Laboratory Design, Construction, and Renovation

Participants, Process, and Product

National Research Council author Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology author Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications author Committee on Design, Construction, and Renovation of Laboratory Facilities author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:National Academies Press

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Laboratory facilities are complex, technically sophisticated, and mechanically intensive structures that are expensive to build and to maintain. Hundreds of decisions must be made before and during new construction or renovation that will determine how successfully the facility will function when completed and how successfully it can be maintained once put into service.

This book provides guidance on effective approaches for building laboratory facilities in the chemical and biochemical sciences. It contains both basic and laboratory-specific information addressed to the user community—the scientists and administrators who contract with design and construction experts. The book will also be important to the design and construction communities—the architects, laboratory designers, and engineers who will design the facility and the construction personnel who will build it—to help them communicate with the scientific community for whom they build laboratory facilities.

Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Human Issues
  • 2 Process Issues
  • 3 Technical Issues
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
  • Appendix B Statement of Task
  • Appendix C Committee Meetings
  • Appendix D Selection of a Design Professional
  • Appendix E Definitions
  • Index
  • Color Figures
  • <

ISBN: 9780309066334

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176 pages