University of Maine Green Engineering & Materials Factory of the Future
The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) looks to build on its reputation as a national and international leader in commercially scaled, next-generation research and development on composite materials and structures. SMRT teamed with Grimshaw Architects and structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti for the Green Engineering and Materials (GEM) Research Factory of the…
Maine Molecular Quality Controls Inc.
Maine Molecular Quality Controls, Inc. (MMQCI) was founded in 2000 as a small two-person company. Over the years, they have gained expertise in quality assurance of laboratory medicine and have become a well-respected global company. Their portfolio includes molecular controls for inherited disease testing, infectious disease detection, and oncology. MMQCI has seen steady growth in…
Women's Care Florida
Women’s Care Florida (WCF) wanted to increase collaboration between the workplace and laboratory environments while moving towards automation in its 17,000-square-foot renovation of this equipment-intensive facility. By migrating from a labor-intensive manual loading testing protocol to a fully-automated line with multiple chemistry stations, WCF wanted to achieve higher throughput while reducing manual movement and improving…
GE Healthcare Digital X-Ray Detector Manufacturing Facility
Using an integrated engineering and design process, this 230,000-square-foot digital x-ray manufacturing facility was the first clean manufacturing plant of its kind to be LEED Gold certified. Built in 18 months, the facility is a model of green design, accommodating cutting-edge clean manufacturing processes, support utilities, and resource-conscious environmental and control systems in a healthy…