Predesign activities: planning to program the requirements -- Laboratory space : renovated versus new, owned versus leased -- Selecting a site for the laboratory -- Designing the laboratory room -- Designing the laboratory wings -- Designing the laboratory facility -- Storage of chemicals and chemical wastes in a laboratory facility -- Recommendations for the relationship between architects and engineers designing laboratories -- Guidelines for design of the mechanical systems servicing the laboratory wing -- Guidelines for design of electrical systems servicing the laboratory wing -- Guidelines for the design of special laboratory rooms: partial- and full-containment laboratories, biosafety laboratories, and clean rooms -- Indoor air quality in laboratory buildings and rooms -- Strategic master planning for laboratory facilities -- List of common laboratory instruments.

This comprehensive reference by a senior architect at the EPA covers guidelines for site selection, the design of complete facilities (including sustainable labs) and individual lab rooms, and strategic master planning for architects, engineers, and project managers as well as those who commission, operate, and manage laboratories at every level from schools to industry.