1. Out With the Old, In With the New
Moving BYU’s Life Science Building

2. Why start planning early?

3. Planning to Move a Lab Building
Is 3 years enough time to plan?

4. New Life Science Bldg

5. Planning a Move – Challenges (WIDB)
110 Labs
74 Faculty
30% faculty retirement
Planning a Move – Challenges (WIDB)

6. Planning a Move – Special Concerns
Animals
BSL-3 Lab
Chemical Inventory
Decommissioning of labs
Timeline for move
How things are moved
No hoarding policy for chemicals
Radioactive labs,
BSC decommissioning and move
How to decommission the building once everything is moved out
Timing with moving.
What can moving move? What do we need chem stores to move? What do we need RM to move?
Planning a Move – Special Concerns

7. Cluff Building
Greenhouse
Widtsoe Building
Starting the Move

8. Cluff Building Landscape Management Bio 100 Lab Microscopy Lab
There are 3 main labs that need to be moved from the Cluff building.
Moved to remodeled areas in the WIDB
Cluff Building

9. Cluff Building Landscape Management Bio 100 Lab Microscopy Lab
There are 3 main labs that need to be moved from the Cluff building.
Moved to remodeled areas in the WIDB
Cluff Building

10. One lab left about 10 bottles of chemicals behind
Bio 100 Lab Move

11. Microscopy Lab

12. Microscopy Lab Flammables and glassware
Timing in packing. This was taken 4 days before moving locations.
Faculty don’t want to stop their working.
Microscopy Lab

13. Liquid Nitrogen Dewers & Compressed Gas tanks
Microscopy Lab

14. We needed to look at alternative spaces for hte microscopy lab since the new building would not meet the vibration requirements of the scopes.
One of scopes will be placed on a huge vibration canceling mat to further reduce any vibrations.
Before the scopes can be moved they need to have the company come in and decommission them. Once BYU moving has them in the new location the company needs to come out and re-commission the scopes before they can be used.
Some of the chemicals that will be moved include a two large liquid nitrogen dewers that will be housed in the utility closet. These need to be handled very carefully due to the asphyxiation hazard. Compressed gas cylinders present an explosion hazard during the move.
The chemical bottles will be the easiest because they can be boxed by compatibility and moved over.
Microscopy Lab

15. Greenhouse 3 greenhouse areas, headhouse, & Terrace Garden plants.
Timing of the move is important to track.
Weather, heat, cold will effect the plants
Greenhouse

16. Greenhouse

17. New Greenhouse

18. New Greenhouse

19. Prepping for Move Statistics: Approx. 30,000 “inventoried chemicals”
110 Labs
74 Faculty
30% faculty retirement
Approx. 30,000 “inventoried chemicals”
Prepping for Move

20. Battle Plan Monthly Meetings Reduce chemical inventory
Dean, Compliance, RM
Reduce chemical inventory
Get ACCURATE chemical Inventory
Funding for project!
Battle Plan

21. Reducing Chemical Inv. Elimination Criteria: Set on “disposal carts”
Fuzzy/dirty/unlabeled
< 2005
Expired
Set on “disposal carts”
Reducing Chemical Inv.

22. Currently 14229 Chemicals in the WIDB (July 31st)

23. Accurate Chemical Inventory
Lab Inventory Schedule
Chemical Procurement
End “P-card” era…
Accurate Chemical Inventory

24. Procurement App

25. More to Come Moving Chemicals Decommissioning Labs
Radioactive
Chemical
BSL-3
Animal Storage Areas
Decommissioning BLDG
More to Come