Research facilities have specialized needs in IT, cooling, lighting and backup power. New construction must often be integrated into existing infrastructure. They are also peak energy consumers and require sustainable solutions to energy consumption. And since lab facilities and programs change frequently, flexible system design enables changeovers without loss of time, money and opportunities.

The University of Waterloo’s new facility for Quantum Computing and Nanotechnology is thinking big about thinking small. To understand how small a nanometre is (one billionth of a metre), one hair on your head is approximately 80,000 nanometres in diameter. A strand of your DNA is only 2 nanometres...

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The Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (CCBR) is an innovative, multi-disciplinary facility and the first of its kind in Canada: an advanced research centre competing with the world’s top research and development institutions.

The CCBR provided interesting challenges in mechanical...

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