Omicron Projects | Silliker JR Laboratories

CLIENT

Silliker JR Laboratories / Merieux Nutrisciences

LOCATION

Burnaby, BC

SIZE

23,6000 sq. ft.

COMPLETION

2017

Services

Development
Architecture
Interior Design
Engineering
Construction
Maintenance
Renewals

New room to grow.

Omicron provided architecture, engineering and construction of a new laboratory facility to replace Silliker’s existing food product testing site in Burnaby, BC. Our focus was to create a dynamic space with the flexibility to grow future operations. The space consists of laboratory and laboratory support areas, with a front of house area for reception, office, staff and learning rooms.

The project had unique challenges. We needed to provide laboratory services within a building designed primarily for warehousing with 20 ft. ceilings. Gas and water systems required an elaborate ‘trapeze’ to carry the plumbing throughout the space. The trapeze, ductwork, lighting, exhaust and ceilings had to be seismically restrained. Further, most of the equipment required exhaust to travel through the ceiling to the roof and had to be concealed behind a large steel roof screen.