Modify Office Building for Biotechnology R&D Lab with Pilot Plant
Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) diverse skill set of design experts specialize in collaborating with customer’s Subject Matter Experts and Key Stakeholders to provide innovative work environments that enhance creativity and maximize productivity.
Experienced WM engineers will provide solutions in the most challenging conditions that achieve customer expectations of sustainability, reliability, efficiency, and operational performance.
Background & Customer Needs/Requirements
A leading California biomaterials technology company specializing in developing sustainable products required remodeling and an addition to an existing two-story office building for a new laboratory and pilot plant.
The new facilities required necessary critical environment space conditions (temperature, humidity, and lighting). Including, supplemental support spaces such as: office, administration, mechanical, electrical, data rooms, shipping and receiving. The lab and pilot plant included Specialty Water (Reverse Osmosis), Compressed Air, Sanitary Waste, and Emergency Power.
Local building codes demanded exceptional design considerations, weather and ground conditions created unique challenges and the existing building structural and roof issues required unique economical redesign for code compliance.
Finally, the expectations the customer’s creative personal influenced all design considerations to ensure the unique environment would provide a creative and productive workspace.
WM’s Approach & Solutions
1. Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) & Facility Assessment:
The WM project team began with confirming the lab and pilot plant spatial planning requirements with the Owner’s Key Stakeholders including:
- Conducting a site survey and operational review to develop a comprehensive upgrade plan.
- Once the initial design criteria and spatial concepts were completed, the design team worked Owner and the contractor team to ensure the most economical and functional requirements could be achieved.
2. Final Design and Contract Awards:
The WM Process, Mechanical, Electrical, and Control System designers created the final design documentation and specifications for the clients review and final approval.
- WM provided procurement support of the contractor and major equipment purchase.
- Special consideration was provided for the customer sustainability commitments and expectations.
3. Construction and Completion:
As the Owner’s designated project manager WM ensured the project was completed on time and within budget.
- Provided construction oversight to ensure design criteria was implemented to customer expectations.
- Commissioned all facility systems and trained client personal in all system operations and maintenance.
Services Provided:
- Lab Planning / Utility Requirements
- Process Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Control Systems
- Procurement Support
- Project Management
Systems Provided:
- Power Distribution
- Emergency Power
- Lighting (Overhead & Tasks)
- Specialty Gases & Liquids with Safety Systems
- HVAC
- Plumbing
- Building Controls
Why Choose Wunderlich-Malec Engineering?
Wunderlich – Malec has leading the industry professional designers and engineers that listen to the customer and deliver project solutions that achieve their expectations and requirements.
📞 Contact us today to learn how WM can provide you process and facility solutions with our diverse team of design engineering of Subject Matter Experts.
Customer Benefits
Challenge: Remodel and expand existing Office into Biotechnology lab and Pilot Plant
WME Solution: WM provided a team of knowledgeable engineers to design new lab and pilot plant
Customer Benefit: Provided Scientists with a new functional and flexible work areas to create new products.
Challenge: Client Scientists required creative workflow environment.
WME Solution: Building designs were created in collaboration with client.
Customer Benefit: New spaces enhance client’s creativity for new inventions.
Challenge: Demanding Local Code criteria and existing building structural and physical limitations.
WME Solution: WM knowledgeable design team created designs to meet the demanding challenges
Customer Benefit: New workspaces provided client achieved client and local code requirements.
Benefits Summary
✓ Significantly Improved Clients Biotechnology Workspaces.
✓ Achieved creative and productive workflow environment.
✓ Design /Built Facility to meet demanding site and local code challenges.