Animal Research Facilities 2011 - Tradeline, Inc.

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2011 Facilities Conference
23rd Annual Conference
Animal Research
Facilities 2011
Planning • Construction • Operations • Sustainability
In cooperation with: In cooperation with:
Courtesy of Flad
Nov. 7-8, 2011
The Renaissance Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
Plus! Pre-Conference Training Nov. 6
• Fundamentals of Planning and Design of Animal Labs
and MEP Systems
• New ILAR Guide for the Care and Use of Lab Animals:
Physical Plant Expectations and Certification Guidance
from AAALAC
• Fundamentals of Lean for Animal Research Facilities
Operations

Who Should Attend?
This conference is the annual
meeting for research veterinarians,
capital project teams, project
managers, engineering managers,
animal facility operations
managers, space planners, animal
facility and vivarium managers,
animal resource managers,
biosafety officers, and research
program directors to benchmark
their new management initiatives
or animal facility construction
programs for their institutions.
“Attendance at Tradeline
Conferences should be mandatory
for anyone who has a facility
renovation or expansion on the
horizon. If I had been coming
to these meetings over the
years, the registration fee
would be miniscule compared
to the thousands of dollars my
institution could have saved by
avoiding costly errors and by
improving design efficiencies.”
Bradford S. Goodwin Jr., DVM, DACLAM
Professor and Executive Director
The University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston
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T
he Big Five in program objectives for virtually all animal research facilities
for the coming year:
1. Reduce operating costs
2. Expand capacity on a limited budget, and with limited space
3. Lower energy use (lean and sustainable!)
4. Meet new regulatory and certification requirements
5. Increase flexibility
At this conference, you’ll learn the details on how this is being done with existing
facilities and with the new expansion and consolidation projects now on the
drawing boards.
Twenty-seven conference sessions deliver new solutions that are yielding more cost
effective rodent, aquatic, NHP, large Ag, and multispecies facilities. In particular,
you’ll see what’s being done with new Lean processes, space plans for high
utilization facility infrastructures, Building Information Modeling (BIM), facility
maintenance programs, multiyear facility and operating plans, equipment, and
technologies to raise capacities, capabilities, space utilization, and labor efficiency—
with minimum capital dollars.
You’ll also examine the latest offerings in cost cutting, quality improving, efficiency
raising vendor technologies for animal housing, automation equipment, air handling
systems and controls, waste processing, surfaces and materials, specialty furniture,
decontamination technology, and more.
Attend this conference as a team (managing veterinarians, research program
directors, facility managers, capital project managers, engineering managers, space
planners, and financial managers) and pick up the critical new planning, design, and
operational details for achieving your Big Five objectives for costs, capacity, energy,
compliance, and flexibility.
I very much look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas, Nov. 7-8.
Steven L. Westfall, Ph.D.
President
Tradeline, Inc.

Conference Participants
Speakers
AAALAC International
AALAS
Aircuity, Inc.
Alternative Design Manufacturing &
Supply, Inc.
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
CRB Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Department of Homeland Security,
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
ELGA LabWater
Facility Elements, LLC
Flad Architects
HDR Architecture
Jacobs Consultancy, Inc.
Kansas State University
KlingStubbins
Lenderking Caging Products
Louviere, Stratton & Yokel, LLC
Massachusetts General Hospital
McCownGordon Construction
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center and the Weill Cornell Medical
Group
Murli Group
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical
Research
Oregon Health & Science University
Payette
Philadelphia Veterans Administration
Medical Center
Progressive Recovery, Inc.
Science Associates
SmithGroup, Inc.
SUNY Stony Brook Medical Center
The Clark Enersen Partners
Treanor Architects, P.A.
University of Colorado Denver
University of Michigan Medical
School
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Exhibitors
AALAS
Aircuity Inc.
Allentown Inc.
Alternative Design Manufacturing &
Supply, Inc.
Ambient Air Technologies, LLC
Arcoplast, Inc.
BASF Construction Chemicals
BIOQUELL, Inc.
Edstrom Industries Inc.
ELGA LabWater
Getinge USA
Innovive, Inc.
Lab Products Inc.
Life Science Products, Inc.
NuAire Inc.
Phoenix Controls
Progressive Recovery, Inc.
Res-Tek Inc.
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.
SIKA Corporation
TBJ Inc.
Tecniplast USA Inc.
