As the spread of infectious diseases and bioterrorist threats has no boundaries, Merrick’s expertise in the high containment field has become invaluable to other countries. Merrick Canada ULC, located in Ottawa, Kanata, Canada, is heading up the international focus to serve the growing need for technically competent design of science-oriented facilities for government and institutional clients within Canada and internationally.

Merrick is recognized around the world as one of the few planning and design firms with significant expertise in the field of high containment laboratory facilities. In addition to designing complete research facilities that provide high containment, the firm offers the added benefit of being able to design and fabricate gloveboxes, environmental chambers, and remote material-handling systems that are often required to perform research in high containment conditions.

University Project Types:

• Laboratory facilities
• Commissioning for high containment facilities
• Research and development
• Gloveboxes
• Environmental chambers
• Remote material-handling systems

Key clients:

• University of Ottawa
• Child & Family Research Institute
• University of British Columbia
• Health Canada
• Agriculture Canada
• CPG Consultants, PTE, LPD
• Environmental Health Institute
• Inter Science, SDN, BHD
• 9Bio
• Raytheon Technical Services Corporation
• Canadian Health Science Center for Human and Animal Health
• Statens Serum Institute
• China Electronics System Engineering No. 2 Construction Co. Ltd (CESEII)
• Dalhousie University
• University of Guelph

Laboratory, Research and Containment Facilities Projects:

• Child & Family Research Institute Containment Level 3 Laboratory; Vancouver, British Columbia.pdf
• 9Bio; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.pdf
• Environmental Health Laboratory, Biopolis Complex; Environmental Health Institute, Republic of Singapore.pdf
• University of Ottawa Building Renovation to BSL-2 Standards, Roger Guindon Hall; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.pdf
• Canadian Science Center for Human and Animal Health Biocontainment Design; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.pdf