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Experienced clean room designers
« on: Nov 24th, 2016, 2:53am » |
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From biomedical engineering to material sciences, nanoscale fabrication and metrology capabilities have become a requirement for institutions to participate in world-class research. Clean rooms almost always have the largest impact on cost and schedule in terms of construction and operation for a lab project. The Clean Room Project portion of a lab building will have complex mechanical systems, exotic hazardous chemicals, process-driven equipment layout, stringent operational protocols and technically specialized construction and maintenance personnel.
Any institution that has an existing clean room, or is planning to add clean room capabilities to a new or existing facility, should be aware new standards will be in effect soon. When the standards changes are finally ratified, existing facilities will have 12 months to comply with the new requirements to maintain certification. This article outlines some key planning strategies that can make for an easier design process.
In many new lab projects, there’s a resounding desire from a department or group of departments to add clean room capabilities to the new facility. Frequently, a clean room component is new to the institution, and while several advocates may understand and outline big picture capabilities, there may not be an understanding of the infrastructure, construction and operational impacts. Institutions often add clean room functionality to both further research goals and to attract new faculty and students. Clean room projects can easily be delayed or sidelined if there’s no experienced representative or “champion” actively involved in the design.
It can’t be stressed enough that it’s in the best interest for the owner to identify a person or persons to be in charge of the planned clean room as early in the design process as possible. This could be a proxy representative from a peer institution while potential candidates are engaged, but should be someone who has working experience in a clean room.
Experienced clean room designers are frequently asked to design to some high-level functional requirements (such as lithography, ISO classification and program area) and select and layout basis of design equipment as place holders to determine infrastructure requirements. However, each facility manager can have his/her own preferences for clean room operational procedures, manufacturer and equipment selections, making it difficult to have Clean Room Panels.
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