Bloomberg Speller Lab Renovation

BKM provided MEP engineering for the renovation of the existing 1,300-square-foot Speller Lab located in the Bloomberg Center for Physics & Astronomy.

The renovation included the addition of a dilution refrigerator that has a magnet component, a laser room, temporary clean space and wet lab space, all of which required support utilities that were present in the building. Standby power as required for the new equipment was connected to an existing generator. Existing utilities serving the current occupancy were removed back to their respective mains and new lighting and controls replace the existing lighting. A new secondary process chilled water system was provided with a new heat exchanger to isolate the process cooling from the building system. Additionally, a domestic water emergency procedure was provided to protect the dilution refrigerator during building outages. New lab gases, including Helium, Argon and Nitrogen, were provided to serve a new fume hood and additional equipment within the lab. The building’s existing Helium recovery system was extended to recover gaseous Helium expelled during experiments.