Our expertise is focused within the Science and Technology sector, including research and diagnostics for government institutions around the world, public health, life sciences, higher education and academic organizations, healthcare research, water quality, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and microelectronics.

We provide planning and design for facilities that require vivariums, high containment spaces like BSL-4 and 3Ag, chemical containment, biosecurity and biosafety consulting, equipment planning, physical security zoning, integrated systems engineering, new technologies integration, such as imaging, aerobiology and decontamination.

Our lab planning process begins with a deep, task level understanding of specific techniques, equipment and workflows required for each research mission, ensuring we define true functional needs rather than surface level preferences. We engage lab managers, scientists and facilities teams early using detailed, lab-specific questionnaires that establish clear goals and constraints.

Insights from this process inform comprehensive analyses of staff, material and specimen flows, allowing us to develop clear flow diagrams and design efficient functional zones for wet labs, dry labs, support spaces, animal facilities and storage — minimizing cross contamination and improving operational efficiency. Flexible casework, ceiling-mounted service panels and strategically located equipment support evolving research needs and reduce unnecessary movement, while thoughtfully designed spaces balance collaboration and focused work to enhance productivity and scientific performance.

We deliver high-performance lab planning through collaborative engagement that unites architects, engineers, contractors, scientists and lab managers from day one. Our interdisciplinary, iterative workshops align equipment, workflow, and infrastructure early — reducing risk, controlling costs and accelerating delivery. Using strategies like early engagement and integrated project teams, we identify user needs, workflows and safety requirements before design begins, while tools like Revit enable real time coordination of complex mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems with lab equipment to eliminate clashes.

Visioning sessions with Environment, Healthy and Safety professionals ensure chemical safety and regulatory compliance are embedded upfront, and adaptable lab designs — reserving up to 25% for flexible equipment zones — help create Future Ready facilities. The result is a smarter, safer and more efficient laboratory design that balances specialized research needs, building systems and budgets through open communication and shared goals.

We manage cost and schedule certainty by applying Target Value Design to benchmark comparable facilities, build detailed cost models by trade and design to a defined budget while continuously monitoring scope with real time input from the construction manager and key subcontractors. Schedule performance is supported through close collaboration with the construction manager to create an Integrated Project Schedule that accounts for design progress, owner decisions and approval of milestones. Central to cost-effective, timely delivery is a deep focus on client and user needs over wants through detailed engagement that clarifies scientific goals and workflows early. By managing functional expectations upfront and asking the right questions, we right size the design response, eliminate unnecessary costs and deliver a facility that is purpose driven, efficient and aligned with budget and schedule goals.