SST Planners - Consulting Lab Planner

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Biological, Chemical, and Vivarium Containment Projects
SST Planners is the lab planner on numerous current and completed containment projects. This list is representive of SST Planners experience with CDC/NIH, Department of Defense, The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and USDA Biosafety Levels (ACL, BSL, and ABSL) 1 to 3 in laboratory and vivarium facilities having biocontainment and chemcontainment requirements. In addition, SST is currently engaged on several projects using BSL3+ (enhanced) safety criteria.

ABL3 vivarium

ABSL3 Vivarium Holding Room

Selected Higher Education Projects

University of Texas Health Sciences Center - Houston: Two projects completed programming and planning for several hundred thousand gsf of BSL3 Labs and Barrier Vivarium facilities.

Johns Hopkins University and NIH: Programming for a 550,000 gsf Research Center that includes BSL3 Labs and Barrier Vivarium facilities.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Programming for a 400,000 gsf research facility that will contain an ABSL 3 Barrier Vivarium.

The College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science: Planning Study for an expansion facility that will include a BSL3 Salt Water (Pfiesteria) Suite.

University of Maryland, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB): Laboratory programming and planning for a new 150,000 gsf facility that will include ABSL2 and ABSL3 small animal and insect facilities.

University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center: Laboratory programming and planning for a muti-phased facility (over 300,000 gsf) that includes BSL2 and BSL3 Laboratories, as well as Barrier and ABSL3+ Vivarium facility.

West Virginia University, Bio-Medical Research Facility, Vivarium Renovation: Programming and planning for a completely renovated vivarium that includes small animal Barrier facility.

Selected Corporate/Private Projects

Confidential Pharmaceutical Client, MA: Programming for a 70,000 gsf vivarium that includes a BSL3 suite.

Confidential Pharmaceutical Client, RTP: Programming for a toxicology facility that contains BSL2 and BSL3 facilities.

Confidential Pharmaceutical Client, NY: Planning for a 330,000 gsf facility that includes an ABSL3 suite capable of being upgraded to BSL4.

Detail at a light fixture in an ACL3 Insect Facility

Selected Government Projects

Department of Defense, Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center, Aberdeen MD: Programming and Planning for 25,000 gsf Sample Receipt Facility with Biological and Chemical containment facilities ranging from BSL2 to BSL3+.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta and Chamblee: Numerous projects that contain both Biological and Chemical containment facilities ranging from BSL2 to BSL3+.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: SST Planners was a contributing author to the CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases working draft of the Space Standards for Laboratories with a focus on BSL2 and BSL3 facilities.

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda: Numerous projects that contain Biological and Vivarium containment facilities ranging from BSL2 to ABSL3.

National Institutes of Health: SST Planners was a contributing author to the original NIH Design Guidelines and Policies for Vivarium and Laboratory Design.

USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS): SST Planners is participating in a Nationwide Task Order Contract for Agriculture related research laboratory facilities. Current Projects are located in Wisconsin and Montana.

Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS), Biosafety Level 3 Facility, Harrisburg, PA: A ABSL3+ facility for conducting large animal necropsies.

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