Challenge
MIT’s new cleanroom facility on their Cambridge campus required an advanced infrastructure to handle flammable, toxic, pyrophoric, and nonhazardous gases while ensuring strict safety, seismic, and operational compliance. The project involved relocating and reconfiguring existing tools, adapting the infrastructure to meet varying utility demands, and implementing gas monitoring systems aligned with best practices. These efforts needed to accommodate both prescriptive codes and the unique requirements of MIT’s operations, all while managing costs and improving tool safety for municipal inspection approval.
Solution
Hallam-ICS led the process engineering and design, developing a notional tool list and utility demand matrix, and implementing robust gas systems, including cabinets and manifolds for various gases. We designed an advanced gas monitoring system by integrating the best elements from MIT’s existing systems and industry standards. Our team optimized equipment layouts to enhance operations, extended process utilities to relocated tools, and performed Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to reduce seismic requirements. Additionally, we specified and installed advanced scrubbers to manage hazardous exhaust and developed safety upgrades for relocated tools.
