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Empowering Scientific Discovery & Progress

Your vision holds the potential to change the world. From the next medical breakthrough to cutting-edge advancements in materials science, every new scientific discovery or innovation starts with the right team, the right process, and the right environment.

Guided by the latest industry trends, we specialize in delivering programming, planning, and design services that seamlessly align with the ever-evolving landscape of scientific excellence. From laboratories and clean rooms to research facilities and processing suites, we infuse the three tenets of collaboration, technological assimilation, and continual process improvement, creating spaces that go beyond function—they inspire, facilitate, and empower.

RS&H is ready to partner with you to help achieve your goals.

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Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory

RS&H worked within a collaborative design-build team to design a 96,000-square-foot physical sciences energy research laboratory, that will share technologies and diverse research to collaborate on some of the most complex energy challenges facing the global human community.

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NASA Asteroid Curation Facility

As a valued partner with NASA since the 1960s, RS&H started the project with a contract for HVAC repairs, which blossomed into laboratory repairs, laboratory design, and a master plan that would consolidate the ARES division from six buildings down to two.

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Mayo Mangurian Labs

Going beyond the benefit of now having aesthetically pleasing laboratories that offer advanced research capabilities, Mayo Clinic has the potential to offer a tremendous long-term impact to the local community, as well as the general healthcare community.

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Resilience Advanced Development & Manufacturing Facility

The facility required a flexible design that would allow emergency access rights to the Department of Defense should they need to take over the facility to produce potential vaccines and treatment for the military forces at a rapid, long scale.

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Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

The newly renovated facility truly services warriors' needs, providing vaccinations for American soldiers and research capabilities to address any disease that may surface in the field.

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Lab Planning & Design

We develop effective, efficient, and creative laboratory environments that enable science to advance in a cost-sensitive corporate and academic world. Our specialized laboratory and vivarium planners, programmers, and designers have developed research, development, and production facilities for public and private clients. These range from academic research and teaching institutions to governmental agencies and private companies, each requiring tailored solutions to meet their unique needs and goals.

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Research & Development

We understand the challenges faced by research companies, public agencies, and institutions – from making business decisions that balance cost, opportunity, and return on investment to creating spaces that facilitate safe and efficient workflows for research, development, and learning. We design high-performing, adaptable spaces and laboratories for a variety of uses, including agricultural research, STEM education, technology incubation and transfer, medical learning and simulation, and advanced research.

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BioTechnology

RS&H designs dynamic laboratories and biotech facilities with thoughtful attention to creating adaptable spaces while accommodating the need to isolate sensitive functions when necessary. We create and innovate solutions for cGMP, ISO classed clean production and containment suites, and tissue processing and banking facilities.

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BioPharmaceuticals

We design product development, testing, and manufacturing facilities for drug manufacturers with thoughtful attention to process simplification and workflow efficiencies. Our design of high-performing facilities follow a process, eliminate waste, and drive high throughput while creating innovative solutions for cGMP, ISO classed clean production and containment suites, and manufacturing centers while adhering to regulatory standards and requirements.

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How to Design Incubator Laboratories for Lease

December 21, 2021By Michael Vascellaro

Learn the benefits of leasing incubator laboratories for both scientists & property owners while getting design tips from RS&H's science & healthcare experts.

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Design-Build for Science Projects: It’s All About Chemistry

July 28, 2020By Scott Crawford, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

You would anticipate there being some science involved when it comes to the planning, design and construction of complex facilities like research laboratories and pharmaceutical manufacturing operations. But the secret ingredient in these projects is a different kind of chemistry than you’d expect.

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Turning Common Lab Design Challenges into Benefits

July 30, 2019By Scott Crawford, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Successful labs are created when all stakeholders and the design team have an aligned vision. Every detail must be exhausted during planning to ensure labs are functional, efficient and safe.

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