Laboratories

• National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Temporary NSIL Lab, Pascagoula, Mississippi                                                                                  Project consisted of converting a modular building into a temporary laboratory facility for the National Seafood Inspection Laboratory (NSIL).  GDS provided mechanical, interior design (furniture and equipment), estimating and civil/structural foundation design and consultations. In addition, we provided a design to augment the base Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) system(s) of the modular building to comply with all codes and regulations applicable to the microbiology, chemistry and other labs and spaces in the 5800 SF building. The documents were suitable for issuance as a negotiated modification to the construction contractor. The chemical fume hoods required venting to the outside, as well as accommodating the make-up air requirements, and air change requirements. Our team provided interior design services to coordinate, plan, provide furniture selection and assist in developing purchase orders and other documents for the purchase of office furniture for the entire NSIL and other elements of the Pascagoula Lab. We also provided the services of an estimator to provide an opinion and consultation on budgetary cost estimates for the rebuilding of existing facilities or construction of new lab facilities in Pascagoula. A footing design to support the NSIL lab at the Naval Station was provided.

• Marion Laboratories, 6633 Troost Remodel, Kansas City, Missouri
  Project consisted of the conversion of approximately 30,000 SF of office/ warehouse facility to a R & D Laboratory that included a Class 10,000 P3 Clean Room, R & D Laboratories and Office Support Staff. The mechanical design included the addition of new rooftop air conditioning equipment, make-up air systems for the numerous laboratory fume hoods and HEPA filtration systems. Plumbing systems included domestic hot and cold water, localized deionized water, acid waste piping, bottled gas distribution, and compressed air. Electrical systems included new lighting throughout the facility as well as a complete upgrade of the electrical service to handle the additional loads, new distribution that included plugmold along the bench tops to facilitate the connection of laboratory test equipment, and raceways for cable management to house the many and varied cables for data transmission. In addition, a 75 KVA standby generator was added to back up critical loads throughout the facility.

• Building A, R & D Lab Addition, Marion Laboratories, Kansas City, Missouri
  Project consisted of the conversion of approximately 46,000 SF of warehouse space into R & D Laboratories that included a 8,000 SF pilot plant for the production of cancer treating drugs, nuclear magnetic resonance area, defraction labs, spectro labs, and chemical labs. Mechanical systems included new air conditioning systems that were tied into the existing central plant with primary/secondary chilled water pumping, HEPA filtration, exhaust systems, make-up air systems for laboratory fume hoods and modifications to the existing central plant hot water distribution system. Plumbing systems included domestic hot and cold water systems, bottled gases, water for injection, deionized water from a central system, and acid waste piping. Electrical systems included new lighting throughout the area, new distribution equipment to provide adequate branch circuits to the workbenches, power distribution at the workbenches that included raceways to be used for data cable management, and standby emergency power for feeding/testing equipment that could not afford to be without power for lengthy periods of time. The project also included a hazardous material storage building to house explosive gases.

• Miscellaneous Laboratory Remodel Projects, Marion Laboratories, Kansas City, Missouri
  These projects consisted of the remodel to approximately 150,000 SF of existing laboratories that included disillusion labs, raw products labs, chemical laboratories, pharmacology hot labs, packaging labs, scientific laboratories, microscientific labs, and Q-A labs to name a few. The mechanical systems for these included the rearrangement of existing HVAC equipment to accommodate the remodeled spaces and in many cases, to upgrade the HEPA filtration systems and improve the exhaust systems. The plumbing systems also included rearranging and reconfiguring existing piping systems for domestic hot and cold water, deionized water, bottled gases, and acid piping systems. Electrical systems included the reconfiguration of lighting in the spaces as well as the branch circuits to the many and varied pieces of equipment that were added or relocated within the space.

• Osborn Laboratories, Building 1, Olathe, Kansas
  Project consisted of upgrading their existing 45,000 SF warehouse/office building to support their increased volume of blood and urine testing utilized by insurance companies. The projects have included the addition and re-use of existing HVAC equipment to cool the new spaces along with exhaust systems to control the odors. Plumbing systems included the addition of new sinks, eye washes, emergency showers, etc. in the expanded lab spaces. The electrical system included upgrades to the lighting system, distribution and UPS systems. The UPS system was doubled in capacity to support the new labs and an expanded Computer Room.