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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
Work Underway on £7M Aspen Building to Expand Oxford’s Innovation Ecosystem
The Oxford Trust has begun construction on the £7 million Aspen Building, a 17,000-sf expansion of the Wood Centre for Innovation in Oxford, designed to provide flexible CL2 laboratory and office space for growing life sciences and deep tech companies while prioritizing sustainability, user wellbeing, and future adaptability
Expanded Microbiology Laboratory Strengthens Sterile Capabilities
Aenova’s Latina site has expanded its microbiology quality control laboratory to 800 square meters, adding advanced isolator-based sterility testing, automation, and digital systems to enhance compliance, capacity, and efficiency as part of the company’s broader sterile manufacturing growth initiative
Breaking Ground on Energy Innovation: RTI Scales Up Pilot Xcelerator
RTI International is expanding its Pilot Xcelerator facility in Research Triangle Park to provide flexible, pilot-scale infrastructure that accelerates the development and commercialization of clean energy technologies, including renewable fuels, carbon capture, and industrial decarbonization
Project Profile: The Ritedose Corporation
Ritedose Corporation is investing over $17 million to triple its cGMP lab footprint in Columbia, SC, adding new analytical chemistry and microbiology facilities that enhance efficiency, expand in-house testing capabilities, and support the company’s growing production capacity of 2.6 billion doses per year
Strategic Considerations in Laboratory Relocation and Expansion
As laboratory environments become more specialized and technology-driven, relocation and expansion projects demand careful planning to maintain research continuity, regulatory compliance, and scalability while creating flexible, future-ready spaces
Expanding Research Capabilities: Lessons from UBC’s Biodiversity Centre
UBC’s $45 million Beaty Biodiversity Centre expansion adds six stories of flexible, future-ready research and collaboration space, integrating ecological design features and specialized facilities to advance biodiversity studies and public engagement
Constructing a Lab for Extreme Conditions
The Korey Stringer Institute’s expansion shows how to successfully design a unique, specialized lab when there’s no blueprint to follow—using teamwork, flexible planning, and user input to overcome challenges and build a state-of-the-art facility
Project Profile: Roy Blunt Hall Addition, Missouri State University
Missouri State University has completed an addition to Roy Blunt Hall, marking the first phase of a larger project designed to showcase science while providing flexible, sustainable facilities for future growth
Purpose-Built Lab Boosts Capacity and Precision for Cell and Gene Therapies
Labcorp’s expanded CGT laboratory in Wisconsin, designed with specialized surgery suites, advanced imaging, and purpose-built infrastructure, triples research capacity and enhances preclinical workflows to support a wide range of cell and gene therapy programs safely and efficiently