Table 1.
Building specifications
| Features common to most facilities | Facilities with unique features |
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| Building site | Campus area | TCP | Hospital area downtown |
| Building type | Stand-alone | TCP | Separate; next to hospital building |
| HMGU | Integrated into a large facility building on a single level | ||
| BRC | Located on a single level in a large basement shared among 5 buildings | ||
| JAX | Facilities integrated into a large research building on different levels | ||
| Structure | Holding floors above ground | BRC, TCP | Holding floors underground |
| Technical plants located above holding floors | HZI | Technical plants located in roof space and basement; supply to the holding floors via ducts | |
| ICS | Technical plants located in roof space; supply of the holding floors via shafts | ||
| IRC | Technical plants located in basement below holding floors | ||
| Construction | Concrete skeleton | MLC, RSF | Steel skeleton |
| Harlan, IRC | Massive | ||
| Walls | Dry partition walls | HZI | Concrete and clean-room wall system (demountable) |
| BRC | Clean-room wall system | ||
| HMGU, IRC | Masonry | ||
| Floor | Concrete–screed–epoxy coating flooring system | ICS | Tiles (will be replaced by PVC flooring with welded-joint sheets) |
| MLC, RSF | PVC flooring | ||
| Ceiling | Clean-room ceiling panel system | HZI, GMC, ICS, IRC | Concrete, polyurethane, or acryl coating |
| Air supply | Holding rooms: HEPA filtration; 15 to 20 air changes hourly; 20 to 22 °C | HZI, JAX | 12 air changes hourly |
| MLC, RSF | F9 filtration | ||
| Disinfection | H2O2 by generator; decentralized | HZI | Centralized H2O2 gassing by ventilation plants |
| ICS | Chlorine dioxide; decentralized | ||
| Specialties | Design | RSF, TCP, BRC | Renovation or conversion of each room from technical floor is possible |