Laboratory Facility Guidelines for Planning and Design
As I2SL and AIA work together to develop the laboratory design guidelines, this page will serve as a hub of information on the project.
January 6, 2010
Project Update: The Project Management Team received significant input and comment during the guidelines meeting at the Labs21 2009 Annual Conference, and has since been working to refine the project activities and scope to better align with the comments received. The team has also focused a lot of their time on finding funding for the project. The team has drafted a funding proposal and held meetings with potential benefactors to discuss the project and funding needs.
September 24, 2009
The AIA and I2SL hosted a meeting of the guidelines Executive Committee at the Labs21 2009 Annual Conference. View the presentation given at the conference (PDF 67 pp; 14MB) or read the notes from this meeting (PDF 2 pp; 40 KB).
July 2009
The Project Management Team invites participants to join various guidelines committees. Invitation RSVPs were due August 14. See who's already accepted their committee invitation. If you are interested in participating in the development of the guidelines, please contact I2SL.
June-July, 2009
The Project Management Team participated in several meetings with federal agencies, including EPA, HHS, NIH, and NSF, to give a presentation on the guidelines and garner further support for the project.June 8, 2009
Those wishing to comment on the Laboratory Facility Guidelines for Planning and Design document matrices, which now includes definitions for human factors, please print a hard copy of the matrices, make your comments clearly and legibly on the hard copy, and scan and email or fax the marked up pages to 703.841.1440.
April 30, 2009
AIA, I2SL, and BBH Design host the first open meeting to discuss the guidelines. The meeting attendees requested that the document scope matrices be provided in an editable format for comment. The matrices spreadsheet includes two worksheets along with a list of definitions that were developed following the meeting:
April 2009
A proposal for the guidelines document is developed.
March 13, 2009
A draft matrix is developed to help determine the scope of the laboratory design guidelines. The matrix includes two spreadsheets: Functionality and Human Factors.
March 9, 2009
AIA and I2SL send out an invitation to attend a planning meeting regarding the guidelines, taking place April 30, 2009, in conjunction with the AIA 2009 National Convention in San Francisco, California.
March 3, 2009
AIA issues a press release regarding the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and guidelines.
February 2009
AIA, BBH-Design, and I2SL establish a schedule, the roles and responsibilities for creating the guidelines, as well as a list of potential participants for each committee.
February 25, 2009
I2SL issues a press release regarding the MOU and guidelines.
February 6, 2009
AIA and I2SL sign an MOU to develop the guidelines.