The Baker Company
Thermo Scientific
Thoren Caging Systems Inc.
Special Event Hosts
Sika Corporation
Strobic Air Corp.
Photo courtesy of Flad, Photo by Tara Camfield
“I continue to find Tradeline
conferences to be first-rate.
The caliber of the meetings
are a direct reflection of the
time, energy and expertise
that the Tradeline team puts
into selecting the subject
matter, speakers and venues,
and then managing the entire
meeting.”
David L. Ruble, DVM, DACLAM
Director, Institutional Comparative Medicine
Columbia University
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Tradeline Pre-conference Courses
Fundamentals of Planning and Design
of Animal Labs and MEP Systems
7:30 a.m. – Registration/Continental breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; a total of 6 hours of instruction
Leaders:
Payette
Jeff Zynda – Associate Principal
The Clark Enersen Partners
Shawn Diederich, PE, LEED – Senior Principal, Director of Engineering
T.J. Schirmer, PE, LEED AP – Senior Principal, Director of Engineering
What you will learn: Participants will come away
with a basic understanding of the vocabulary, concepts,
processes, standards, numbers, types of equipment, and
furniture (as applicable) involved in planning and design
of animal labs and related mechanical, electrical and
plumbing systems. The course will be highly interactive
with Q&A throughout.
Who should attend: This course is designed for those
involved in planning and design of animal laboratories
including veterinarians, animal program and vivarium
mangers, research scientists, safety officers, architects,
project managers, facility engineers, construction
engineers, facility managers, and facility planners.
Space is limited and enrollment is subject to approval.
Six (6) AIA Learning Units are available for this course.
AIA HSW
Cost:
Sunday; Nov. 6, 2011
$990 Fundamentals Course only
$850 with registration to the two-day conference Nov. 7-8
(Fees include course materials, continental breakfast, refreshment
breaks, and lunch.)
Agenda:
Module 1: Design Drivers: Programming and Planning
Considerations
a. Regulations, Guidance and Statutory Obligation – Codes
and Standards
b. Program Typologies – Large Ag, Small Animal, Aquatics
c. Prototypical Facility Layouts
d. Design Drivers - Protocols, Equipment, Cost (labor, energy,
water)
Module 2: Architectural Considerations
a. Partition Selection
b. Finishes
c. Fittings and Fixtures – Facility Protection, Doors
d. System Integration
e. Enhancements
Module 3: HVAC Design
a. Codes and Standards
b. Ventilation Rates
c. Impact of Caging Systems on Ventilation Rates
d. Acoustics
e. System Redundancies - Air Handling, Cooling, Heating,
Process Steam
f. Room Air Distribution
g. Controls
h. Equipment Maintenance Access
Module 4: Plumbing Design
a. Codes and Standards
b. Utility Services
c. Animal Watering Systems
d. Bedding Removal Methods
e. Cleaning and Decontamination
Module 5: Electrical Design
a. Standby and Life Safety Power Considerations
b. Lighting Considerations
c. Lighting Controls
d. Electrical Installation Materials and Methods
e. Low Voltage Systems

Tradeline Pre-conference Courses
New ILAR Guide for the Care and
Use of Lab Animals: Physical Plant
Expectations and Certification
Guidance from AAALAC
7:30 a.m. – Registration
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; a total of 3 hours of instruction
Leaders:
AAALAC International
John Bradfield, DVM, Ph.D. – Senior Director
What you will learn:
1. An overview of the latest changes to the Guide for
Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and how they impact
animal facility planning, design, and operations for
AAALAC accredited facilities.
2. AAALAC expectations and requirements for
the condition and functioning of the physical plant
where animals are housed and used. This includes
recommendations for corridors, doors, windows,
power, lighting, storage, noise control, cagewash, and
surgical facilities as well as HVAC standards and needs.
Additionally, physical plant requirements of biocontainment
research programs will be detailed including institutional
policies, animal environment and management, veterinary
medical care, physical plant, the fifth edition of the BMBL,
and key points related to the use of select agents. The
most frequent physical plant deficiencies are also provided
to show areas in which most problems are found during
AAALAC International site visits.
Space is limited and enrollment is subject to approval.
Three (3) AIA Learning Units are available for this course.
AIA HSW
Cost:
Sunday; Nov. 6, 2011
$625 Fundamentals Course only
$450 with registration to the two-day conference Nov. 7-8
(Fees include course materials, and refreshment breaks.)
