Oct 30, 2019
Jeff Wegner, Mechanical Engineer, shares his thoughts on emerging trends in college and university buildings and how they are impacting design.
Read MoreOct 30, 2019
Jeff Wegner, Mechanical Engineer, shares his thoughts on emerging trends in college and university buildings and how they are impacting design.
Read MoreOct 24, 2019
Join panelist Jim Daly at Molecule to Market to learn about issues that affect a life science business when moving to the next stage.
Read MoreOct 21, 2019
Matt Beier shares insights into food safety in pet food manufacturing facilities in Food Engineering magazine.
Read MoreOct 16, 2019
Jason Robertson joins Refrigerated and Frozen Foods for their new “From the Cold Corner” podcast.
Read MoreOct 15, 2019
Stop by the CRB booth at ISPE’s Annual Meeting to meet our team and learn how we’re leveraging the latest technologies to design and build some of the most powerful facilities in the world—those that change people’s lives.
Read MoreOct 4, 2019
The International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I²SL) Annual Conference is the leading international conference focused on strategies to meet the challenges of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability in laboratories and related facilities. The conference is a technical forum where information is exchanged covering the life cycle of the laboratory from design to use.
Read MoreOct 4, 2019
Chelsea Stramel, Architectural Designer and Jake Adams, Process Engineer were featured in Contract Pharma’s “Designing a Successful Oligonucleotide Facility – Five questions you probably aren’t asking, but should.”
Read MoreOct 3, 2019
David Keith, Director of Strategic Facility Planning, and Debora Hankinson, Senior Strategic Facility Planner will teach a pre-conference course titled “Fundamentals of Space Planning and Space Management” at Tradeline Space Strategies 2019 in San Diego, California.
Read MoreOct 3, 2019
Tammi McAllister discusses the design of modern food and beverage facilities in Food Processing’s latest issue.
Read MoreOct 2, 2019
CRB is excited to announce the promotion of Matthew Khair to the position of Western Regional Leader – Design Services.
Read MoreOct 2, 2019
CRB is excited to announce that Can Aktar has been appointed the leader of the Basel office and Christian Goesker has joined as engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) director in Stuttgart.
Read MoreOct 2, 2019
CRB is opening an office in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The new location marks CRB’s 17th office and will allow the company to better serve new and existing clients in the region.
Read MoreOct 1, 2019
What if you could see your manufacturing potential and determine your cell and gene therapy strategy before making a large capital investment? Whether it’s a unit operation, single process train or entire manufacturing plant, new technologies allow companies to study and validate potential processes earlier than ever before.
Read MoreSep 20, 2019
Stop by the CRB booth at PACK EXPO to meet our team and learn how we’re leveraging the latest technologies to design and construct food+beverage facilities.
Read MoreSep 11, 2019
Niranjan Kulkarni, Grace Linton and Allan Bream were interviewed in Cell and Gene Therapy Insights on “How commercial biopharma experience is shaping cell and gene therapy facility design.” The interview will give you some intel to how facility design differs from other sectors and what unique parameters need to be accounted for before embarking on a new facility.
Read MoreSep 3, 2019
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has appointed Josh Miksch as a “Special Expert” and Alternate to Reinhard Hanselka on the NFPA Technical Committee on Fire Code.
Read MoreAug 28, 2019
If you missed speakers Peter Walters and Emily Thompson, Process Engineers from CRB, on August 22nd, 2019 as they discussed the importance of automating advanced therapy manufacturing, QC testing and warehousing, especially considering the immense variety of materials required for the many individual products and processes, you can hear the recording now!
Read MoreAug 23, 2019
CRB is proud to announce another win in the annual ENR Regional Best Projects awards!
Read MoreAug 16, 2019
Engineering-News Record (ENR) released its annual top 225 international design firm rankings in its July edition. CRB, which did not appear on the list last year, was ranked number 211 for 2019.
Read MoreAug 15, 2019
Ben Rucker offers tips for picking an automation project and ensuring success in Food Engineering’s August issue.
Read MoreAug 15, 2019
CRB was recently ranked no. 193 on the Architectural Record Magazine Top 300 Architectural Firm’s list.
Read MoreAug 14, 2019
CRB is excited to announce the promotion of Ben Skowronski to the leader of the Maryland office.
Read MoreAug 12, 2019
CRB is excited to announce the promotion of Joshua Miksch, PE to a team leader role for CRB’s Boston office.
Read MoreAug 8, 2019
Delano, Minnesota city officials joined executives from Tuffy’s Pet Foods, CRB, Pinky Swear Foundation and Founding Fathers Pet Treats to celebrate the groundbreaking of Tuffy’s new pet treat facility on Wednesday, August 7th in Delano.
Read MoreJul 29, 2019
Matt Decker, AIA is featured in Lab Manager for his article “Four Technologies That Are Changing Lab Safety.”
Read MoreJul 23, 2019
Pablo Coronel, Ph.D. and Brian Gifford are featured in Baking & Snack‘s “Fending off allergens with isolated production lines.”
Read MoreJul 18, 2019
Katelyn Deckert, laboratory planner and architect in CRB’s Kansas City office, is featured in Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine.
