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What It Takes to Plan a Modern Lab Renovation
Complex laboratory renovations require careful planning, phased budgeting, flexible infrastructure, and proactive strategies to address code conflicts and unforeseen conditions, enabling facilities to adapt to evolving research needs and emerging technologies
From Baked Beans to Scientific Breakthroughs: Northeastern’s Roux Institute
The Roux Institute project transforms Portland’s historic B&M Baked Beans factory into a flexible, all-electric research campus by combining adaptive reuse, advanced digital design, and Maine-sourced building materials to support evolving needs in digital engineering and life sciences
An Operations-First Framework for Lab Renovations
Renovating active laboratories offers a cost-effective alternative to new construction but requires a highly strategic, operations-centered approach to upgrade facilities and integrate new technologies while minimizing disruptions to critical, ongoing work
Optimizing Existing Labs for New Equipment and Workflows
As life sciences research rapidly evolves, existing laboratories require frequent, often urgent renovations, making close collaboration between designers, engineers, trade partners, and clients essential to efficiently and cost-effectively reconfigure lab spaces to meet changing scientific needs
Expanding Lab Capacity Through a Flexible Retrofit Strategy
The expansion of Ben Franklin TechVentures in Bethlehem converts existing space into flexible wet and electronics labs, using a retrofit approach and upgraded infrastructure to meet rising cross-disciplinary demand from early-stage life sciences and microelectronics companies while strengthening the region’s innovation ecosystem
Modernizing a Science Hub to Enhance Lab Safety and Research Infrastructure
NJIT is investing nearly $20 million to modernize Tiernan Hall’s mechanical, life safety, and laboratory systems, upgrading aging infrastructure to meet current codes, support advanced research, and improve energy efficiency while preserving the building’s legacy
Peer Review as Risk Management in Lab Renovations
Peer review serves as a structured risk management tool in laboratory renovations—especially in aging buildings—by objectively evaluating infrastructure, safety, and design decisions early, helping teams identify hidden gaps, prevent costly changes, maintain alignment with owner goals, and ensure flexible, high-performing facilities
Webinar Preview: Occupied Lab Renovations: Timing, Staging, and Installation
Renovating occupied laboratories requires balancing safety, schedules, and operational continuity—this Lab Design webinar features experts sharing practical strategies and lessons learned to help teams successfully navigate these complex projects
Modernizing a Mid-Century Lab for Current Research
The University of Louisville’s 1969-era Life Sciences Building is closed for a major renovation, replacing outdated mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and safety systems to modernize the facility, improve reliability, and support research and teaching well into the future
Planning for Sensitivity: Temperature, Vibration, and Power in Legacy Labs
Inside a 75-year-old, fully occupied academic building, McGill University is modernizing photonics labs while tackling challenges related to vibration, environmental control, and legacy infrastructure