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Improving disabled access in Life Sciences: key considerations when designing Physical Containment Level 2(PC2)/ Biosafety Level 2(BSL2) laboratories
Unique experience
With decades of unique experience in cell culture, single-use systems and process design, we are a trusted partner in bringing emerging products to market. Applying our expertise to both stick-built buildouts of existing spaces and modular delivery, we bring a value-added approach to meet goals and make best use of capital investment.
We are experts in the design and selection of equipment for drug substance processing unit operations, including:
- Buffer and media preparation
- Clean utilities
- Bioreactors
- Fermenters
- Depth filtration
- Continuous processing
- Chromatography
- Ultrafiltration / diafiltration (UF/DF)
- Tangential flow filtration (TFF)
- Centrifugation
- Clean-in-place (CIP) & sterilisation-in-place (SIP)
Mammalian cell culture & bulk biologics
Combining our biotechnology process expertise and knowledge of the latest industry trends, we design innovative solutions for scale-up of mammalian cell culture to produce innovative bulk biologics such as monoclonal antibodies (mAb) and therapeutic proteins. These facilities are vital to the treatment of cancer, autoimmunity/inflammation, exposure to infectious agents, and genetic disorders.
Single-use technologies
Wood has a unique foundation and unmatched expertise in single-use technology. Applying our in-depth knowledge in the application of single-use process solutions, our specialists have designed, operated, and championed single-use systems for cell culture, fermentation, solution preparation, and product hold, ranging from 5L to 5,000L.
Expertise
Facility automation, robotics and vision
Wood offers experienced engineering and intricate software to provide robotics, special purpose machines and controls for automating manufacturing facilities.
Automation and control
Wood is a leading global provider of automation and control solutions including systems design, configuration, implementation, commissioning, and software solutions.
Cell & gene therapy
We recognise the need for compressed timelines and flexible designs to enhance speed-to-market. We also offer expertise in project phasing to accommodate low CAPEX spend and incremental investment.
Engineering and construction
Wood engineers creative and innovative solutions which add value to our customers' assets from concept through to operations and decommissioning.
Our services
Delivering the best value and solutions to our clients
Beginning with the end in mind, our team of experts are here to deliver the most complex Life Science projects. From strategy and design, through construction, start-up and CQV, we apply our expertise using the latest digital tools and lean delivery concepts to bring the best value and solutions to our clients.
Providing robust, cost-effective, flexible, and compliant facilities and starting with the end goal in mind:
- Funding and permitting strategy
- Feasibility and investment case
- Site analysis and master planning
- Process definition
- Equipment selection
- Architectural modelling
- Process simulation
- Facility digitalisation
- Test fits and building capacity assessments
- Code and life safety analysis
- Sustainability/LEED solutions
Applying proven technology and the latest tools for seamless integrated design:
- Process architecture
- Process engineering
- Mechanical systems and clean utilities
- Instrumentation and control systems
- Electrical engineering
- Piping
- Plumbing
- Structural engineering
- Fire protection
- 3D modelling
- Computational flow dynamics
- Automation engineering
- Sustainability/LEED solutions
Leveraging our global supply chain capability and strong vendor and contractor relationships:
- Procurement strategy
- Contractor prequalification
- Contract negotiation and administration
- Vendor and contract management
- Purchasing
- Expediting
- Material management
- Logistics
- Supplier quality surveillance (SQS)
- Subcontracting
Simplifying the complicated:
- World-class safety
- Program integrator
- Integrated project delivery
- Start-up strategy
- Pre-construction permitting
- Construction work packages (CWP)/sequence
- Logistics plan
- Project controls
- Estimating
- Schedule and risk management
- Synchro 4D planning
- Earned value management/change management
- Start-up and completion
- Digital delivery
Bringing a highly qualified CQV team experienced in multiple types of processes:
- Requirements definition
- Design reviews/qualification
- Clinical quality management (CQM)/validation master planning (VMP)
- Risk assessments
- Program development
- Integrated scheduling
- Factory acceptance test (FAT)/site acceptance test (SAT)
- CQV document development
- CQV execution
- Recertification/periodic review
- Standard operating procedures (SOP) development
- Punch list and deviation remediation and close out
- Corrective and preventative action (CAPA) close out
- Staff augmentation
- Current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) audits
- Training
- Decommissioning
