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Location: NJ

Type: Laboratory Decommission

Scope: Entire facility equipment moved to a new location

Duration: 2 weeks

Client: Hartz

This was a complex job from a technical as well as logistic point of view. It included moving, as seamlessly as possible, the technical equipment, lab furniture, counter tops, refrigeration equipment, scientific equipment and consumables to a new location, as well as moving administrative staff equipment from one building to another.

Some of the move had to be done at night. The most challenging part was moving 6 chambers (some weighing close to 3,000 lb) to the new building. Quantum worked with the manufacturer to understand the leaning tolerance of the refrigeration equipment so that it could be put back in service immediately. Quantum’s expertise in this type of operation was put to good use, and the crew defined a rigging process to move the equipment safely to the new location. The move had to be done at night, with no client personnel present. Masonite protection was installed on the flooring surface.

Upon completion of the move, Quantum returned to the vacated building and did a complete cleanout to landlord specs, preparing the space for the next tenant. The job was completed efficiently and passed inspection by the landlord with no call back.

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Location: PA

Type: Laboratory Decommissioning

Scope: Quantum handled the disassembly and removal of various types of lab equipment: reactors, casework, fume hoods and walk in.

Duration: 2 weeks

Client: MLP Ventures

Quantum Technology just completed a contract with MLP Ventures, creators of Discovery Labs, to purchase, dismantle and remove the laboratory infrastructure from the former GlaxoSmithKline research center in King of Prussia. The idea of Discovery Labs’ Center for Breakthrough Medicine is to provide incubator and research space to a variety of scientists and researchers primarily in the cell and gene therapy sector, which will in effect create a “house of scientists”, leading the way to cutting edge scientific breakthroughs. Quantum’s decommissions will create space for MLP to reconfigure and build back better lab space, while providing Quantum with used laboratory equipment to refurbish and sell into the myriad of laboratories across the country.

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Location: PA

Type: Laboratory Decommissioning

Scope: Quantum handled all phases of the disconnect including electric, gas and water termination, casework, fume hood and walk in disassembly and removal.

Duration: 2 weeks

Client: Velocity Venture Partners

August 2022 – Quantum completed removal of the former Eurofins Pharmaceutical lab located on Electronic Drive in Horsham PA. Eurofins Philadelphia is a full service environmental test laboratory providing analytical chemistry and microbiological services to help companies meet their regulatory and monitoring commitments. The lab consisted of over 2500 SF of casework, overheads and fume hoods. Quantum handled all phases of the disconnect including electric, gas and water termination, casework, fume hood and walk in disassembly and removal. Quantum performed the work for Velocity Venture Partners, a Philadelphia based real estate equity firm that purchased the property. The material was shipped back to Quantum’s warehouses in Shippensburg Pa where it will be refurbished and resold.

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Location: NJ

Type: Laboratory Decommissioning

Scope: Bio safety hoods, lab freezers, refrigerators, and lab equipment

Duration: 2 weeks

Client: PTC Therapeutics

July 2022 – Quantum completed the disconnect and removal of biosafety hoods, lab freezers, refrigerators, and lab equipment for PTC Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative small molecule and gene therapies for rare gene disorders. As PTC grew into their new space in Pennington NJ, older equipment needed to be cleared out so newer equipment could be installed. The used equipment will be refurbished and resold to other labs nationwide.

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Location: Glenolden, PA

Type: Laboratory Decommissioning and building clean out

Scope: Remove all Lab case work, cabinets, fume hoods, cages, walk ins, data center, electrical and mechanical, and leave the building empty for repurposing.

Duration: 4 months

Client: E Kahn Development

The University of Pennsylvania bought a former biopharmaceutical research and development facility from DuPont, operating it as a Vivarium, and eventually sold the property to  E Kahn Development, a real estate investment and development company.  EKD initially planned to turn the 17 acre wooded property into a nursing home or assisted living facility. They engaged Quantum Technology to clear out 97,000 SF of laboratories, walk ins, animal cages, and electrical and mechanical rooms.  Eventually they sold the property to Spark Therapeutics for use as a research lab for gene therapy.

Project details:
17 Acres with a 3 story main building, 40,000 SF Vivarium, 97,000 SF of laboratories, with 7 additional outbuildings. Quantum disconnected electrical and plumbing, several thousand feet of laboratory case work, and more than (50) fume hoods. Removal included Counter tops, wall mount cabinets, Stainless steel cabinets, Walk in Coolers, Detroit Diesel Generator Carrier Air Cooled Chillers, York and Trane chillers, Air Compressors, Lab Area RO/DI Water Filtration system, including storage tanks, UV, DI and pumps, Scintillation counters, Microline 320, Nitrogen tanks, hood blowers, anesthesia carts, Omnifabs, C-arms, Proportioners. Tunnel washers, Scented Walk ins, Flammable cabinets, HazMat Enclosures, low voltage and high voltage feeders, pipes and conduit. Over a period of 4 months Quantum dismantled, removed and resold almost everything in the building.

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