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Logical Workflow Solutions for Labs: Designing Around How Work Happens in Real Life

Laboratory designs often fall short when early decisions are made without direct input from end users, leading to subtle but persistent workflow inefficiencies that could be avoided by understanding and prioritizing real-world processes from the outset

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How Documentation Fragmentation Threatens Lab Planning, Operations, and Compliance

Laboratory facilities often lose critical design, commissioning, and operational documentation over time due to fragmented, project-based recordkeeping, highlighting the need for a persistent, asset-linked identity system to ensure long-term continuity, compliance, and access to complete facility history

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Learn the Lessons That Can Save Your Lab Project

Gain early insight into the small decisions that can lead to costly lab design challenges and learn from experienced teams at the Lab Design Conference—our special promo code lets you save on your ticket for a limited time only

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Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Aimee McKinney

At the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, Aimee McKinney will share lessons from real-world laboratory relocations and discuss strategies for planning flexible, efficient lab spaces through strong collaboration between lab users and design teams

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Maximize Your Lab Design Conference Experience with Hands-On Workshops

At the Lab Design Conference in Orlando, attendees can enhance their experience by adding a hands-on workshop to their ticket—each session offers practical strategies on workflow-driven design, risk management, or code compliance, and with limited spots filling quickly, early registration is strongly encouraged

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Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Jessica Scholl

At the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, Jessica Scholl of Nationwide Children’s Hospital will co-present practical strategies for successfully planning and executing laboratory relocations, drawing on lessons from real-world lab transitions to help teams create efficient, future-ready spaces

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The Lab Is Home: Why the People Who Work in Scientific Spaces Should Never Feel Like an Afterthought

Laboratories are too often designed around equipment and efficiency rather than the human beings working in them, even though supporting people’s physical and mental needs is essential for accuracy, well-being, and the quality of scientific work

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When Lab Design Meets Reality: Hard Lessons from a High-Tech Build

Magdrive’s chief of staff shares hard-earned lessons from building the £3.8M DEEP Lab—covering tight timelines, massive equipment, cleanroom challenges, and what first-time lab builders need to know to avoid costly missteps

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The Importance of Early Planning for Laboratory Equipment and Instrumentation

Laboratory expansions and relocations succeed only when facility planning fully accounts for the interdependence of intellectual property, people, and especially instrumentation, since overlooked equipment requirements can compromise workflows, data quality, and overall scientific productivity

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