Explore Lab Resilience from the Ground Up at the Flooring & Walls Digital Conference
Lab Design’s Flooring & Walls Digital Conference, streaming live on June 26, offers a unique opportunity for lab end users, designers, facility managers, and architects to gain in-depth knowledge about a critical—but often underestimated—aspect of laboratory planning: the floors beneath your feet and the walls that surround your workspace.
This digital event, free to attend and available on demand after June 26, features three expert-led sessions. Attendees are encouraged to bring questions and actively engage with speakers during live Q&A segments, making this conference a highly interactive and educational experience. The webinars will be available for AIA continuing education credit.
Whether you're planning a new lab build, executing a major renovation, or conducting a routine optimization of existing spaces, this event will help you understand the role of material selection and structural planning in ensuring lab functionality, safety, and adaptability.
Materials Matter — Getting to the Bottom of Laboratory Flooring Selection and Design
🕚 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET | Presenter: Lori Ambrusch, Ware Malcomb
Choosing the right flooring is essential to lab safety and performance. This session dives into flooring material types for different laboratory environments and demonstrates how thoughtful flooring design—such as color schemes, patterns, and transitions—can improve workflow and reinforce standard operating procedures. Attendees will learn how early planning for flooring can prevent budget and design issues later in the project.
Supporting Laboratory Flexibility with Demountable Walls
🕧 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET | Presenters: Rebekah Gandy and Fannie Cheung, Gensler
Demountable walls are revolutionizing laboratory design by offering unparalleled flexibility, sustainability, and safety. This session will explore how modular wall systems can accommodate evolving research needs, promote efficient mechanical and electrical zoning, and support ventilation and pressurization strategies. Learn how to make your lab future-proof with this dynamic design approach.
Floor Vibration and Sensitive Environments — Ensuring Performance in Lab and Medical Spaces
🕑 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET | Presenters: Mohamed ElBatanouny, Christine Freisinger, and Richard Lindenberg, WJE
In labs and medical spaces, even minimal floor vibration can jeopardize research outcomes and equipment accuracy. This final session focuses on industry vibration standards, investigative techniques, and mitigation strategies. It's particularly valuable for teams working in adaptive reuse scenarios or complex, multi-use facilities.
Watch live or on demand
From the choice of resilient flooring to the integration of demountable walls and vibration mitigation strategies, this digital conference addresses real-world issues that impact lab safety, functionality, and longevity. Whether you're specifying materials for a biotech incubator, hospital lab, or academic research facility, this event is designed to provide practical insights and proven best practices.
Register now to attend live or watch on demand, and earn AIA CE credits while improving your lab design expertise.
