The Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing (JIB) opened as part of a partnership between Thomas Jefferson University and the internationally recognized National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT). The facility in Lower Gwynedd, PA, is the first – and only – education and training institute for biopharmaceutical processing in North America that combines commercial single-use processing equipment with the internationally recognized NIBRT curriculum. It is one of only a small handful of places in the world dedicated to training people to produce potentially life-saving drugs.
STV provided structural and mechanical and plumbing design services for the conversion of a 25,000-square-foot former chemical manufacturing facility into this state-of-the-art research and hands-on training center. STV collaborated with NIBRT on the design of the facility, which simulates real-world conditions with air handling to produce clean-room type conditions and electrical systems capable of accommodating specialty voltages for high-tech equipment.
