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This
laboratory remodel, which is located in a building that houses
Research and Development laboratories for ExxonMobil BCIT,
was designed using the LCS in-house design department in Houston,
Texas. The LCS design department interfaced with Kirksey &
Partners Architects, engineers and the owner to create thirteen
different laboratories within the existing ExxonMobil BCIT
facility. This included being involved in all important decisions
pertaining to lab location, personnel relocation, architectural
issues, mechanical, electrical and plumbing design issues
as well as temporary facility needs. The LCS design department
also noted the detailed requirements of each lab to ensure
that, in the early stages of the project, all important items
were discussed and planned for. The end results were customized
laboratory design drawings that were open to review and revision
prior to job completion.
These thirteen labs are housed in an existing four-story brick
laboratory building, originally built in 1948. The project
also included a large office remodel and expansion. Retrofitting
this older building required unique solutions. The welded
stainless steel exhaust ducts (up to 16 inches in diameter)
were mounted on the outside of the building as vertical risers.
These ducts travel from the first floor up to exhaust blowers
mounted on the roof. The lab includes forty-two fume hoods,
both bench and walk-in types. A unique glass drain line makes
up the process waste system and allows for solvent waste disposal.
The compressed gas service lines consist of multi-tube, stainless
steel cylinder gas tubing. These lines begin at an exterior
corner of the building and run the entire length of the building.
They then penetrate the exterior wall to make final connections
at the benchtop service fixtures located throughout each laboratory.
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