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Empowering Breakthroughs Beyond the Gold-Plated Lab Designing Cost-Conscious, People-Forward Pharma Facilities
Pharma startups can design compliant, cost-conscious manufacturing facilities without over-engineering. A people-centered approach can support employee well-being, operational efficiency, regulatory requirements, and responsible growth
Research Building Upgrade Balances Energy Recovery and Continuous Lab Operations
A phased infrastructure upgrade at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Bressler Research Building replaced aging exhaust and heat recovery systems while keeping the occupied research facility fully ventilated throughout construction
Free Digital Event: Practical Ways to Improve Existing Labs
Lab Design’s free October 14 event will offer strategies for improving laboratory performance, planning cost-effective upgrades, and minimizing operational disruption
Why Precision Outperforms Excess in Cleanroom Design
Performance-based cleanroom design uses airflow modeling, process requirements, and validation to deliver the cleanliness needed without unnecessary infrastructure, energy use, or maintenance costs
Building a Lab Around What Users Need
For Baptist Health Jacksonville’s Gwendolyn Robles, the process of planning a new central laboratory has meant challenging old assumptions, involving frontline staff, and giving the project team time to get it right
Modernizing a Cleanroom for Next-Gen Semiconductor Research
Binghamton University's upgraded Nanofabrication Laboratory demonstrates how careful planning, infrastructure modernization, and cross-disciplinary collaboration can transform an aging cleanroom into a flexible research and workforce development asset
LLNL’s New Digital Backbone Positions National Security Lab for the AI Era
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's new Digital Infrastructure Capability Expansion facility delivers the resilient, scalable communications backbone needed to support AI, exascale computing, and the National Nuclear Security Administration's long-term infrastructure modernization strategy
USGS Fisheries Research Station Prepares for Move to Upgraded Facility
The relocation of a USGS fisheries research facility highlights how early planning and interagency collaboration can help maintain scientific operations during a laboratory transition
Workflow-Driven Design Positions Upgraded Nematology Lab for Advanced Research
The University of the Free State's upgraded Nematology Laboratory demonstrates how workflow-driven planning, researcher input, and flexible infrastructure can transform an existing research space into a high-performing facility
How Operational Excellence Elevated UNLV Facility to LEED Platinum
What transformed a LEED Silver medical education building into a LEED Platinum facility? The answer wasn't a redesign—it was what happened after occupants moved in