Ronan Quinn, managing director of interior construction specialist Ardmac, describes the challenges of building and fitting out a new cleanroom laboratory for blood and bone marrow therapeutic treatment at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin in Dublin.
The “state-of-the-art” facility, which fully complies with the recent EU Directive concerning human tissues and cells, has been well received by the client and end-users alike, but, as he explains, there were many obstacles to overcome during its completion.
This project was hugely challenging, with many construction and technical issues to overcome. Construction challenges included access to the site, fitting into tight spaces, managing frequent interruptions, co-ordinating critical utility and facility tie-ins, and minimising noise and vibration interference to hospital patients and their parents, as well as staff, all on a daily basis. Technical challenges included the design of HVAC, building services, cleanroom control, and incorporating life safety systems into small spaces; the ergonomics and layout of the cleanroom suite; materials transfers and product flows; separation of raw materials from finished stem cells; personnel access; donor record keeping, and source control.
Juggling priorities
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