Tag: laboratory
NH Consulting Firm Earns NVLAP Accreditation
North Hampton, NH – John Turner Consulting, Inc., a multi-discipline consulting firm, announced that its Worcester laboratory has been successfully accredited by NVLAP for construction materials testing. This accreditation demonstrates the firm’s proven technical competence to provide materials testing services. Founded in 1997, JTC provides geotechnical engineering and consulting, environmental consulting, special inspections, utility inspections, […]
Svigals Creates New Home for QCI
New Haven, CT – Tech pioneers at Quantum Circuits, Inc. (QCI), working on bringing quantum computing technology to the marketplace, now have a new home in New Haven tailored to their unique research type thanks to laboratory design experts Svigals + Partners. Led by Bob Skolozdra, AIA, LEED AP, partner at Svigals + Partners, and […]
Creative Structural Solutions for a Biomedical Research Facility: Additions & Renovations to Demerec Laboratory
By Scott Erricson Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island sought to build a new addition to an existing laboratory on campus while also completely renovating the interior and exterior of Demerec, a mid-century modern laboratory that has housed four Nobel laureates. Demerec will be home to the new Center for Therapeutics Research, which will […]
J. Calnan Holds ‘Breakthrough’ Event for Dicerna
Lexington, MA – Calnan & Associates, Inc. (JC&A), a construction management firm, recently held a “breakthrough” event signifying the start of construction for biopharmaceutical company Dicerna™ Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dicerna, a developer of investigational ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) therapeutics, is relocating its corporate headquarters and laboratories from Cambridge to 33 Hayden Avenue in Lexington, a building […]
Timberline Renovates Sarepta HQ
Cambridge, MA – Sarepta Therapeutics, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, recently expanded its headquarters in Cambridge by acquiring two additional floors at the historic Athenaeum Press Building. Timberline Construction successfully completed the 58,000sf logistically complex renovation. The project features a three-tier waterfall into a 20-foot koi fish pond, a visually stunning green wall, two 26×26-foot skylights, […]
R&D Laboratory Renovation Trend: Say Goodbye to the Benchtop?
by Donna A. DeFreitas This past year, we have seen a shift in the individual laboratory planning layouts required in research and development laboratory renovation projects; these layouts are being initiated to support research end users’ new laboratory equipment needs and allow them to process more samples and their associated data quickly. We have found […]
TK&A Hires Muth
Cambridge, MA – Tsoi/Kobus & Associates of Cambridge recently hired Greg Muth as associate principal. He will focus on the design and planning of sustainable laboratory and research spaces. He is the founding president of Boston’s International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories chapter and will work with colleagues at Tsoi/Kobus & Associates on the exploration and […]
Ceremony Marks Opening of $31M Vermont Public Health Laboratory
Burlington, VT – On October 22, PC Construction joined the Vermont Department of Health and members of the University of Vermont (UVM) community for a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin marking the completion of the new $31 million state-of-the-art Vermont Department of Health Laboratory. The new 60,000sf facility, located at the Colchester Business […]
Fraser Engineering Under Way with First Phase of Fabrazyme Plant
Framingham, MA – Fraser Engineering Company, a mechanical contractor based in Newton, is currently involved in the first phase of a project for M+W Group at Genzyme’s new Fabrazyme plant in Framingham. The project involves the installation of a cleaned compressed air system which consists of two large Kobelco compressors, two 150-gallon receiver tanks, two […]
Bowdoin Completes Lab Fit-Out for Rapid Micro Biosystems
Lowell, MA – Bowdoin Construction recently completed a 20,000sf fit-out of new labs and office space for Rapid Micro Biosystems at 1001 Pawtucket Blvd. The project, designed by Facility Planning and Management, included selective demolition within an occupied work/lab environment, followed by the fit-out of a BL2 Biolab, offices, open workstations, […]
