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Technology, Laboratory and Healthcare Projects

Bio Reliance (formerly Microbiological Assoc.) Shady Grove Life Sciences Center, Rockville, Maryland

New Research and Production building

(Building 3- 47,500 SF)


Design Services:

  1. Design Program (Discovery and Definition)

  2. Schematic Design and Laboratory Planning Services

  3. Design Presentation and Expert Testimony:   Shady Grove Life Sciences Center Review Board

  4. Design Presentation and Expert Testimony:  M-NCPPC (Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission) Site Plan Review

  5. Design Development and Construction Document Services (Including Project Manual)

  6. Permit and Construction Administration Services


Design Features:

  1. cGMP Laboratory Suite- Bio Safety Level (BSL) 3, and Genetic Toxicology Laboratories BSL 2

  2. Microbiology and Analytic Chemistry Laboratories

  3. Quality Assurance/ Quality Control (QA/QC)

  4. Gene Processing Laboratory, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Laboratory

  5. Invivo Toxicology Laboratory, Automated Liquid Handling System (ALHS) Suite

  6. Tissue Culture Suites, Bacteriology Laboratories, Cell Counting Laboratories

  7. Myco Plasma Laboratory, Biotech Cell Banking, Instrument Laboratories

  8. Epidemiology Repository, R&D, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PRC) and Media Prep Laboratories