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Cornell University Nanotechnology Facility Duffield Hall - Tool Accommodation Cornell’s College of Electrical and Computer Engineering was in the midst of constructing their new high-tech educational and research facility, Duffield Hall. This project was designed to bring together various groups of Nanotechnology and materials science researchers into one facility. Located on the ground floor of Duffield Hall; an 18,000sqf cleanroom was to become the new home of the Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Center (CNF) and Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC). Nanotechnology is continuously evolving with new research and technology and Duffield Hall’s lab and cleanroom space needed to be flexible. The Construction Manager needed assistance to understand the magnitude of this project. They were working on a limited budget and compressed installation window, and needed to minimize the initial cost and cost overruns by competitively bidding the project. Hallam-ICS’ Advanced Technology Engineering team was contacted in March 2002 by McCarthy-Welliver/McGuire (Cornell’s Construction manager) to design the relocation and installation of 55+ new and existing pieces of nanofabrication equipment from Knight Lab to Duffield Hall. We were contracted to provide layout/space planning, tool accommodations design, specialty gas delivery code review and design, and toxic gas monitoring and controls design. Our first task was to understand the needs of the users and work with the Fab Manager and staff to develop a cleanroom layout and utility requirements. Our team surveyed the existing equipment, interviewed the Cornell Staff and researched the lab capacities to develop a comprehensive tool layout, tool utility matrix and installation details. From here we detailed the tool hook-up and gas delivery design, and installation specifications. Concurrently, our controls team was working with Cornell’s Environmental Health and Safety team to develop a comprehensive emergency response protocol, functional matrix and toxic gas monitoring and control system design. This package was also competitively bid, requiring an inclusive design for the contractor to bid, build and program by. Today, Duffield Hall is the new home of Knight Lab. Since that first visit, we have grown our relationship with Cornell and the construction manager. We have completed two additional tool accommodation projects, a total of more than 75 tools. We are currently working with the facility manager to assess the user needs and building capacities of the second and third floors for a planned September 2004 move-in date. |
More Projects... Microdevices IBM Microelectronics Nortel Networks Cornell University General Electric Global Research Toxic Gas Monitoring & Control Systems Infineon Technology AG Cornell University Nanotechnology Facility MIT Institute Micron Technology, Inc. |
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