Research & Development

At first glance, converting existing offices to labs, whether just a floor, a wing, or an entire building, may make a great deal of sense:  The facility may already be …

Hixson is pleased to announce that we welcomed Mike Tragseiler to our firm this month as a Director of Client Development.  In this role, Mike is responsible for engaging, acquiring, …

The demand for workers has been huge in recent years and does not show signs of stopping anytime soon.  An article from commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield suggests …

Six months after you’ve moved into your sparkling, brand new R&D space is too soon to discover your counters, flooring or cabinets are already becoming spotted with stains from chemicals. …

Earlier this month, Hixson architects Bryon Sutherly and Paul Thamann spoke on “Maximizing Lab Effectiveness with Purpose-Built Lab Design” at the 2019 Lab Design Conference. The theme for the conference …

Congratulations! You, your design team, and contractor have just celebrated the completion of a project at your R&D lab and today is the landmark day when your employees will begin …

Today Hixson wraps up three days in Raleigh, NC, at the Annual I²SL Conference. According to show organizers, the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories, I²SL is “the leading international conference …

In the latest edition of Hixson’s R&D Perspectives newsletter, Brian MacKenzie and Roselia Harris share the top four takeaways from the 2018 Lab Design Conference.  Number one on the list:  …

Design LAB (Learn And Build) is a program of project-based education presented by the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati (AFC).  The program partners volunteer design professionals with students in classrooms from …

Hixson recently created a suite of Constant Temperature/Constant Humidity (CT/CH) rooms designed to allow Cincinnati-based Medpace to bring critical product testing to its Cincinnati location. Cincinnati-based Medpace delivers Phase I-IV …