Workshopping with those who will be using the area themselves is essential since the lab can be tailored to what the research requires and superfluous elements can be quickly identified.
Floor plan research lab layout.
Laboratory risk assessment tool.
Accident and injury reporting.
A well designed lab can be more efficient quieter more attractive and cheaper than one with design related problems.
Laboratory design from the editors of r d magazine.
Laboratory design construction and renovation.
National academy press 2000.
Three dimensional lab module the three dimensional lab module planning concept combines the basic lab module or a two directional lab module with any lab corridor arrangement for each floor of a building.
For experimental spaces sketch out the dimensions of laboratory grade furniture benches desks equipment shelves wash areas on the architectural floor plan.
Lab safety surveys and inspections.
The guide includes helpful checklists for various teaching and storage spaces chemical hygiene plans and articles related to safe laboratory design.
Simon who until recently was a lab member at rockefeller university in new york studying biophysics developed the methodology for an experimental research project he calls evolving floor.
Participants process and product by national research council committee on design construction and renovation of laboratory facilities.
In addition floor standing centrifuges are noisy and dangerous as are large irradiators and will often require a room with a lockable door.
Confined space entry program.
Asbestos and other regulated building materials.