For over 30 years, Merrick has provided functional, highly flexible, and aesthetically pleasing building design solutions to federal agencies. Projects have ranged from laboratory complexes and high containment labs to industrial facilities and federal office buildings. These facilities incorporate flexible, modern, and sustainable spaces which integrate state-of-the-art building management control systems for energy efficient operations, secure and versatile communications systems, force protection security features, video/teleconferencing facilities, and command and control functions vital to national security.

Merrick’s lab experience with federal agencies has also included specialized nuclear and high containment biological research facilities (including BSL-3 and above), vivariums and laboratories for cytogenetics, molecular research, general analytical research, ecology and plant physiology, clonal germplasm repositories, and seed germination.

Federal Project Expertise:

• BSL-3 & BSL-4 laboratories
• Commissioning of nuclear & high containment facilities
• Research & development laboratories
• High containment plants & laboratories
• Nuclear facilities
• Chemical laboratories
• Medical facilities

Sampling of Key Clients:

• Agriculture Canada
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Canadian Health Science Center for Human & Animal Health
• National Institutes of Health
• Idaho National Laboratory
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases
• US Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense
• US Department of Agriculture
• US Department of Defense
• US Department of Energy

Laboratory, Research and Containment Facilities Projects:

• Biodefense Lab Commissioning, USAMRIID Replacement Facility, Fort Detrick, MD.pdf
• National Bio and Agro Defense Facility, US Dept. of Homeland Security, Manhattan, KS.pdf
• Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO.pdf
• BSL-3Ag Large Animal Housing and Training Facility, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service; Ames, IA.pdf
• Southern Plains Research Facility, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service; Woodward, OK.pdf
• Primary Care Clinic Renovation and Addition, USACE Kansas City District; Fort Leonard Wood, KS.pdf
• National Seed Storage Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Fort Collins, CO.pdf