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Four Design Considerations for Insourcing Lab Functions

Companies with testing needs often grapple with the question of whether or not to insource their laboratory functions. It’s a fundamental business issue that has real implications from multiple viewpoints. In the most recent issue of Hixson’s S&T Perspectives newsletter, we look at four key facility design variables that can influence the decision of whether or […]

The Value of Construction Mockups

Hixson’s construction specifications typically include items or assemblies that require the contractor to provide mockups for Hixson (as the Architect/Engineer) and the facility’s Owner to approve prior to the installation of the finished product. These mockups are called out for scopes of work which we have found to be challenging for contractors to get correct […]

A Look Back: Maple Leaf Foods

Hixson served as the A/E of record for the $772MM, 640,000 SF Maple Leaf Foods poultry processing facility in London, Ontario. Leading-edge food safety, environmental, and animal welfare processes and technologies were designed into the facility, one of the most technologically advanced poultry-processing plants in the world! Want to discover more about what makes this […]

Six Common Storm Water Compliance Issues

Discharge of storm water from industrial sites is regulated by either a state or, less frequently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Under these regulations, a site must either apply for a storm water permit or submit a “No-Exposure” exclusion certification. Hixson frequently works with both the permitted and the “No-Exposure” facilities to verify […]

Design Considerations for Building a DNA Synthesis Laboratory

Driven in part by the pursuit to create new vaccines, cures, and other breakthrough medicines, the field of cell and gene therapy has witnessed a significant surge in growth over the past few years. At the heart of many of these advancements is DNA synthesis, a process in which specific portions of the DNA strand […]

From Experience: Next Generation Stack Economizers

Economizers have long been used in steam boiler facilities to recover energy in the form of heat from boilers and re-use the heat for some other purpose, such as heating feed water. Two common types of economizers are in use today: Direct contact stack economizers and tube-type stack economizers. In the latest issue of Hixson’s […]

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