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Hixson’s Comprehensive Approach to Pharma & Biotech Facility & Lab Design

At Hixson, we’ve been designing and engineering cGMP spaces for over 50 years…and we use this accumulated knowledge and experience for the benefit of our pharmaceutical and biotech clients. Watch our latest video to learn how Hixson’s seamless blend of inspiring design and advanced engineering helps spur innovation and drive success!

The Value of Charrettes

Design charrettes are interactive sessions where design stakeholders meet to resolve conflicts and ideate solutions. Charretting is a way to address client needs, provide fresh perspectives, coordinate challenging design solutions, and highlight portions of a project that require further investigation. In the latest issue of Hixson’s Workplace Insights newsletter, we look at three key benefits […]

Designing Break Rooms in Hygienic Zones

Laboratory environments are hygienic zones…spaces that must be kept clean, dry, and free from contaminates, including allergens. These spaces should also be free of food and beverages and other sources of contamination. However, in these hygienic environments, designers must also consider some basic human needs that need to be addressed: How can you make it […]

Propylene Glycol: Too Much of a Good Thing

Throughout the food processing industry, propylene glycol is used in process heat transfer coolant systems when direct cooling with primary refrigerants is not acceptable, and the use of water alone would be at risk of freezing. After system maintenance or repairs, the propylene glycol and water concentration must be replenished in the system. Yet over […]

Workplace Design for the Future

Did you know? Hixson’s design and engineering services can help you create a new or renovated workplace! Watch this video now to learn how we can help improve your workplace and you’re your staff be more productive, happier, and engaged!

Six Signs Your Facility May Need a Wastewater Pretreatment System

Wastewater pretreatment is the process of removing pollutants from a facility’s wastewater to bring it from industrial levels of pollution (several thousand mg/L) closer to the more common residential levels of pollution (a couple hundred mg/L). At manufacturing plants, typical methods of wastewater pretreatment include equalization, pH adjustment, or pollution reduction. Of course, not every […]

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