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Maintaining the client lab equipment list with all the necessary services is a must.As the information becomes more detailed, the list should be updated to reflect the latest information.

Most issues we come across on a project are due to missing services or undefined duties within the laboratory equipment list.. Labs without extracting equipment can follow the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) guidance for air change rates, with supplementary cooling required from internal units such as fan coil units.For spaces requiring close temperature control, we do not use refrigerant-to- air cooling..In labs with extracting equipment, especially fume cupboards, the make-up air required may be a very high volume and allow for centralised air cooling.

We always review the possibility of variable-volume fume cupboards to reduce the energy demand, whilst being aware that the stack discharge on fume cupboards must remain constant, which means the fans will require a bleed damper to allow make-up air to enter the fan to maintain constant efflux velocity.With any fume extracting system, we will ensure the material of construction throughout the entire system is suitable for the extracted fumes.

Solvents and acids are particularly good at corroding metal, such as the metal fixing a fire damper to a wall..

The electrical engineer should review with the client the earthing requirements, including static discharge within the floor construction or electromagnetic interference for sensitive equipment, and inform the lab design architect.Sharp says the situation has led to a nervousness and immaturity surrounding data, resulting in a tendency to either refuse to share data, or a lack of control for the end user.

What we need, she says, is a much more mature set of transaction mechanisms.We need agreements, possibly establishing the rules of data use, or how any profits will be shared.

This will be key to getting a really high functioning National Digital Twin, even with the National Data Strategy..This is uncharted, complex territory.