Integrated Lab Solutions

The Outcome

Relocating 325 scientists from seven departments
New Jersey campuses to Massachusetts to improve external collaborations
$20M savings for client
1-year R&D budget saved to repurpose

The Challenge 

Space program (concept design) and proposal produced by the architect-engineer (A-E) company did not meet the business expectations.

The Solution 

Utilised occupancy data to benchmark space metrics applied to the scientific groups who were part of the space relocation.

The Outcome

Realize value through disposal 
Reduce overall footprint by 15%
Decrease overall facility operating costs with a 2-years ROI

The Challenge 

Six underutilized laboratory buildings occupied for the last20 years.

The Solution 

• eLABorate to examine occupancy and equipment utilization of one lab building.
• Pilot study to validate the potential strategic optimization of the buildings, reducing overall footprint by 15%.
• Retiring underutilized equipment, increasing the occupancy of the lab space and utilisation of lab assets.

The Outcome

Accommodate the 20% increase in headcount to meet growth targets
Saving 27% of service maintenance costs
Not extending any leases on temporary buildings

The Challenge 

• Reduce service maintenance costs on lab asset fleet by eliminating underutilized equipment.
• Over design and construction period for new lab building, headcount growth exceeded original plan.

The Solution 

• Compared utilization data to service and maintenance costs to identify the value of optimizing the fleet.
• Eliminating equipment used less than 10% of its full capacity.
• Used occupancy and equipment utilization data from the client’s temporary lab while new building under construction to redefine space metrics. 

The Outcome

Consolidated 850 scientists from 53 scientific groups
Improving preferred group adjacencies on the main campus

The Challenge 

• To improve the preferred adjacency of scientific groups collocated to improve interaction and collaboration.
• Examine the opportunity to exit locally leased office space to allow employees back to campus.

The Solution 

• By benchmarking occupancy and space data, CBRE were able to right-size space allocations improve scientists’ relative locations.
• Identified 150,000 sq ft of space to relocate staff back to main campus.