20 hours
This course focuses on the codes, systems, and layouts involved in designing or renovating a research laboratory. It assumes the participant will be involved at the interface with the design firm. It is intended to give a brief working knowledge of the issues so that the personnel involved can ask more intelligent questions, evaluate competing designs and develop a design suited to the organization’s needs.
- General Overview of Laboratory Design
a. Common problems
b. Guidelines for successful design
c. Budgetary estimates - Codes Affecting Laboratory Design
a. OSHA
b. EPA
c. Building codes
d. Fire codes
e. ASME
f. NFPA-45
g. NFPA-30
h. Flammable storage issues - Types of Ventilation Systems
a. General ventilation requirements
b. NFPA-45 requirements
c. Exhaust rates
d. Pressurization
e. Ventilation types
f. Re-entrainment
g. Ventilation issues - Hoods
a. How hoods operate
b. Placement criteria
c. Common placement problems
d. Usage criteria
e. Common usage problems
f. Ductless hoods
g. Low flow hoods
h. Auxiliary air hoods
i. Miscellaneous ventilation issues - Safety Systems
a. Common types of systems
b. Issues to be addressed - Egress
a. Code requirements
b. Issues - Utilities and Fit Out
a. Common utilities
b. Utility placement and routing
c. Drain lines
d. High purity systems
e. Power requirements
f. Telecommunications
g. Computing
h. Evaluating designs - Finishings
a. Casework
b. Floors
c. Ceilings
d. Wall coverings
e. Doors
f. Evaluating systems to meet requirements - Common Laboratory Layouts
a. General types
b. Advantages and disadvantages
c. Discussion - Flammable Liquid Storage
a. Common problems
b. Potential solutions, advantages, and disadvantages - Grassroots vs Renovations
a. Advantages and disadvantages
b. Potential cost issues
c. Renovation strategies
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