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Custom University Labs: Attracting Top Talent with Design Collaborations
Universities are increasingly partnering with architects to design highly customized labs—often within aging buildings—to attract top-tier researchers, translating complex scientific needs into flexible, future-ready spaces that support cutting-edge discovery
Understanding Key Cost Drivers for Lab Construction Projects in 2026 and Beyond
Lab construction costs are driven largely by complex MEP systems, specialized design and equipment, regulatory and sustainability requirements, and location factors, with prices expected to continue rising due to material costs and trade policies
Overhead Service Carriers: The Key to Plug-and-Play Utilities
Stop tearing up floors to move a sink. Why overhead utilities are the ROI king of flexibility.
Colorado’s First: Pioneering Net-Zero Energy and All-Electric Life Sciences Design
The Ridgeway Science & Technology project in Boulder, presented at the 2025 Lab Design Conference, showcases how IMEG Corporation and Conscious Bay are pioneering Colorado’s first net-zero energy, all-electric life sciences facility through flexible, data-driven design and innovative energy storage solutions
Shaping a Sustainable Future for cGMP Facilities
The biopharmaceutical industry’s cGMP facilities are resource-intensive, but incorporating sustainable practices through holistic strategies—from process optimization to supply chain and MEP system improvements—can reduce their carbon footprint without compromising compliance, quality, or safety
Design Between the Lines: Should You Go Modular?
There are considerations that may tilt the decision one way or the other, and I address several of them herein