Read MoreJul 17, 2019
CRB is proud to be listed as one of five companies that are powering the cell and gene therapy revolution in the Maryland area!
Read MoreJul 10, 2019
CRB’s Ryan McDonough, PE, and Marc Pelletier, Ph.D. presented a webinar on June 25, 2019, on modeling multiple variations of a typical gene-modified cell therapy facility enables both a thorough examination of company and industry-wide challenges, and exploration of alternative/future models for the cell & gene therapy manufacturing sector.
Read MoreJul 10, 2019
Join speakers Peter Walters and Emily Thompson, Process Engineers from CRB, on August 22nd, 2019 at 11:00 am EDT as they discuss the importance of automating advanced therapy manufacturing, QC testing and warehousing, especially considering the immense variety of materials required for the many individual products and processes.
Read MoreJul 8, 2019
Jarrod Wrampe, Senior Process Utility Engineer was featured in Pharma’s Almanac with an article titled, “Membrane-Based Reverse Osmosis Systems for WFI Production.”
Read MoreJun 10, 2019
The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines announced that the highly purified water (HPW) monograph would be suppressed in 2019, and pharmaceutical companies were left to wonder about the implications this has for their operations. How will HPW become water for injection (WFI)?
Read MoreJun 7, 2019
The 2019 ISPE Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference is being held June 18-20 in Boston, MA and focuses on innovation in production methods and technologies that enable a competitive and sustainable biopharmaceutical product supply for the future. From mAbs to viral vectors, oligos to ADCs, this conference will bring together experts that are developing, implementing, and operating advanced supply chains supplying high quality medicines to global markets.
Read MoreJun 4, 2019
On June 4, 2019 CRB project partner Independent Stave Company (ISCO) broke ground on construction of Commonwealth Cooperage, a new state-of-the art cooperage facility in Morehead, KY. Representatives from ISCO, CRB and local officials gathered for the ceremonial groundbreaking which signified the beginning of construction on the approximately 150,000 square feet, $67 million project.
Read MoreMay 29, 2019
Peter Walters, Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product Subject Matter Expert and Kim Nelson, Senior Director, Strategic Consulting, at CRB were interviewed by Cell and Gene Therapy Insights on “Designing Facilities and Processes with Commercialization in Mind.”
Read MoreMay 28, 2019
Christa Myers named 2019 Class of Influential Women in Manufacturing by Putnam Media.
Read MoreMay 28, 2019
Matthew Khair, Maryland Office Leader/Senior Associate, and J. Lee Emel, Southeast Regional Leader/Senior Associate at CRB are featured in Pharma’s Almanac’s current issue, entitled “Reducing Waste with Lean Delivery in Facility Design and Construction.”
Read MoreMay 22, 2019
Jeff Wegner, PE is featured in Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine. Wegner’s article outlines 10 sustainable site energy solutions that industry leaders can implement now.
Read MoreMay 21, 2019
Jason Tucker, senior process engineer at CRB, is now a Certified Conformance Evaluator (CCE) for 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. (SSI).
Read MoreMay 16, 2019
CRB’s Marc Pelletier, Ph.D. will be presenting a webinar on June 25, 2019, on modeling multiple variations of a typical gene-modified cell therapy facility enables both a thorough examination of company and industry-wide challenges, and exploration of alternative/future models for the cell & gene therapy manufacturing sector.
Read MoreMay 9, 2019
On May 2, the Kansas City Business Journal honored CRB as one of the publication’s Champions of Business. Each year, the Kansas City Business Journal honors 15 companies that are rooted in Kansas City, have been in business at least three years and earn a gross revenue of at least $3 million. The Champions of Business winners are acknowledged as helping the community thrive.
Read MoreMay 2, 2019
The American Biomanufacturing Summit is being held June 18-19 in San Francisco, California and is designed to provide biopharmaceutical executives with current trends, strategic insights and best practices in manufacturing, outsourcing, capacity management, quality assurance, quality control, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, supply chain and logistics.
Read MoreMay 2, 2019
BIO International Convention in Philadelphia, June 3-6, celebrates the globally important innovations in biotech that start with one: one meeting, one theory, one trial, one breakthrough.
Read MoreMay 1, 2019
On May 14, 2019, Mark Paskanik will be among a group of expert speakers at the Lab Manager Leadership Summit, discussing some of the most pressing challenges and trends of laboratory management.
Read MoreApr 22, 2019
Laboratories are some of the most technically challenging types of spaces to design. Once the technical aspects are accounted for, what separates the good labs from the great? The answer lies in productivity.
Read MoreApr 22, 2019
The ISPE Canada Annual Education and Product Symposium is being held May 6-7 in Toronto, Canada and aims to inspire progress through education, operational excellence, product knowledge and interaction.
Read MoreApr 16, 2019
Tom Rychlewski and Larry Klein are featured in Food Processing’s “2019 Capital spending outlook: Building bigger.” The annual capital spending survey forecasts a 16.6 percent boost as food + beverage producers pump up the size of their building projects.
Read MoreApr 10, 2019
ISPE’s Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) is the premier global awards program, recognizing innovation and creativity in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing industries. Projects selected for recognition set the standard by demonstrating excellence in facility design, construction and operations.
