TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Pre Design Activities: Planning to Program the Requirements

2. Renovated Versus New, Owned Versus Leased Laboratory Space

3. Selecting a Site for the Laboratory

4. Designing the Laboratory Room

5. Designing the Laboratory Wings

6. Designing the Laboratory Facility

7. Storage of Chemicals and Chemical Wastes in a Laboratory Facility

8. Recommendations for the Relationship Between Architects and Engineers

9. Guidelines for Design of the Mechanical Systems Servicing the Laboratory Wing

10. Guidelines for Design of the Electrical Systems Servicing the Laboratory Wing

11. Guidelines for Design of Special Laboratory Rooms, Containment Laboratories, Biosafety Laboratories, and Clean Rooms

12. Indoor Air Quality in the Laboratory Buildings and in the Laboratory Rooms

13. Strategic Master Planning for Laboratory Facilities

14. Partial List of Instruments Generally Used in Laboratories, and Short Description of Their Functions

ISBN 0-393-73058-1/ March 2001 / 200 b+w illus / 352 pages