MilliporeSigma’s new Life Sciences Center was born from an increased global demand, a plan to create centers of excellence, and multiple lease expirations. Cumming Group was initially engaged for lab planning and relocation management services to move 900 employees and 1,000 pieces of lab equipment from five locations across Billerica, Bedford, and Woburn into a new state-of-the-art facility in Burlington, MA.

Flexibility was key during this building’s three-year design and construction schedule. The resulting impact over the project’s duration was changing scientific processes and workflows, a need for additional lab space, dynamic equipment needs, and associated utility and infrastructure modifications.

Modular casework and flexible utility distribution panels provided maximum reconfiguration potential and convenient access to required utilities throughout the labs. A conference center and adjacent cafeteria provide multiple size spaces for collaboration with creative design and engineering to transform rooms into large open space for Town Hall Meetings and conferences. The M Lab™ Collaboration Center provides a space for customers to explore technical solutions, test applications, assess technologies, receive hands-on training, and optimize their unique processes.

Once the building was occupied, Cumming Group implemented an IWMS system, iOffice, and established Occupancy Captain to integrate scalable solutions for long term space utilization tracking and proactive forecasting with key department representatives. The new Center of Excellence is on-brand, culture-rich, and provides future flexibility.