I was recently speaking with the Capital Project Manager for an upcoming expansion at their pharmaceutical manufacturing campus. I asked if they were going to hire a Main Instrument Vendor for the project. “That’s a good point. We haven’t even thought about how we’ll manage the instrumentation on this project.”
First and foremost, you’ll want to understand the specific industry experience that your MIV has. If you are a pharmaceutical manufacturer, you’ll want to ensure that your MIV has extensive experience working on cGMP projects. You don’t want your MIV to learn about validation on your project.
At the end of 2018, Moderna Therapeutics in partnership with Wise Construction and DPS Group completed renovations of an existing building to provide a 200,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility that will enable production of high-quality, complex biologics and vaccines.
- Pete Niarchos, PE
Senior Controls & Automation Project Manager
