific advancements. The design and construction of the lab environment should also reflect this commitment in order to support both the research and the researchers. Ennead Architects associate principals Emily Kirkland, AIA and Lois Mate, AIA, co-leaders of the firm’s laboratory practice, will discuss strategies for the planning and design of equitable and flexible lab facilities that optimize research, support users, and build community.
Through a series of short case studies ranging from leading academic research labs to teaching labs and private labs, they will examine design considerations that create welcoming facilities that emphasize inclusivity, promote wellness, and help all users perform at their best, and will discuss the engagement process to reach those results.
Learning objectives:
Outlining key aspects of inclusivity in laboratory design, and identifying unique implications for teaching, academic research, and private research typologies
Evaluating constraints and opportunities within different space types for decisions that promote collaboration and inclusivity
Understanding how health and wellness design considerations support research environments
Identifying strategies for stakeholder engagement that result in programming and design concepts that optimize lab facilities
This course is approved by AIA CES for 1 LU
Speakers
Lois Mate, AIA
Associate Principal
Ennead Architects
Emily Kirkland, AIA
Associate Principal
Ennead Architects
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