Wood designs and delivers research laboratories, testing facilities, pilot plants and high-containment laboratories (BSL2, BSL3 and BSL4) for universities, healthcare providers, research institutes, government organisations and life sciences companies.
Our teams support clients from early strategy and facility planning through detailed design, construction, commissioning and operational readiness. We help create environments that enable scientific discovery while meeting regulatory, safety, operational and sustainability requirements. This experience includes supporting major life sciences facilities such as CSL Behring's award-winning Project Aurora facility, recognised by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering's Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA)
As research programmes evolve and organisations seek to translate innovation into clinical and commercial outcomes, laboratories must be designed for flexibility, future expansion and emerging technologies. Our approach combines laboratory planning, specialist engineering, digital infrastructure and operational expertise to create facilities that remain effective throughout their lifecycle.
Our specialist laboratory services include:
- Laboratory planning and laboratory architecture
- Specialist HVAC and containment systems
- Laboratory gases and clean utilities
- Laboratory water systems
- Solid and liquid waste treatment
- Chemical and solvent handling systems
- Hazardous and flammable goods storage
- Cryogenic systems
- Cleanroom and controlled environment design
- Biosafety and containment laboratory design
- Facility automation, robotics and integrated control systems
- Digital laboratory infrastructure
- Sustainability and energy optimisation strategies
- Commissioning, verification and operational readiness planning
Our methodology is founded on understanding scientific requirements, regulatory obligations, operational objectives and project risks from the earliest stages of development. This enables us to deliver facilities that balance operability, resilience, safety and compliance. For complex laboratory and containment environments, this includes enhanced commissioning and laboratory verification.
As organisations seek to scale research programmes into pilot operations and future GMP manufacturing, early infrastructure planning becomes critical. Consideration of cleanroom classifications, utilities, containment requirements and future operational needs can help avoid costly redesigns and create a clearer pathway to commercialisation, particularly during the transition from research and pilot facilities to GMP manufacturing.
We help clients create laboratories that can adapt to changing technologies and scientific priorities. Through flexible layouts, shared equipment strategies, digital connectivity, automation and robotics, facilities can support evolving research programmes while maximising utilisation and operational efficiency. These same principles underpin the laboratory of the future.
Sustainability is integrated throughout the design process. Our teams apply low-carbon design principles, advanced HVAC strategies, energy recovery technologies and utility optimisation approaches to reduce operational costs, lower emissions and support long-term environmental objectives.
Our services
Delivering the best value and solutions to our clients
Beginning with the end in mind, our team of experts are here to deliver the most complex Life Science projects. From strategy and design, through construction, start-up and CQV, we apply our expertise using the latest digital tools and lean delivery concepts to bring the best value and solutions to our clients.
Providing robust, cost-effective, flexible, and compliant facilities and starting with the end goal in mind:
- Funding and permitting strategy
- Feasibility and investment case
- Site analysis and master planning
- Process definition
- Equipment selection
- Architectural modelling
- Process simulation
- Facility Digitalisation
- Test fits and building capacity assessments
- Code and life safety analysis
- Sustainability/ LEED solutions
Applying proven technology and the latest tools for seamless integrated design:
- Process architecture
- Process engineering
- Mechanical systems and clean utilities
- Instrumentation and control systems
- Electrical engineering
- Piping
- Plumbing
- Structural Engineering
- Fire protection
- 3D Modeling
- Computational flow dynamics
- Automation Engineering
- Sustainability/LEED solutions
Leveraging our global supply chain capability and strong vendor and contractor relationships:
- Procurement Strategy
- Contractor Prequalification
- Contract Negotiation and Administration
- Vendor and Contract Management
- Purchasing
- Expediting
- Material management
- Logistics
- Supplier Quality Surveillance (SQS),
- Subcontracting
Simplifying the complicated:
- World-class safety
- Program integrator
- Integrated Project Delivery
- Start-up strategy
- Pre-construction permitting
- Construction work packages (CWP)/ sequence
- Logistics plan
- Project controls
- Estimating
- Schedule & risk management
- Synchro 4D planning
- Earned value management/ change management
- Start-up & completion
- Digital delivery
Bringing a highly qualified CQV team experienced in multiple types of processes:
- Requirements definition
- Design reviews/ qualification
- Clinical quality management (CQM)/ Validation master planning (VMP)
- Risk assessments
- Program development
- Integrated scheduling
- Factory acceptance test (FAT)/Site Acceptance Test (SAT)
- CQV document development
- CQV execution
- Recertification/periodic review
- Standard operating procedures (SOP) development
- Punch list and deviation remediation and close out
- Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) close out
- Staff augmentation
- Current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) audits
- Training
- Decommissioning