Read MoreApr 9, 2019
Jeff Matis, PE and Tammi McAllister are featured in Food Engineering’s “A sustainable bottom line: Environmentally friendly upgrades must save money.” The costs and rewards of sustainable design in modern food and beverage manufacturing facilities are explained in the article.
Read MoreApr 5, 2019
Niranjan Kulkarni, Ph.D. and Steve Pflantz, PE are featured in Food Engineering’s March 2019 cover story, “The digitalization journey: Use segmented digitization to be competitive in a lasting, affordable way.” The article details planning and executing a successful implementation of digital techniques to improve processes, increase efficiency and obtain actionable information from them.
Read MoreApr 2, 2019
CRB’s Kansas City office is hosting a thoughtful panel discussion on the intersections or crossovers between public and private science. We will hear from experienced professionals as they answer questions and share insights into the latest trends and predictions for the future of research as well as innovation in technology, business and regional development.
Read MoreApr 1, 2019
The demand for CGMP clinical batch trial suites are on the rise at academic institutions, and rigorous grant application and facility design and construction requirements must be navigated with precision.
Read MoreMar 27, 2019
Pablo Coronel, Ph.D. is featured in Food Safety Strategies, weighing in on critical sanitary considerations in aging snack and bakery facilities.
Read MoreMar 26, 2019
CRB’s Ryan McDonough is featured in this month’s The Medicine Maker. His article, “NextGen Now: Delivering Tomorrow’s Facilities Today” discusses how cell and gene therapy products will successfully reach patients and deliver transformative cures, however the industry will need more facilities capable of manufacturing them.
Read MoreMar 13, 2019
Dave DiProspero will be presenting at the 2019 ISPE Europe Annual Conference on Wednesday, April 3 alongside Steve Marr, head of capital engineering/global manufacturing and supply for Takeda/Shire and Tony Crincoli, vice president of engineering for Glenmark Pharmaceuticals.
Read MoreMar 13, 2019
Niranjan Kulkarni, PhD, Director of Operations Improvement at CRB is featured in Pharma Almanac’s current issue, entitled “Leveraging Operational Simulations to Design Cell Therapy Facilities.”
Read MoreMar 12, 2019
Celebrating 40 years, INTERPHEX has been, and continues to be, the premier pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and device development and manufacturing event where you can “Experience Science through Commercialization”. Sponsored by the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), the event is based in New York and brings over 10,500 global industry professionals and 620+ industry leading suppliers together to “Learn it, Experience it, Procure it” through a unique combination of no cost technical conference, exhibits, demonstrations, roundtables, partnering opportunities and networking to leverage quality, efficiency and cost effectiveness in today’s ever-changing global market.
Read MoreMar 11, 2019
Pilot plants represent a milestone in a drug’s commercial development, where drug sponsors first explore engineering, commercialization, clinical, regulatory, and process issues outside the relative safety of laboratory scale. And, as the test ground for a product’s ultimate manufacturability, pilot scale is where drug sponsors often return to de-bottleneck or to solve unanticipated production issues.
Read MoreMar 4, 2019
CRB’s Paola Ramirez contributed to BioProcess International’s recent article on the “Development of Large-Scale Bulk Freezing Systems.”
Read MoreFeb 27, 2019
On a crisp, cold winter Sunday in Boston, a large pharmaceutical spray dryer was successfully lowered into place for the Acorda Therapeutics Inc. project in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
In today’s age of technology, manufacturers must guard themselves against cyberattacks. Automation and integration create more efficient facilities but can leave companies exposed if not properly secured.
Read MoreFeb 15, 2019
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” Rosalynn Carter
Read MoreFeb 14, 2019
Pablo Coronel, Ph.D. talks with Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery about tackling food safety improvements in existing plants without interrupting production in the February 2019 issue.
Read MoreFeb 11, 2019
The 2019 ISPE Aseptic Conference being held March 18-19 in North Bethesda, MD, focuses on the future of aseptic processing, including containment, multi-product facilities, and the increasing use of robotics. The attendees at the Aseptic Conference will be looking to not only learn about best practices in the industry, they also want to find out what are the latest and greatest in aseptic processing technologies.
Read MoreJan 22, 2019
CRB’s Clay Seese is featured in PharmTech’s January Equipment & Processing Report.
Read MoreJan 17, 2019
CRB will be sponsoring, exhibiting and speaking at this year’s ISPE Facilities of the Future Conference in San Francisco, CA.
Read MoreJan 2, 2019
Jim Contratto, a design and construction professional with 37 years of experience, has joined CRB’s Central region as the director of business development. Contratto has a wide range of knowledge in the construction industry, previously working in the areas of pre-construction, operations, design and business development. His understanding of complex construction projects in the life sciences and advanced technology industries bring an added level of expertise to CRB and CRB’s clients.
Read MoreJan 2, 2019
ISPE “Women in Pharma” provides women in the pharmaceutical industry a forum for connecting and collaborating on technical and career advancement topics and provide an opportunity for women to speak, deliver technical presentations, and contribute to panel discussions.
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