Medical Device Manufacturer

Dry Room Addition and Renovation

The dry room's gowning area.
People in the dry room's gowning area putting on shoe protection.
Interior view of the dry room with viewing windows for a tour route.
The dry room's tour route looking into the dry room space.
The dry room's interior cooling space.
The dry room's interior chiller space.
The dry room's interior chiller space.
Exterior view of the dry room expansion with privacy glass and stormwater management.

Medical Device Manufacturer

Dry Room Addition and Renovation

Minn.

A dry room addition and renovation improves 24/7 production facilities with cleanroom functions. The project adds resilience and capacity to mission-critical production capabilities for medical device components that demand highly controlled environments.

To create a resilient design, extensive air handling, humidity control, particulate control, environmental monitoring, and back-up systems are integrated to provide reliable, maintainable infrastructure and N+1 redundancy for select systems. The costs and benefits of hardened structure were evaluated throughout the process with select implementations at critical locations.

The project also meets complex production and staff needs. Goals focused on low cost of operation, adaptability, ease of maintenance without disruption to production, correcting storm water-related infrastructure, and providing a pleasant work environment (daylight and views) guided the design. A branded tour route is integrated into the functional performance and environmental control strategy of the facility.

Size: 20,000 sq. ft. addition; 10,000 sq. ft. renovation

Components: Expanded dry room manufacturing; gowning spaces; truck dock; warehouse; mechanical/electrical/plumbing equipment; modifications to existing offices, labs, chemical/hazardous storage, and support spaces; branded tour route

Completion: 2019