Fundamentals of Lean for Animal
Research Facilities Operations
12:30 p.m. – Registration
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.; a total of 3 hours of instruction
Leaders:
Murli Group
Pat Kramer, RN - Vice President
Joe Murli - President
What you will learn:
This course is intended to provide a primer for
implementing Lean principles and processes in animal
research facility operations. Participants will come away
with a basic understanding of the vocabulary, concepts,
and processes associated with Lean, the resources
and processes required to implement and support Lean
operations, and the outcomes (cost efficiencies, safety
improvements, and so forth) you might expect.
Module 1: Lean – The basics
Module 2: Lean tools – Value stream mapping, team
formation, waste identification
Module 3: Implementing Lean – Lean animal lab case
study, problem solving, work processes, reporting
Module 4: Q&A
Space is limited and enrollment is subject to approval.
Three (3) AIA Learning Units are available for this course.
AIA HSW
Cost:
$625 Fundamentals Course only
$450 with registration to the two-day conference Nov. 7-8
(Fees include course materials, and refreshment breaks.)
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Agenda at a Glance
Information-rich sessions and high-level networking
Special Events and
Features:
Hosted Pre-Conference
Reception
Sunday, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m. Dessert
and lite fare. Attendees may sign in
and pick up their conference materials
at this time. Guests welcome.
Hosted Reception
Monday, Nov. 7, 4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Guests welcome.
Food and Beverage
Registered attendees will be provided
with lunch and refreshment breaks on
both meeting days.
A continental breakfast will be served
on the first meeting day and a full
breakfast will be served on the second
meeting day.
Please Note The Following
Dress for this conference is business
casual. It is our goal to maintain the
temperature of the meeting rooms at
an acceptable level for all attendees.
However, for your maximum comfort we
suggest that you plan to dress in layers.
Audio or video recording devices are
not permitted at this conference.
Register Now!
www.TradelineInc.com/Animal2011
Register with payment by
Oct. 7 and save $200
Sunday; Nov. 6, 2011
Registration Sign-in/Continental Breakfast for Fundamentals Course 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Registration Sign-in /Continental Breakfast for AAALAC Workshop 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
* Fundamentals of Planning and Design of Animal Labs and MEP Systems 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
* AAALAC Workshop: New ILAR Guide for the Care & Use of Lab Animals 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Registration Sign-in for Fundamentals Course 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
* Fundamentals of Lean for Animal Research Facilities Operations 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hosted Dessert & Lite Fare Reception; Registration Sign-In 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Monday; Nov. 7, 2011
Registration Sign-in/Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
General Session 8:30 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Conference Overview
Speakers: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.; Oregon Health & Science University; Novartis
Institutes for BioMedical Research; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Weill Cornell
Medical College
Concurrent Forum Sessions (choose 1) 11:10 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
A. Flexibility solutions to accommodate changing research program requirements
E. Impact of new ILAR and European guidelines for group housing of non-human primates
F. High animal facility efficiency and low operating costs with new MEP strategies
M. Renovations and upgrades that improve vivarium space efficiency and operating performance
Hosted by Sika Corporation 12:05 p.m.
Concurrent Forum Sessions (choose 1) 1:15 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
B. Data based equipment and workflow decisions for lean, highly efficient vivarium operations
C. + New solutions for efficient relocation and consolidation: a case study
L. + Building Information Modeling (BIM) payoffs for animal facility operations and
construction
N. Sustainability, energy, and capital cost decisions on animal facility building systems
Concurrent Forum Sessions (choose 1) 2:25 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
G. Dramatically reduce air changes for vivaria and still comply with ILAR/AAALAC
H. + Operational based facility plans for vector-borne diseases: insectaries and vivaria
together
J. + New waste disposal technologies that improve performance and lower ops costs
O. + New aquatic facilities for pathogen studies
General Session 3:50 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Speakers: Department of Homeland Security, Plum Island Animal Disease Center; University of
Colorado Denver
Reception Hosted by Strobic Air Corp. (Guests Welcome) 4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
* Additional cost to attend +Presented at this time only.

