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Defining the Scope of the Project with Edstrom
 To start defining the scope of the project, we've listed a few questions in the areas our products would impact including: automated watering, water treatment/purification, and vivarium management.
General Overview
- What Species will be in the Vivarium?
- Approximately how many animals by species?
- What Bio-safety level(s) does the vivarium contain?
- Will the room layout be in suite formation, cross-corridors or a combination?
- Will you require specification and/or a design layout?
Automated Watering for Animal Drinking Water
- Are preliminary floor layouts available?
- Type of caging system being considered? (We work with all caging manufacturers.)
- Does the automated watering system require a flushing system or recirculating system?
- What kind of water source is being considered: Reverse osmosis, city water, well water, or filtered and treated water?
Water Treatment/Purification for Animal Drinking Water
- What are the water treatment requirements of the client?
- Purification
- Reverse Osmosis
- UV Sterilization
- Treated Water
- Chlorination
- Acidification
Vivarium Management
- Does the system require monitoring and control of lighting, access and watering?
- What Building Management System has been chosen? Siemens, JCI, Honeywell?
- Is Single level light control (off/on lighting) or Dual level lighting (off/on/task lighting) control required?
 Is Access control required for interior doors within the vivarium and/or perimeter doors into the vivarium- What kind of access control: PIN entry or card?
- Type of door lock hardware needed: magnetic or electric strike?
- What environmental conditions does the client need to monitor: temperature, humidity, differential pressure, supply airflow, ancillary equipment monitoring of refrigerators, freezers or cage wash?
- How many rooms need to be monitored?
- Does the equipment need to be recessed into the wall?
- What is the wall material and thickness? (A minimum 8” wall thickness is required to recess mount equipment)
- Ceiling height?
- Is the ceiling a drop ceiling or a hard ceiling?
- Are there chase ways between multiple floors?
- Is there an interstitial area between floors?
- Is conduit required for cabling?
- Is there an existing Ethernet backbone in the vivarium to which an Edstrom system can be attached?
We are here to assist with your project. Please contact us at 800-558-5913. |
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