Laboratories & Life Science are one of the building types we recruit for in the Bay Area across San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and the rest of the region. Commercial mechanical contractors here need HVAC, plumbing, piping and controls people who know how these buildings work. Below is the work involved, the roles contractors fill, and where to find current Bay Area openings.
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Mechanical work in lab buildings
Air side: 100% outside air handlers, energy recovery, lab exhaust fans with high-plume stacks, fume hoods, biosafety cabinets and venturi or terminal air valves.
Room pressure control: Controls that track supply and exhaust air so labs, vivariums and clean suites hold their pressure relationships.
Process piping: Lab gases such as nitrogen, CO2, compressed air and vacuum; RO/DI and purified water loops; and stainless or specialty piping for process systems.
Plumbing: Acid waste and neutralization, emergency showers and eyewash stations, tempered water and lab fixtures.
Wet side: Chilled water, heating hot water and process cooling water serving the building and its equipment.
What contractors look for
High air change rates and energy recovery
Clean installation practices for purified water and gas systems