Tuesday; Nov. 8, 2011
Hosted Breakfast 7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Special Discussion Groups (choose 1) 8:05 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
S-1. + Zebrafish and other aquatics
S-2. + Non-human primates
S-3. + Rodents
S-4. + Large animals
General Session 9:15 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Speakers: SUNY Stony Brook Medical Center; Massachusetts General Hospital
Concurrent Forum Sessions (choose 1) 10:35 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
B. Data based equipment and workflow decisions for lean, highly efficient vivarium
operations
I. + Advances in watering technology and the new models for labor efficiency and quality
control
K. + Animal facility design, operational features to increase workforce efficiency,
reduce labor losses
M. Renovations and upgrades that improve vivarium space efficiency and operating
performance
Concurrent Forum Sessions (choose 1) 11:45 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
D. + Five-year plans for animal research programs and facilities: capacity, capability, and space
utilization metrics
F. High animal facility efficiency and low operating costs with new MEP strategies
G. Dramatically reduce air changes for vivaria and still comply with ILAR/AAALAC
Hosted Luncheon 12:40 p.m.
Concurrent Forum Sessions (choose 1) 1:45 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
A. Flexibility solutions to accommodate changing research program requirements
E. Impact of new ILAR and European guidelines for group housing of non-human primates
N. Sustainability, energy, and capital cost decisions on animal facility building systems
General Session 2:55 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Open Forum/Town Hall Meeting
Adjourn 3:40 p.m.
+Presented at this time only.
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Tradeline is a Registered Provider with The
American Institute of Architects Continuing
Education System. Credit earned on
completion of this event will be reported to
CES Records for AIA members by Tradeline.
Certificates of Completion for non-AIA
members are available upon request.
There are a maximum of 13 Learning Units
available at this conference. Sessions
marked with the AIA CES logo have been
registered with the AIA/CES Record.
AIA Sessions qualifying for HSW credits
are marked with a HSW mark. Sessions
qualifying for sustainable design credit are
marked with a S mark.
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Flexible, efficient solutions for
multispecies program fluctuations
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
Kevin Fowler – Associate Director, R&D Operations
The flexibility/operating efficiency/capital budget sweet spot is being
redefined for vivariums tasked with supporting multiple species,
rapidly changing research priorities, and fluctuating space needs.
Kevin Fowler sets out Boehringer-Ingelheim’s demanding criteria for
holding and procedure space that adapts rapidly across expanding
and contracting studies involving mice, rats, pigs, dogs, horses, and
cattle. He examines findings on layouts and adjacencies, holding room
configurations, finishes, decontamination, and cutting edge flexibility
features that include a split indoor/outdoor vivarium. He details plans
for versatile feed and water distribution, waste treatment, and facility
flows for large animals, small animals, and staff.
Decontamination for large animal areas:
lessons learned on VHP versus ClO2 Oregon Health & Science University
Rick Doughty – Associate Director for Administration
Full decontamination of large animal areas is proving to be a big
hurdle for facility operating staff looking to move to either vaporized
hydrogen peroxide (VHP) or chlorine dioxide (ClO ). The technologies
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and methods that work for rodent facilities may not be equally
effective for large animal housing —a complication that has
significant operating cost repercussions. Rick Doughty documents
Oregon Health & Science University’s experience testing and
implementing both VHP and ClO in an array of animal area types,
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sizes, and conditions. He reports on the direction their research is
taking, staff preferences, training requirements, and costs.
Vivarium renovations to meet European
caging standards
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Carmine Bianco, MBA, CMAR, RLATg – Head, Animal Care Operations
Many organizations are adopting the new European caging standards
for animal housing to enhance animal welfare, standardize operating
procedures between global programs, and safeguard the quality
of biomedical research. The minimum enclosure volumes and
enrichment requirements set out in the ETS-123 guidelines mean that
the old room size, utilities, and capacity planning metrics no longer
apply. Carmine Bianco illustrates the effect of ETS-123 on Novartis’
operating capacity calculations and the renovations under way to
upgrade caging equipment for EU compliance. He identifies emerging
best practices for realigning existing spaces and programs with
multiple regulatory standards.
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Monday; Nov. 7
Attend all of the General Sessions below
Increasing demand for zebrafish: facility
planning and operations
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Weill Cornell Medical College
Neil S. Lipman, VMD – Professor and Director, Center of Comparative Medicine and Pathology
Zebrafish continue to grow as an important and exciting animal model
in developmental biology, cancer, genetics, and immunology. The
ability to support this emerging model provides a key recruitment and
retention advantage. Neil Lipman scopes out the science drivers behind
the robust growth of this model system as he profiles space, staffing,
and management considerations as well as the associated challenges
and solutions for each. He details planning and design considerations
in the development of core shared fish facilities at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center.
