A pharmaceutical plant creating Wingshift, a drug to aid those with hallucinations, is located in Houston, TX, and is owned by Starsole. The researchers of Wingshift require extremely clean production rooms with a constant temperature, humidity and air exchange rate. This is planned to be done through the utilization of sensors, the most modern HVAC equipment and construction techniques. Starsole brought together their top researchers to develop the building program database along with the cost estimate. These were then put out to bid to a number of select architects and engineering firms. APK Architects LLC. and United Dell Inc. won the bid for the new plant.
United Dell brought in a contractor that they consistently worked with in order to plan out the construction of the plant. This included the MEP, architectural (brought in by APK), and structural models. The regional aerial images, and GIS model was provided by the city of Houston. The main issues that the structural design team had to face were the multiple large spans that the Wingshift process rooms would require, as well as the risk of chemical exposure that could produce hazards to the structure itself. The MEP design included multiple chemical emergency installations, over-sized HVAC units to ensure exact and adequate air quality, and specialized purification systems. The architectural model was rather straight forward and needed only to provide the required spaces for the different processes that Wingshift required for production. All of these systems will be made possible through the use of sensors throughout the life of the plant.
Future renovations will be made easy through the fully encompassing BIM that was provided to Starsole. Starsole has the rights and ownership of this model which allows them to hand it off to any future engineers or architects so that different or more drug types can be produced at this same plant. The incorporation of robots into the production line will be an addition to the plant to allow for Starsole to create more Wingshift in less time. The robot addition will also allow for a greater cost efficiency and a greater degree of accuracy in the chemical make up of Wingshift.
In case of Wingshift not making it in the market the plant will be able to be deconstructed efficiently through the use of the structural BIM and the provided aerial images. This would allow for the plant to be deconstructed and different members of the plant to be reused in a new plant or sold for a profit.
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