Starting in 2014, Precis has provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection design services for more than seven individual laboratory and office renovation projects throughout the Carl Icahn Laboratory Building to support new research activities, personnel, and equipment. Renovations generally included zone-level HVAC renovations for proper ventilation and pressurization and temperature control, local exhaust ventilation, reconfiguration of utility gases, power, and data in support of the new architectural layouts and laboratory equipment. Highlights from these various projects include:
- Conversion of an existing recirculating optics research clean room into a new lab space to support a large Bruker solariX mass spectrometer, including refurbishment and modifications to the HVAC system for proper ventilation and pressurization, helium quench venting terminating at a custom louver for seamless integration with the existing building façade, and provision of a new vacuum pump, transformer, and oxygen depletion monitoring.
- Conversion of a laboratory storage closet into an animal procedure room for use by multiple faculty members within the building.
- Reconfiguration of laboratory support areas to support new incubator rooms and constant temperature fly and bee behavioral research rooms.
- Conversion of a conference room into a constant temperature room for research activities.
- Conversion of another existing recirculating optics research clean room into a new tissue culture research lab.
- Conversion of a small wet lab support space into a new optics room.
- Combined a small meeting room and office into a larger faculty office. Converted a copy room and kitchenette into a two-person office. Relocated the copy area and kitchenette to the nearby corridor.