New research methods and technologies
for large animal facilities
Department of Homeland Security, Plum Island Animal Disease Center
James Johnson – Director, Office of National Laboratories
Emerging research requirements and large animal handling processes
coming out of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center should factor
heavily in operational planning, design, and equipment decisions
for vivarium upgrades and new construction. Jamie Johnson sets
out the coming science agenda for animal pathogens and what it
means for capacity, flexibility, containment, and technology planning.
He identifies innovative solutions for program limiting and aging
facility infrastructure. He also illustrates lessons learned thus far
from planning the replacement DHS facility, the National Bio and
Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). He scopes out the Plum Island relocation
strategy designed to ensure research continuity and safety.
High-value shutdowns: key to research
uptime
University of Colorado Denver
Jori K. Leszczynski, DVM, DACLAM – Director, OLAR & University Veterinarian
A costly shutdown can be the best investment for improved research
productivity. Here, see the argument for performing a full vivarium
reboot for decontamination instead of a maintain-while-operational
service model. Jori Leszczynski sets out a process that delivers
maximum value shutdown maintenance packages by reconciling a
detailed menu of maintenance tasks with the diminishing returns
of extended shutdown durations. She examines decisions on
schedule, budget, labor headcount, and strategies for swing space,
decontamination, and recommissioning. She documents surprises
discovered in a vivarium shutdown and restart that have implications
for overall facility management and research productivity.

Tuesday; Nov. 8
Attend all of the General Sessions below
Operating plans and facility upgrades
that improve bottom line performance
SUNY Stony Brook Medical Center
Glen Itzkowitz – Assistant Dean for Scientific Operations
Virtualized and highly leveraged operating models for lab animal
resource departments are facilitating sustainable bottom line
financial improvement and program growth against a background of
increasing cost pressures. SUNY Stony Brook is an innovator here,
and in this session Glen Itzkowitz maps out the path to increased
space and resource utilization and department productivity. He
details critical capability enhancing facility upgrades, automation
and imaging investments with fast paybacks, and a virtual service
integration model that diversifies revenue streams. He profiles key
staff hires and strategic partnerships. He examines lessons learned
and workarounds for physical and organizational roadblocks.
Lean process implementation: the
next level in LAR cost reduction and
operations efficiency
Massachusetts General Hospital
Steven M. Niemi, DVM – Director, Center for Comparative Medicine
The new gold standard for vivarium operating efficiency is being
set by organizations that have adopted Lean waste eradication and
continuous process improvement tools popularized most successfully
by Toyota. Here, see the before and after Lean transformation of
Mass General’s lab animal care program. Steve Niemi introduces
Lean methodology and describes the substantial results it has
generated to date in both reducing costs and improving quality. He
reviews MGH’s experience launching a Lean vivarium initiative, the
personnel management lessons learned in the process, and identifies
ways to get started.
Courtesy Clark Enersen Partners
Open Forum/Town Hall Meeting
Facilitators:
Tradeline, Inc.
Steve Westfall – President
Derek Westfall – Vice President
Learn details from conference participants on innovative plans and
initiatives involving streamlined operations, lower operating costs,
upgraded equipment and facilities, new products and technologies,
high space utilization, increased standards for environmental control,
and less capital. Also, this is an opportunity to put specific questions
that you may have to the group for a peer group response. This
session uses big-screen projection of computerized note taking to
build a useful body of information on key and problematical issues.
Session notes will be sent to all attendees.
“[Tradeline] was the best
that I have ever seen in any
conference in 40 years!
You should be proud of that.”
Dr. Sam Lux
Chief, Dept of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston
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Monday and Tuesday; Nov. 7-8
Attend seven of the 19 Forum Sessions on Pages 10-13
Space and program productivity (A-E)
A. Flexibility solutions to accommodate
changing research program
requirements
SmithGroup, Inc.
