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Across the Table: You’re WHAT?
Employee turnover is inevitable—often sudden and disruptive—so companies must proactively plan for it by developing succession strategies and fostering supportive work environments to avoid chaos when key staff leave

Across the Table: What If?
Be ready for unforeseen vendor disruptions that can jeopardize laboratory projects, and learn how thorough vetting and contingency planning are essential for staying on schedule

Across the Table: The Correct Bottom Line
Laboratory design should prioritize practicality and customer needs, as demonstrated by examples where functionality, budget, and operational efficiency outweighed aesthetics or trends

Across the Table: Evolutionary Lab Development
Large laboratory projects often face delays, budget overruns, and unmet expectations due to a lack of trust and collaboration among stakeholders, unlike smaller projects where trusting relationships, streamlined processes, and rapid issue resolution have historically led to success

Across The Table: The Most Common Specification Mistake
Facilities staff constantly have to fix a problem that wouldn’t exist if lab planners specified vacuum breakers properly

Across the Table: Inclusion and Lab Design
In reading documents on the subject I see that concerns fall into two primary categories, the physical design of the laboratory and the behavior of managers in response to needs

Across the Table: Upsetting the Contractors
It’s not often contractors are angry for good performance

Across the Table: Supporting the Science
The science keeps evolving, the instruments keep evolving. Why doesn’t the laboratory furniture?

Across the Table: How Do You Lower Customer Risk?
Can anyone call themselves a lab planner?

Across the Table: What’s Missing from Lunch and Learns?
Across the Table with Dave Withee: Lunch and Learn