Laboratory Design and Project Management Newsletter
Bernstein & Associates,
Architects (Laboratory Design)
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Empire
Projects, Inc. (Laboratory Project Management) |
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October 2007 |
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In This Issue |
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Featured Articles:
1. "How to Improve Lab
Project Delivery With Early Contractor
Involvement", (c) Ramin Cherafat, Laboratory
Design, 10/07
2. "Collaborative Laboratory
Building Goes Platinum", (c) John Muir
Institute of the Environment, July, 07
Current Work:
1.
*Current and Recent Laboratory Experience*, by Bernstein & Assoc.,
Architects*
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About Bernstein & Associates,
Architects:
Founded in 1990, *Bernstein &Assoc., Architects - PLLC*
is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in:
laboratories, offices, educational, and infrastructure
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About Empire Projects, Inc.::
A division of our firm *Empire Projects, Inc.*
(www.EmpireProjects.com), provides "Owner's Rep"
services to facility owners, including management of the
design and construction process to maintain quality
standards, and assure conformance to budget and
schedule.
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Featured Articles:
"How to Improve Lab
Project Delivery With Early Contractor Involvement",
(c) Ramin Cherafat, Laboratory Design, 10/07
"As biotechnology, nanotechnology, and a host of
other “technologies” have exploded, so has the need
for industrial, research, and academic laboratories.
The traditional methods of delivering laboratory
facilities—design by an architect, receiving bids,
and constructing the facility—have been stretched.
Industries such as pharmaceuticals require new labs
to be brought on line in months. Due to the nature
of their grant funding, even laboratories in the
public sector need to be designed and constructed in
shorter time frames than ever before. In general,
the design/bid/build approach won’t accommodate this
rapid a schedule. A different model is required..."
For full text of the article, go to:
http://www.bernarch.com/Articles-10-07-LabDesign-ImproveLabProjectDelivery.htm
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"Collaborative
Laboratory Building Goes Platinum", (c) John Muir
Institute of the Environment, July, 07
"The U.S. Green Building Council has
awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Platinum certification for the Tahoe
Center for Environmental Sciences building. The
building is one of only 26 facilities (and one of
three laboratories) in the world to have earned the
highest tier of recognition possible for energy- and
environmental-design excellence under the LEED
program for New Construction (LEED-NC) and the first
building in Nevada to earn this recognition..."
For full text of
the article, go to:
http://www.bernarch.com/Articles-10-07-JohnMuirInst-CollaborativeLabBuilding.htm
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*Current and Recent Laboratory Experience*
Bernstein &
Assoc., Architects, AIA,
2006"
Lab Experience :
Within the past
sixteen years, *Bernstein & Assoc.,
Architects, PLLC* has completed numerous : pharmaceutical
laboratories; biochemistry and biotechnology laboratories;
clean rooms; pilot plants; blood processing laboratories;
medical device manufacturing facilities; a neurobiology
research facility; Biosafety Level-3 laboratories;
molecular immunology laboratories; and a plant biology
laboratory.
Lab Publications and Awards
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Our
laboratory projects have won design awards from
Progressive Architecture, and Architectural Record,
and have been published in Advance,
Bio/Technology, Progressive Architecture,
Architectural Record, and Design Solutions.
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Bernstein
& Associates, Architects – PLLC / 59 West 19th St. - 6A,
NY, NY /
Telephone
: 212-463-8200
/ Fax : 212-463-9898 10011 /
Email : info@bernarch.com
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