Victor J. Cardona, AIA, NCARB – Vice President
H. Michael Smith, AIA, LEED AP – Principal
Animal research facilities now have to accommodate growing numbers
of smaller, more highly focused, shorter-term research projects, a
requirement that demands more vivarium capability and capacity
and better space utilization. Here, Victor Cardona and Michael
Smith demonstrate new decision making criteria for space allocation
ratios, static and disposable caging, barrier facility designs, and
biocontainment requirements. They profile facilities at Texas Tech
University, UC San Francisco, Astellas, University of Louisville, and the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to illustrate high-performance
solutions for vivariums ranging from 5,000 square feet to 60,000
square feet. AIA HSW
Monday 11:10 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. | Tuesday 1:45 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
B. Data based equipment and workflow
decisions for lean, highly efficient
vivarium operations
Science Associates
Jim Wallace – CEO
Flad Architects
Mark A. Corey, AIA – Principal
This session sets out a tested and proven framework for taking
animal facility operations to the next level of efficiency through the
use of lean process optimization tools. Jim Wallace and Mark Corey
illustrate operating plan refinements and facility design enhancements
that result from vivarium specific time and motion process evaluation
techniques. They examine five often overlooked operational problems
and cost-effective solutions for both new construction and renovation.
They draw on recent workflow assessments from facilities in the U.S.,
U.K., Germany, and Italy to illustrate newly found efficiencies involving
allergen control, barrier and containment operations, ergonomics, ease
of maintenance, energy use, and logistics. AIA HSW
Monday 1:15 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. | Tuesday 10:35 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
C. New solutions for efficient relocation
and consolidation: a case study
Treanor Architects, P.A.
David H. Livingood, AIA, CSI – Project Management Principal
McCownGordon Construction
Ramin Cherafat – Vice President
Kansas State University
Sally A. Olson, DVM – Assistant Director, Animal Resource Facility
Kansas State University took only nine months to make room for
the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) and completely
relocate its Comparative Medicine Group Large Animal Research
Center. The big takeaways here relate to maintaining operations
during moves and relocations, the extreme compression of project
execution, successfully controlling changes during construction, and
the consolidation results achieved in terms of program capability and
flexibility. Session leaders set out details on the planning and project
management models, metrics on costs and time, and the achieved
occupancy and operating results. AIA HSW
Monday 1:15 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
D. Five-year plans for animal research
programs and facilities: capacity,
capability, and space utilization metrics
Jacobs Consultancy, Inc.
Josh Meyer, RA – Managing Principal
University of Washington
H. Denny Liggitt, DVM, Ph.D. – Director of Comparative Medicine
Kirk R. Pawlowski, AIA – Assistant Vice Provost, Capital Resource Planning
Will your current vivarium facilities be able to support the big research
program and equipment changes that are coming in the next five
years? What are the high-priority capital investments and upgrades
that are now recommended to anticipate industry changes? Here,
session leaders answer those questions and detail strategies for
reconciling program growth forecasts, species trends, existing space
capability, equipment innovations, and capacity. They draw from the
University of Washington’s updated animal facility master plan and
feasibility study to determine the best use of limited capital for short-,
mid-, and long-term planning. AIA HSW
Tuesday 11:45 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.

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E. The impact of new ILAR and European
guidelines for group housing of nonhuman
primates
Alternative Design Manufacturing & Supply, Inc.
Don Daniels – National Sales Manager
Lenderking Caging Products
Michael Semenuk – President
Changes in the ILAR Guide and ETS-123, the European guidelines, are
causing many organizations to consider moving to group housing for
non-human primates. One major pharmaceutical company has already
made the shift. Learn here how group housing will impact facility
plans, operating costs, and research quality as global institutions
move to standardize operating protocols. Don Daniels and Michael
Semenuk profile key elements of new guidelines for caging, options for
enrichment areas, space requirements, sanitation components, lighting
choices, and more. They also examine plans that facilitate converting
NHP group-housing spaces for other species. AIA HSW
Monday 11:10 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. | Tuesday 1:45 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Operations (F-K)
F. High animal facility efficiency and
low operating costs with new MEP
strategies
CRB Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Randall L. Poteat, PE, LEED AP – R&D/Vivarium Specialist
Aaron Saggars, PE, LEED AP – R&D/Vivarium Specialist
New thinking on MEP system design and its alignment with the latest
vivarium operating protocols promises to lower construction and
operating costs for both small and large animal facilities. Here, Randy
Poteat and Aaron Saggars profile adaptive solutions for MEP systems
that reflect current trends in research processes and animal housing.
