Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a science organization that supports research in development in many disciplines, including particle physics. STFC has worked closely with Connect 2 Cleanrooms over the years, using the cleanroom specialists to engineer contamination control solutions to meet their niche requirements. When STFC had a need for a bespoke cleanroom…
Facility Profile: Prudential Cleanroom Services Laundry Processing Facility, Nashua, N.H.
Facility Profile: Tekni-Plex Inc. Manufacturing Facility and Cleanrooms, Suzhou, China
Cost: $15 million USD Size: 140,000 sf Project team: Russell Hubbard, vice president-international and general manager The facility is in the process of commercializing Natvar’s recently-announced silicone extrusion tubing for catheters, feeding tubes, drug delivery, and peristaltic pump applications. Production for microextrusion tubing that targets a wide variety of demanding neurovascular interventional therapies and surgical…
Facility Profile: Center for Neovation
Cost: $75 million Size: 109,000 sf total; Class 100 cleanroom: 30,000 sf; Class 10,000 cleanroom: 10,000 sf Project team: Osceola County (owner); BRIDG (operator, under agreement with the University of Central Florida); Skanska (contractor); ZHA International (program manager); HOK (lead architect): Abbie Gregg Inc. (cleanroom/lab planning and design (arch + MEP)); Vanderweil Engineers (MEP engineering);…
Facility Profile: ConvaTec Cleanroom Facility, Deeside, U.K.
Size: 990 m² Project team: Connect 2 Cleanrooms Description: Convatec, a global medical products and technologies company, has added an ISO Class 8 cleanroom facility that was constructed using offsite construction and Building Information Modeling (BIM) techniques. Kingspan UltraTech Precision cleanroom panels, with an ECOsafe PIR core, were used to create a fully flush finish…
Facility Profile: Columbia University Nano Initiative Cleanroom Renovation
Facility Profile: Columbia University Nano Initiative Cleanroom Renovation Size: 5,000 sf Project team: Protecs (construction management) Description: Columbia University recently completed the renovation and expansion of its existing clean micro and nano fabrication and characterization research laboratories. Replacing and improving lab utilities, such as air filters, gas piping, water cooling systems, and air handling units…