The Stanford Laboratory Standard & Design Guide, as described on its Web (http://web.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/mainrencon/Labdesign.html), “is a resource document for use by faculty, staff, and design professionals during the planning and early design phases of a project. This Guide is to be used in conjunction with Stanford's Facilities Design Guidelines and applies to construction projects for all Stanford University facilities, including leased properties.”
The Stanford Guide focuses on health and safety. Beyond the obvious need to protect researchers and other personnel, designing health and safety into the construction reduces costs associated with retrofitting a facility to accommodate EH&S requirements.
Excerpts from the Stanford Guide appear below.
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Stanford Laboratory Standard & Design Guide
INTRODUCTION
Purpose
Stanford University has a continuing need to modernize and upgrade its facilities. The resulting construction projects often have significant health and safety requirements due to regulatory oversight. Since these requirements can impact the design of a project, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) prepared this EH&S Laboratory Design Guide to aid the campus community with planning and design issues. EH&S believes that the Guide, in conjunction with EH&S’s plan review and consultation, improves design efficiency and minimizes changes.
Format of Guide
The Guide is formatted to address laboratory design issues pertinent to General Laboratories (e.g., chemical laboratories) in Section 1, with additional requirements for Radioactive Materials Laboratories and Biosafety Level 2 Laboratories presented in Sections 2 and 3 respectively. Within the sections, specific design criteria are provided. Comments are included under the specific design criterion to give the user the rational behind the design feature.
Section 1.0: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STANFORD UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES
Scope
The primary objective in laboratory design is to provide a safe environment for laboratory personnel to conduct their work. A secondary objective is to allow for the maximum flexibility for safe research use. Undergraduate teaching laboratories require other specific design considerations. Therefore, all health and safety hazards must be anticipated and carefully evaluated so that protective measures can be incorporated into the design. No matter how well designed a laboratory is, improper usage of its facilities will always defeat the engineered safety features. Proper education of the facility users is essential. The General Requirements listed in this section illustrate some of the basic health and safety elements to include in all new and remodeled laboratories at Stanford. Variations from these guidelines need approval from SU Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S). The subsections of Section 1.0 provide specific guidance on additional critical features of a general laboratory (e.g., fume hoods, hazardous materials storage, and compressed gases.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 Ventilation
1.2 Emergency Eyewash and Safety Shower Equipment
1.3 Pressure Vessel Components and Systems and Compressed Gas Cylinders
1.4 Flammable Liquid Storage Cabinets
1.5 Hazardous Materials Storage
2.0 Additional Requirements for Laboratories Using Radioactive Materials, Radiation Producing Machines, or Lasers
3.0 Biosafety Level 2 Laboratories
Free full text source: http://web.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/mainrencon/Labdesign.html
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