They provide a framework for choosing new construction and upgrade
strategies that reconcile operating efficiency goals with construction
budgets. They examine new technologies for air pressurization, air
distribution, cage wash, watering, and plumbing. They reveal cost,
efficiency, and HVAC performance numbers from recent projects.
AIA HSW
Monday 11:10 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. | Tuesday 11:45a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
G. Dramatically reduce air changes
for vivaria and still comply with ILAR/
AAALAC
Aircuity, Inc.
Gordon P. Sharp – Chairman
Demand Based Control (DBC) for vivarium HVAC systems will cut
energy costs dramatically and meet ILAR/AAALAC requirements for
air change rates. DBC offers three to five times greater energy savings
than traditional HVAC operational paradigms, and it can reduce first
costs by allowing for lower HVAC infrastructure capacities. Gordon
Sharp details how the technology works to lower airflow rates with
real-time monitoring of room particulates and ammonia levels, improve
work practices, and lower labor costs. He sets out upfront and
operating cost savings for three different types of vivaria. AIA HSW
Monday 2:25 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | Tuesday 11:45 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
H. Operational based facility plans for
vector-borne diseases: insectaries and
vivaria together
HDR Architecture
Michael P. Mottet, LEED AP – Associate Vice President, Principal Laboratory Planner
A new facility model now exists for the growing international research
agenda on vector-borne diseases — a facility that houses both
insectaries and vivaria in close proximity. Research and operational
efficiencies are the driving forces, but combining insectaries and
vivaria in a single facility requires special SOPs, physical components,
and design and construction details. Michael Mottet sets out key
features of efficient insectaries/vivaria solutions at two new CDC
research buildings. He details applicable codes, standards, and
regulations along with provisions for the logistical movement of
people, animals, and equipment. He also scopes out air handling
options along with upfront, operational, and maintenance costs.
AIA HSW
Monday 2:25 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
I. Advances in watering technology and
the new models for labor efficiency and
quality control
ELGA Labwater
Mat Hammond – Director
Alan Mortimer – R&D Director
The latest watering system technologies offer compelling benefits in
lower operating costs, high water quality assurance, and protection
against disease outbreaks. Here, Mat Hammond and Alan Mortimer
profile those system advances and do the numbers on the new models
for labor costs, water quality specifications and control, equipment
and installation costs, and vivaria operating efficiencies. They examine
options for automation, processes for streamlining water purification,
operating protocols that reduce disease outbreaks, and the impact of
watering system choices on space. AIA
Tuesday 10:35 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
AIA Sessions qualify for AIA credit. HSW Sessions qualify for HSW credit. S Sessions qualify for AIA sustainable design credit.
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Monday and Tuesday; Nov. 7-8
Attend seven of the 19 Forum Sessions on Pages 10-13
J. New waste disposal technologies that
improve performance and lower ops
costs
Progressive Recovery, Inc.
Shanon D. Jones – Bio Division General Manager
Gary W. Schmidt – Account Manager
Lower capital and operating costs and greater energy efficiency for
animal research facilities can be achieved through the use of new
solid waste disposal technologies. In this session, see specifications
and criteria for selecting a waste disposal technology and particular
infrastructure decisions that support it. Shanon Jones and Gary
Schmidt detail how the new technologies work, and they set out
findings and data on systems performance, energy use, labor, and
capital along with the facility planning implications and specific
sterilization processes. They illustrate how the technology is operated
as well as a specific sterilization process. AIA HSW
Monday 2:25 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
K. Animal facility design, operational
features to increase workforce
efficiency, reduce labor losses
University of Michigan Medical School
Robert Dysko, DVM – Associate Director, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine
This session examines facility features that increase vivarium
worker productivity and reduce losses due to injury, inefficiency, and
retraining. Robert Dysko, recent AALAS president and the associate
director of University of Michigan Medical School’s vivarium, identifies
workforce centered animal facility upgrades that ease staffing
challenges, increase operating efficiencies, and improve employee
morale. He examines strategic investments in improved ergonomics
for repetitive tasks, workplace environment enhancements, and
automation. He highlights specific features, amenities, and programs
that are proving key to maintaining a satisfied and injury-free
workforce. AIA HSW
Tuesday 10:35 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Renovations, upgrades, and new
construction (L-O)
L. Building Information Modeling (BIM)
payoffs for animal facility operations
and construction
Louviere, Stratton & Yokel, LLC
Uri Yokel, AIA, LEED AP – Principal
William Cleaveland, RA, LEED AP – Architect
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is now being applied to animal
facilities to save money on capital projects and also to run facilities
more efficiently with lower operating costs. Here, Uri Yokel and
William Cleaveland demonstrate the applications and the results.
