Share thisSuccessful facility integration is best accomplished by bringing together an integrated team with project roles in planning, facility design, equipment selection and integration, construction, and commissioning, providing the resources for complete project responsibility.
The process of facility intergration combines multiple project components, including the specialized equipment and technologies, into one system or facility, and ensures these components and facility function together successfully.
Facility integration is a term of many connotations and equally has many levels of fulfillment. At best, facility integration:
- Begins early in the project planning phase
- Focuses on the process
- Ensures life safety
- Marries facility and process
- Drives commissioning
- Documents the end product
- Delivers a functional facility
The experience of the team is critical to project success and must include a complete understanding of the science of the building, including research requirements, a proven track record with complex laboratory environments, and confirmation of project leadership ability.