Biopharmaceutical
Biotechnology and pharmaceutical facilities – research and development laboratories, vivariums, pilot plants, and manufacturing facilities – must be built to the very highest degrees of precision and adhere to stringent regulatory constraints, such as for sterility and cleanliness. They must be state-of-the-art in every way. At the same time, the long product development cycle of these companies – it can easily take years or even decades to develop, test, and bring to market a new pharmaceutical product – means that facilities must have enough flexibility to adapt as technologies advance.
XL Construction enjoys great success in this challenging market because our in-house experts understand the nuances of construction in this area and have the knowledge required to build successful facilities.
Our biopharmaceutical projects include:
- Abgenix, Inc.
- Allergan, Inc.
- ALZA Corporation
- Menlo Park campus: renovation and seismic upgrade
- New cGMP pilot plant facility and laboratories
- M7 Laser laboratory: build-out
- ARYx Therapeutics
- Corgentech Inc.
- Laboratory renovation
- DNAX Research, Inc.
- Laboratory and office renovation to an occupied facility
- Exelixis, Inc.
- Laboratory and office renovation project
- Genencor International
- Genentech
- B7 Lyophilizer:architectural and MEP utility modifications to support two new Lyo units B-13 Cold Room addition
- Genitope Corporation
- Gilead Sciences
- Build-out of new stability laboratory
- Incyte Corporation
- Office tenant improvement project
- Gene sequencing facility: Demolition and conversion to create analytical laboratory space
- Investigen, Inc.
- LifeScan, Inc.
- Seismic upgrade to three occupied buildings, including new footings and steel braces; completed on an accelerated schedule
- Warehouse conversion project
- List Biological Laboratories, Inc.
- Medarex, Inc.
- Research and Vivarium Facility (Phase 1): complete seismic upgrade and laboratory and vivarium build-out
- Facility expansion (Phase 2): addition of a second level to receive new laboratory and office
- MedImmune, Inc.
- Pilot plant and QC laboratory
- Molecular Devices Corporation
- Chemistry laboratory expansion and upgrade
- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc. (Formerly Chiron Corporation)
- CMF First Floor Fill Operation Upgrades
- VMF TFPI cGMP and Manufacturing Upgrade
- Building M Cell Culture facility: conversion to class 10,000 and 100,000 validated facility
- Building U Office tenant improvement
- Building D laboratory: seismic upgrade, laboratory renovation, and sterility suite
- Data Center remodel and addition of emergency generator while data center in use
- Building V QC Sampling: build-out of an incoming inspection area, including sampling room
- Building 4 BSL-3 laboratory: renovation and upgrade
- PDL BioPharm, Inc.
- PSGA IONSYS Laboratory
- Construction of transdermal analgesic laboratory
- Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.
- Laboratory space
- Scios Inc.
- Office renovation
- Sugen, Inc.
