LIFE SCIENCES
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Your Strategic AEC Management Life Sciences Partner


In today’s cost-conscious and speed-to-market environment, life science manufacturers are looking for strategic partners to provide real value and expertise in engineering, construction, commissioning and validation solutions. GBA Life Sciences has a history of presenting a market-based approach to our clients where our affiliates work independently or together as a single entity to provide turnkey solutions.

Our capabilities and expertise present an attractive opportunity to clients seeking to streamline project delivery and develop stronger partnerships. As a single solution provider, GBA offers a range of solutions, including feasibility studies, site master planning, detailed engineering, construction, retrofits, commissioning and validation.

Services & Solutions

Architectural & Engineering Services

We offer comprehensive architectural & engineering services that prioritize exceptional facilities underpinned by sound planning and innovative design. Drawing on end-user input, leading-edge technology, and a risk-based approach, we deliver solutions tailored to the highly regulated industries we serve.

Our integrated design approach extends to structural and MEP engineering, where we adeptly coordinate diverse high-performing systems to meet unique project goals seamlessly. Moreover, our expertise in process and equipment engineering ensures a solid foundation, as we understand that facility design often begins with optimizing manufacturing processes and equipment. With a keen awareness of regulatory trends, we streamline operations to maximize efficiency and compliance, ensuring the success of your project from conception to completion.

  • Architecture
  • BIM
  • Civil/Site Work
  • Clean Utilities
  • Conceptual Design
  • Environmental
  • Fire & Life Safety
  • HVAC
  • Instruments & Controls
  • Master Planning
  • M/E/P Engineering
  • Process Design
  • Process Equipment
  • Process Utilities
  • Structural
Project / Design Expertise
  • Site Master Planning, Feasibility & Conceptual Design
  • Site Capex Projects (consulting, design-build, CQV support)
  • Owner’s Representative (capex program management, shutdowns)
  • Renovations & Repurposing of Existing Suites
  • Brownfield Expansions (all-encompassing)
  • Greenfield Sites & Facilities (SMP through detailed design)
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Asset Management & Reliability

Managing an industrial facility or municipality’s infrastructure is a complex task with many moving parts.

Repairing or replacing aged equipment/infrastructure is disruptive, costly and sometimes difficult to manage. Compli can help you meet these challenges by providing asset management and reliability engineering (AMR) services to help companies and municipalities become proactively driven.

A comprehensive asset maintenance strategy can transform a company’s AMR program from a cost center into a profit center. Our Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) approach analyzes expected system performance based on system design, operations and maintenance. The use of RAM is fundamental to life cycle cost and asset management.

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Construction Services

We are dedicated to building critical environments common in pharmaceutical, mission-critical, healthcare, industrial, federal and other regulated industries. Our team has a single focus: providing owners with construction management that incorporates the knowledge and experience necessary to complete complex facilities while maintaining the integrity of business operations.

Our construction team has proven expertise in executing projects within operational facilities, focusing on practices that minimize downtime and impact on operations.

  • Due diligence support
  • Land acquisition support
  • Existing condition analysis
  • Design program analysis
  • Bid Packaging
  • Third-party design review
  • Cash Flow analysis
  • Material procurement
  • Risk Management
  • Subcontractor pre-qualification and selection
  • Scheduling, Phasing, and logistics
  • Cost estimating and control
  • Life cycle cost analysis
  • Value engineering and cost reduction analysis
  • Constructability analysis reviews
  • Code reviews
  • Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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CQV Services

The need for Commissioning, Qualification and Validation (CQV) within the Life Sciences industry varies widely – from simple resources to current acceptable strategies, approaches, and subject matter expertise.  We provide the resources and in-depth experience to meet all the CQV needs and challenges of our clients.  We are experienced in all approaches, including:

  • Traditional Validation
  • Commissioning and Qualification, leveraging FAT and SAT
  • Risk-based Validation

With more than twenty (20) years of providing CQV resources and executing CQV projects, we bring a wealth of knowledge and understanding to meet your project’s requirements with the flexibility needed to complete it successfully. Our broad range of expertise offers innovative and cost-effective solutions while building and maintaining positive relationships.

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Life Sciences Partners
Compli
Compli provides commissioning, qualification, validation (CQV) and regulatory compliance services to the life sciences industry, serving pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies across the U.S.
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George Butler Associates
GBA is your single-source solution for innovative engineering and architectural services, from concept through completion. Primary markets include Industrial, Life Sciences, Mission Critical, Site Development, Transportation and Water Environment.
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GBA Builders
GBA Builders is dedicated to building the critical environments common in pharmaceutical, biotech, mission-critical, healthcare, industrial, federal and other regulated or complex industries.
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ViroCon
ViroCon provides qualified engineers and technicians using a hands-on approach to analyze, diagnose and solve problems ensuring mechanical building systems work.
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