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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
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Chris Ertl
Chris Ertl will co-lead a roundtable at the 2026 Lab Design Conference focused on selecting lab materials that balance durability with human and environmental health, encouraging peer discussion to develop practical, sustainability-driven strategies
Modernizing a Science Hub to Enhance Lab Safety and Research Infrastructure
NJIT is investing nearly $20 million to modernize Tiernan Hall’s mechanical, life safety, and laboratory systems, upgrading aging infrastructure to meet current codes, support advanced research, and improve energy efficiency while preserving the building’s legacy
Building Quantum Research Spaces: Planning for Power, Precision, and Flexibility
Designing quantum research facilities requires balancing specialized infrastructure for ultra-low temperatures, uninterrupted power, and clean fabrication environments with flexible, collaborative, and sustainable layouts that can adapt to rapidly evolving technologies
Professional Profile: John Volence
Lab Design spoke to John Volence at Precis Engineering + Architecture about flexible, user-focused lab HVAC design and life sciences project delivery
Designing Lab and Support Spaces as Welcoming, Productive Workplaces
As life science organizations compete for talent and adapt to rapid change, laboratory design is expanding beyond technical requirements to focus on flexible spaces and employee-centered workplaces that support productivity, collaboration, and long-term usability
Inside the £1B Expansion of the London Cancer Hub
Planning approval has been granted for a £1 billion expansion of the London Cancer Hub, which will create a next-generation research environment designed for flexibility and collaboration
Explore Real Labs at the 2026 Lab Design Conference
Step inside actual labs at the 2026 Lab Design Conference and gain firsthand insights you simply can’t get from presentations—reserve your limited-seat tour before it sells out
Predictive Maintenance: Listening to Freezer Motors
How current transducers and equipment monitoring systems predict ULT freezer failure weeks before it happens—and what that means for lab design.
Cold Chain Monitoring: Automated Compliance for the Modern Lab
The clipboard on your freezer door is not a compliance strategy. Automated digital data logging does the same job with fewer errors, no gaps in the record, and a report that holds up to an FDA inspection