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Move Magic: Planning for a Successful Lab Space Transition
Successful lab transitions require more than moving equipment from one space to another. Lessons from Nationwide Children’s Hospital at the 2026 Lab Design Conference highlight how flexibility, early end-user engagement, and detailed planning can help labs prepare for growth and change
Planning for Liquid Nitrogen: Integrating LN₂ Infrastructure into Laboratory Design
Early planning for liquid nitrogen systems can help laboratory teams reduce costs, avoid construction delays, and maintain safe, reliable service
Designing for the Unknown: Inside RTI’s Expanded Pilot Xcelerator
Designed around flexibility rather than a single process, the expanded facility gives RTI room to support emerging technologies that may not yet exist
Beyond the Fume Hood: Strategies for Safer, More Efficient Lab Ventilation
Is your laboratory getting the most from its fume hoods? Learn how design, HVAC systems, maintenance, and user behavior can make a difference
Beyond Equipment: The Hidden Impact of Laboratory Infrastructure
How integrated infrastructure helps laboratories improve safety and sustainability
Demand Response in Critical Environments: Can Cleanrooms and Labs Participate Safely?
Demand response can offer energy savings for laboratories and cleanrooms, but only when supported by rigorous planning, risk assessment, commissioning, and safeguards that protect safety and research operations
Smarter Hazmat Planning Starts Before Design Begins
From chemical inventories and hazardous material workflows to laboratory suites and AHJ collaboration, BWBR's Nate Roisen and Kat Lauer explored how proactive planning can create safer, more adaptable laboratory facilities at the 2026 Lab Design Conference
Structural and Operational Lessons from the USF Marine Lab Fire
A devastating lightning fire forces the University of South Florida to navigate complex facility relocation, insurance assessments, and the reconstruction of bespoke academic infrastructure
GSA and FDA Break Ground on $228M BSL-3 Food Safety Lab in Denver
The $228 million Denver Federal Center project introduces the FDA's only Biosafety Level 3 facility west of the Mississippi, blending advanced containment engineering with classical civic design