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Edited By
Jack Hessler, Hessler Consulting, LLC, Laytonsville, MD, USA
Noel Lehner, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Included in series
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine,
Audience
Researchers, postdocs and graduate students who work in research animal facilities and those involved in the architecture, engineering,
construction and programmatic requirements
programmatic requirements of animal research
Contents
I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
1.Goals and Objectives for Research Animal Facilities
2. Master Planning & Animal Facility Location
3. A Team
Process from Programming to Commissioning
4. The Planning, Design and Construction Process
5. Pre-Occupancy Planning, Commission, Qualification
and Validation Testing
6. Regulatory Issues
7.Environmental Considerations for Research Animals
8. Cost
II. DESIGN CONCEPTS AND
CONSIDERATIONS
9. Circulation
10. Functional Adjacencies
11. Vivarium Aesthetics and Visual Design
12. Ergonomic Considerations and
Allergen Management
13. Interstitial Mechanical Space
14. Hazard-Resistant Building Construction
15. Animal Isolation Cubicles
16.
Modular Buildings
17. Common Facility Design Errors & Problems
III. FACILITY DESIGN
A. General
18. Animal Care and Administration
Space
19. Animal Use Space
B. SPECIES SPECIFIC HOUSING SPACE
20. Rodent Facilities and Caging Systems
21. Facilities for Nonhuman
Primates
22. Facilities for Dogs, Swine, Sheep, Goats, and Other Species
23. Aquatic Facilities
C. SPECIAL FACILITIES
24. Barrier
Housing for Rodents
25. Biohazards: Safety Practices, Operations and Containment Facilities
26. Quarantine Facilities and Operations
IV. SYSTEMS
27. Introduction to Specifications: General Considerations, and Division 1
28. Structure
29. Doors & Hardware:
Practical Choices
30. Finish Decisions
31. Fixed Equipment for Research Animal Facilities
32. Plumbing: Special Considerations
33.
Electrical: Special Considerations
34. Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC): Special Considerations
35. Using Computational
Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Laboratory Animal Facilities
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Hardbound, 520 pages, publication date: NOV-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-369517-8
ISBN-10: 0-12-369517-1
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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