Cleanroom Retrofit · Arete

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Overview

Arete's client wanted to turn a healthy chunk of their existing building into a cleanroom. The existing lab space was suitable for a cleanroom, but the ancillary systems required gutting nearly all of the surrounding areas down to the shell.

Through a strenuous combination of laser scanning, BIM modeling, and coordination, we were able to retrofit the site with all subsystems required to serve the dozens of new tools.

Client

University

Contract

$300k

Timeline

30 weeks

Process

Being a university, this client was at the mercy of grant funding and timelines. To this end, the project changed direction and priority many times. Between supplementary phasing, temporary systems, tool changes, chemical updates, and rotating consultants, coordinating a project that required 1/8" level accuracy in many areas was a testament to good design processes.

Without clear directives, Arete took it upon themselves to verify interstitial clearance viability in the proposed primary MEP corridor. With the laser scan proving this option infeasible, part of the building was redesigned to accommodate. In turn, Arete's model has become the de facto source of truth for design on the project, which has already borne fruit in both installation money saved and future work rewarded.

Software

AutoCAD · Revit · Navisworks · ReCap · Bluebeam

Hardware

Laser scanner

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