April42007

-- BobVitale? - 19 Apr 2007
Reverting to notes used for 4/13/07 meeting

Berman Lab Staff & Facilities Meeting
Date: ongoing
Location: BME Dept Offices
Attending: Berman, Hudson, Fonseca, O'Rourke, Porter & Vitale

Meeting Summaries and Follow Up Notes

Item Room Description Notes
1 288/292 Gas to benches Instead of gas to the island benches, a single gas line will be extended from the fume hoods in 288 and 292 to the existing tables adjacent to the fume hoods in those rooms. Gas to the bench islands will not be required. Lab staff will use portable butane busen burners - if permitted by EH&S. If it is only possible to have one tap per line, the one in side the fume hood can be capped off. April 12 update: work order 311164 has been initiated for this task.
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1A 288/292 Bunsen Burners SOE facilities to find out if ok to use butane bunsen burners in the lab. These are the ones from fisher scientific, last 1.5hrs, contain 20cc of butane and are refilled using small disposable canisters. Microbiologist use flames to sterilize things. Also they boil water to stearlize equipment, however the butane bunsen burners likely don't have enough gas to boil much water, thus someplace in the lab is needed that has natural gas April 12 update: The safety officer in PB Sci says he has OK's their use. We have have sent a second email to EH&S asking for their position.
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2 288/292 Bio Safety Cabinets (BSC) move into 288 but do not unwrap until ceiling closed and new tiles installed. April 12 update: The PB Sci Machine Shop will move the heavy equipment into the labs. The precise new locations for the equipment coming over from Sinsheimer Rm 136 should be identified if they are not already on the floor plans
2A 288/292 BSC Vacuum lines are needed in the BSCs. April 12 update: Facilities will obtain a quote for this work.
2B 288 Shelving Shelving has been removed to make room for BSCs. Shelving above the remaining table on the south wall was removed by mistake
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3 288/292 Island Bench Drawers Install drawer lock for one draw per island bench.
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4a 201/205/288/292 Window Blind installation We have a quote for blinds in the four occupied labs at a cost of $2,794 including tax and installation
4b 288/292 Window Blind cleaning Blinds will need to be cleaned regularly. Blind cleaning costs may need to be passed onto Prof Berman's group as he is requesting more frequent cleaning than campus provides normally.
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5 288 move drawers Shift suspended drawers from one lab table to the table in the center of the south wall in 288.
6 288/292 shelves Place seismic restraint cords on all shelves. Use method used in PSB. Shelving lips are higher than shelves in past, however lab group feels more comforabable if bungie cords are there.
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7   cable locks Lock down two computers and two balances in the lab. BELS to provide cables and locks via recharge method. We will need to determine who needs the keys to the locks. The BELS staff has some standard padlocks but does not issue the keys. Berman lab staff to forward max/min cable size and lengths desired
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8   C02 piping CO2 service piping to be in small diameter copper lines. Make certain that there is sufficient pressure at the end of the runs. What is the pressure of gas required, what is the pressure in the cylinders at max and min values, what is flow rate
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9   C02 low alarm Install an alarm to Rm 288 for CO2 depletion. Depletion should sound alarm noise in 288 and also go to physical plant or dispatch. Bob recommends that an additional monitoring CO2 cylinder pressures, gas lines and incubator operations and be run to a web page with trending. The site could also email lab staff when values get close to alarms points to ensure changeouts are done before an alarm is given. An alarm is generally a bad thing.
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10 292 only Washable Ceiling Tiles Prof Berman provide an adequate specification on the ceiling tiles that he felt is adequate; Armstrong CeramicGuard? Fine Fissured. The vendor literature states they are used for surgical rooms. Be sure to get the ones that are cleanable, there are two types, one with holes (perferorated), one without. Randy to order. How will we get them installed? April 12 update: DPR, the contractor for Alts 2/3, will be asked for an estimate to purchase and install the tiles. In addition, a tile call Armstrong Humiguard Plus Cleanroom Border appears to be a better fit to Phil's rquirements, since the surface is flat in addition to being unperforated. This is the same ceiling that is installed in the Autoclave room.
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11 283 Ice Maker Group decided to house the ice maker in BE-283. A drain exists there. Randy explained the difference between air cooled and water cooled ice maker. The air cooled would expell heat to the room, leaving the room and adjacent hallwall with the waste heat. A water cooled unit would take the heat away via the condensing water, however the piping would need to be installed for it. Prof Berman decided on the air cooled unit. Ice maker requires in-line water filter on tap (potable) water. DI water is not required for ice maker. RP to initiate purchase order.
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12 283 LN2 A liquid N2 dewar will be purchased by BME and placed in 283 for general use by all BME labs.
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13 285 Staff Breakroom Rm 285 to be outfitted for use by lab staff. lockers, two desks, a table. Lockers must be full height. They may not be permitted to store food or make coffee in the lab. Note: Coffee cart is not open nights and weekends.
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14 288/292 Paint Blue Wall Blue walls in 288 and 292 painted the same color as the other walls.