HOLISTIC LAB RELOCATION SERVICES

A molecular drug-research company sought to move its headquarters from Cambridge, Massachusetts to an alternate location. The facility housed 35 employees and 10,000 square feet of chemistry and biological research labs as well as a large animal facility. Months of relocation planning would have to successfully move the entire facility in one week.

Triumvirate Environmental's lab relocation services are augmented by their lab relocation consultants' unique ability to tackle from three different angles: laboratory pack and move services, decontamination services, and plan and permit services. The lab relocation consisted of:

• Onsite support services, field services, and consulting services all joined forces, with Triumvirate Environmental's regional life science director as the manager of all project phases.
• Prior to the move itself, Triumvirate Environmental's consulting team worked with the research company’s Director of Operations to set up all of the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) permits and plans required to operate a new research facility safely and compliantly.
• Triumvirate Environmental developed new OSHA and emergency response plans for the new space.
• As a part of the physical move, chemicals in the laboratory were divided into those that needed to be disposed of and those that would be transported to the new location.
• All chemicals were lab-packed by Triumvirate Environmental's environmental specialists. Chemicals to be disposed of were sent off to incineration or a landfill, and those being kept were transported to the new location.
• Once the hazardous materials were removed from the facility, the field services team decontaminated each lab surface, including bench tops, drawers, fume hoods, and floors.
• The debris from the facility was then loaded onto Triumvirate Environmental trucks for end-disposal.
• On the heels of the decontamination team was Triumvirate Environmental's technical services team, who certified that the labs were clean and collected data for the lab closure report.

In 6 days, 8,000 chemicals from an organic chemistry lab were packaged and sent for disposal while 12,000 chemicals were moved to the new lab location. The 10,000 feet of research space and the animal facility were decontaminated to ANSI standards as well as the lease requirements.  The closure report helped to close the loop and eliminate any environmental risk from the previous operations. Overall, the financial and research costs of the move were minimized due to the reduction of downtime and maximization of pre-planning procedures. Overall, because Triumvirate Environmental is a holistic partner and not just a basic laboratory relocation company, their lab relocation consultants were fully prepared to meet any EHS challenge. As a result, one researcher was able to continue conducting her research up until the morning of the move and then resume her research later that afternoon when the chemicals were safely delivered to the new site—without missing a beat.