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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
Cleanroom Fundamentals: Layout, Workflow, and Compliance Considerations
Designing a cleanroom requires early, process-driven planning that balances contamination control, regulatory compliance, specialized infrastructure, and user needs, because these highly controlled environments must be tailored to the science they support
The "Dance Floor" Lab: Designing for Maximum Flexibility
Research changes faster than construction. If your benches are bolted to the floor, your lab is already obsolete.
An Engineer’s Approach to an Integrated and Innovative Research Institute
At the 2025 Lab Design Conference, AEI principals Blythe Vogt and Holly Lattin showcased the University of Arkansas’s I³R building as a model of sustainable, flexible, and modular lab design that integrates energy-efficient systems, adaptable floorplates, and forward-thinking engineering to support evolving interdisciplinary research needs
Designing Dual-Use with Precision: Laboratory-Manufacturing-Office Integration at the Eurofins Environment Testing Laboratory in Tinley Park
A next-generation laboratory approach emphasizes flexible, modular planning and resilient infrastructure to support high-precision, 24/7 operations while accommodating changing workflows, business growth, and long-term adaptability
The Prefab Revolution: Modularization Reshaping the Laboratory Landscape
The 2025 Lab Design Conference session, “The Impact of Modularization and Prefabrication on Laboratory Design and Construction,” highlighted how off-site fabrication of structural elements, utility systems, and entire rooms can accelerate schedules, improve safety, and increase efficiency in lab projects
The Next Breakthrough in Science Won’t Happen in a Lab—It Will Happen in How We Design Them
Scientific breakthroughs depend on life sciences facilities designed from the inside out for flexibility, adaptability, and early strategic planning, enabling research and manufacturing spaces to keep pace with accelerating discovery and deliver life-saving therapies faster
Maximizing Lab Efficiency with Flexible Design and Strategic Location
Selecting the right site, creating adaptable lab spaces, and planning operations carefully can help emerging biotech teams scale effectively with minimal disruption
Leveraging Lab Design in a Shifting Life Science Market: Designing for Adaptability
In today’s shifting life science market, companies and building owners must prioritize adaptable, technology-ready lab designs that align with growth stage, specialized programmatic needs, and emerging trends, using early planning and feasibility studies to turn market volatility into competitive advantage