Latest Trends and Metrics: Building Next-gen STEM Facilities for Long-term Viability

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Colleges and universities across the country are competing for STEM-focused students and faculty, and critical to these efforts are facilities meant to last the better part of a century and support cross-discipline convergence, experiential learning, collaboration, and project-based learning. In this session, RFD presents emerging trends, planning solutions and benchmarking for recently completed and "on the boards" science and engineering facilities, and the key decisions that inform building systems that support the right amount of flexibility and adaptability. They outline what key decisions to make and pitfalls to avoid to best leverage complex systems inherent to laboratory focused facilities.

Speakers

Terry Brown is responsible for laboratory programming, planning, design, and project management. His experience includes research and teaching laboratories for colleges of Engineering as well as the life sciences. Particular focus on physics / nanotechnology, makerspaces, large structural testing labs and cleanrooms. He works closely with the client, users, and the architectural and engineering team to establish design criteria and develop a facility which is responsive to current needs and allows flexibility for future requirements. Mr. Brown evaluates the client’s needs against the budget requirements and makes recommendations to enable the client to reach their goals within the budget constraints. He is responsible for coordinating the design of laboratory furnishing and equipment, as well as laboratory mechanical, plumbing, and electrical services.

Michael Davison is responsible for laboratory programming, planning, design, and project management. Mr. Davison thrives at listening to and working with the user to turn their needs into practical laboratory designs. He is engaged with all phases of design, from programming, schematic, design development, construction documents, and construction administration. He brings best-in-class expertise in projects seeking sustainable choices for user well-being and building efficiency. Mr. Davison’s academic lab work experience includes undergraduate teaching laboratories, and graduate-level research laboratories. In addition he has worked on academic health care and undergraduate career training facilities.