Standards & Compliance

Designed to the standards your auditors check

Every design we develop is based on the codes and standards governing Indian and global laboratories. Therefore, audit day is a formality, not a fire drill.

The standards we design to

From accreditation to airflow

01

Fire and life safety

  • NFPA standards for Fire Protection for Laboratories Using Chemicals
  • Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code
  • Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids Code
  • Hazardous Materials Code
  • Life Safety Code
  • Sprinklers, alarm, smoke control and hazard identification placarding
India

NBC 2016 · Factories Act 1948 and State Factories Rules · PESO Guidelines · Gas Cylinder Rules 2016

02

Ventilation and containment

  • ANSI/AIHA/ASSP Z9.5 Laboratory Ventilation
  • ASHRAE 110 Method of Testing Performance of Laboratory Fume Hoods
  • EN 14175 for fume hoods
  • ASHRAE 62.1 and 90.1 with the ASHRAE Laboratory Design Guide, for indoor air quality and energy
  • NSF/ANSI 49 Biosafety Cabinetry (Class II)
  • ISO 14644 cleanroom classification, monitoring, test methods, design and construction
  • ISO 14698 biocontamination control
03

Pharma R&D and GxP

  • OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice
  • ISPE Good Practice Guide: Laboratory Design
India

Schedule M, Drugs & Cosmetics Rules · Schedule L-1 (GLP for testing laboratories)

04

Biosafety

  • WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual
  • CDC/NIH BMBL, the design reference for BSL-1 to BSL-4
India

DBT Regulations and Guidelines

05

Food and analytical testing

  • ISO/IEC 17025 testing and calibration laboratory competence
India

FSS Act 2006 and FSSAI notification requirements for food testing laboratories · NABL accreditation

06

Occupational health, chemicals and waste

  • OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • ANSI/ISEA Z358.1 emergency eyewash and shower equipment
  • ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management
  • ISO 3864 and ISO 7010 safety signage
India

Hazardous & Other Wastes (Management) Rules 2016 · Bio-Medical Waste Rules 2016 · Water and Air Acts, Consent to Establish and Operate

07

Laboratory furniture and services

  • SEFA 1 to 10
  • NFPA 99 piped gas systems
  • ISO 21542 and accessibility codes, including accessible fume hood and bench heights
08

Sustainability

  • LEED and IGBC green building rating systems

Beyond applying these standards, our founder serves on the Bureau of Indian Standards Chemical Hazards Sectional Committee and on ISO/TC 336, the international committee writing the global standards for laboratory design. Meet our leadership

What this means for you

Standards fluency is risk removed

R&D & innovation heads

faster science and a culture that attracts talent.

Labs engineered for the research programme you have and the one after it, with collaboration zones designed alongside the bench.

Project & engineering heads

no interface fights, on schedule.

A single BIM model across laboratory and office scope, with clashes resolved on screen rather than above the ceiling.

Procurement & capex

a defensible, low-risk award.

One empanelled partner for lab and interiors, committee-level standards credentials, and a comparable-project record for the tender file.

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