Using real-life recent case examples, they illustrate the use of BIM to
track vivarium energy use and cage and population densities as well
as to facilitate commissioning, improve maintenance processes, and
make future facility modifications easier. They examine BIM-enhanced
project outcomes including higher sustainability, higher space
utilization, lower per diems, faster startup, and lower maintenance
costs. AIA HSW S
Monday 1:15 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
AIA Sessions qualify for AIA credit. HSW Sessions qualify for HSW credit. S Sessions qualify for AIA sustainable design credit.
M. Renovations and upgrades that
improve vivarium space efficiency and
operating performance
The Clark Enersen Partners
Shawn Diederich, PE, LEED AP – Senior Principal
Gregory S. Lattig, AIA – Senior Principal
Andrew G. Stepp – Senior Principal
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Prem S. Paul, DVM, Ph.D. – Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
Animal facility renovation projects have two big operational
objectives: better space utilization and keeping facilities operational
and productive. Here, session leaders profile high-value upgrade
strategies that bring new capabilities to outdated vivariums, and
the facility condition assessment processes and renovation cost
benchmarks for which to plan. They scope out the positive operating
impact of upgraded HVAC systems, processes, and animal and worker
flow. They examine design and cost considerations for renovations that
must adhere to the NIH Design Requirements Manual, and they set out
phasing techniques that keep the facility up and running and strategies
that anticipate future upgrade needs. AIA HSW S
Monday 11:10 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. | Tuesday 10:35 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

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N. Sustainability, energy, and capital
cost decisions on animal facility building
systems
KlingStubbins
Ellen Sisle, AIA, LEED AP – Principal, Director of Laboratory Planning
Martin Wendel, PE – Engineering Design Principal
Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center
Pierre A. Conti, VMD, MBA, DACLAM – Veterinary Consultant
The recent application of leading-edge sustainability programs to
ventilation, water, and energy is changing animal research financial
models and construction budgets for both new projects and
renovations. Here, session leaders examine new HVAC systems, air
distribution options, and building systems that offer lower upfront costs
and lower operating costs. They detail recent examples of vivarium
sustainability improvement initiatives and the bottom line results to
expect. They set out strategies for renovations with quick payback
and upgrades of holding rooms, air change rate reduction models that
maintain accreditation, and research program flexibility enhancement.
AIA HSW S
Monday 1:15 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. | Tuesday 1:45 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
O. New aquatic facilities for pathogen
studies
Facility Elements, LLC
Eric Slifer – President/Senior Lab Planner
Steven Leonhardt – Partner/Lab Planner
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Frederick W. Goetz, Ph.D. – Professor, School of Freshwater Sciences
Aquatics are in your future, and biocontainment for aquatics will not be
far behind. See equipment and operating details necessary to support
the full array of aquatic research demands. The session examines
Canadian standards and the BMBL 5th Edition to derive pathogen
specific facility plans. Eric Slifer and Steven Leonhardt demonstrate
the difference between aquatics and other animal facilities in terms of
space and infrastructure requirements, fit-up details, and operations.
They make the business case for aquatic research and profile the new
School of Freshwater Sciences at the Great Lakes WATER Institute at
the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. AIA HSW
Monday 2:25 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Four Special Discussion Groups
In these special discussion groups, you’ll learn from others about
recent initiatives, findings, current standards, successful practices, and
innovative facility solutions for specific species and types of facilities.
This includes new equipment and materials, housing standards and
systems, space requirements, HVAC and pressurization, barrier and
containment schemes, waste processing and disposal, flexibility plans,
construction details, operational protocols, and costs (capital and
operations). Each of these sessions has an appointed discussion leader,
but the actual session content comes from testimony and questions
from the group at large. AIA HSW
S-1. Zebrafish and other aquatics
S-2. Non-human primates
S-3. Rodents
S-4. Large animals
Tuesday 8:05 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
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The Lean Facility Lifecycle 2011 Conference
March 21-22, 2011 • San Diego, California
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April 18-19, 2011 • San Antonio, Texas
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May 9-10, 2011 • Washington, D.C.
College and University Science Facilities 2011
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