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Appendix C: Facilities at NIST'S Boulder Campus
Appendix C: Facilities at NIST'S Boulder Campus
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The team did not address GSA managed facilities in its review. NIST'S CURRENT AND PAST PROJECTS TO MODERNIZE LABORATORY FACILITIES The Boulder campus is 11 years older than its sister campus in Gaithersburg.
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The Team did not address GSA managed facilities in our review. 5471 5472 FIGURE C-1 Boulder campus layout.
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; the building's condition is so deteriorated TABLE C-1 Laboratory Performance Levels Estimated Amount Required Temperature Control Humidity Control Vibration Control Description Code (NASF)
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EFFECTIVE RESEARCH IS PEFORMED IN RECENTLY MODERNIZED LABORATORY FACILITIES In 2012, NIST dedicated the Precision Measurement Laboratory (Building 81, later renamed the Gebbie Laboratory in 2015)
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GSF added by project 286,674 GSF 5,829 GSF 14,707 GSF 24,429 GSF GSF renovated by project 53,505 GSF 86,615 GSF 27,449 GSF GSF removed from inventory N/A N/A N/A N/A Deferred maintenance N/A (not provided) In progress $2.16 million reduction by project Current replacement value of $163.6 million $47.8 million $81.6 million $16.5 million facility Current project backlog $1.775 million 0 $0.424 million Current facility condition 98.91 69.04a 69.04a 97.44 index Number of laboratories and 70 at L4/L5 20 at L2/L3 26 at L3 3/L2 Rating Number of researchers 87 In progress 70 Laboratory controls Temperature control Humidity control L4/L5 L2 (L3 Capable)
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SOURCE: Boulder Campus Master Plan 2017. Impact: Enabling atom-by-atom measurement can have profound impact in the understanding and design of nanostructures using in advanced electronics, photonics, and quantum science.
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. 5623 First Phase of B1 Renovation Leads to Breakthroughs and Better Research Environment The researchers assert that this demonstration could never have been done in their original laboratory, and that 5624 if their efforts 5625 had begun in a laboratory renovated to Wing 3 building standards they would have achieved this A 2006 facility review determined that less than 25 percent of NIST Boulder laboratory space groundbreaking 5626 result 18 months earlier.
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so electrical panels reside in the 5668laboratory spaces. Many laboratories require processing tools and vacuum pump and closed cycle refrigerators5669 raising the noise within laboratories to annoying "Decreased Downtime levels.Research Efficiencies" Improving 5670 B1, Wing 3 Service Corridor Design 5671 5672 5673 FIGURE C-3 Photo of service corridor (B1 Wing 3 service corridor design)
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Impact: Poor physical facility condition and functionality squander at least 15 percent of PhD-level staff time focused on developing energy saving electronics, while also blocking areas of exploration due to limits on feature size. Delayed Advances in Quantum Science Microwave photonics (Building 1, Room 1-3333)
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Impact: The development and delivery of novel devices with direct national security applications are delayed due to poor environmental conditions; deliveries resume only when technical staff modified conditions using household appliances.
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5809 5810 "Calibration services supporting global communications off-line 10% of the time" 5811 Optical Fiber Power Calibration Laboratory (Building 1,Rroom 3074)
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2021. "Quantum Entanglement of Two Macroscopic Objects Is the Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year." https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-entanglement-of-two-macroscopic-objects-is-the-physics-world-2021-breakthrough of-the-year.
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2006. "Report on NIST-Boulder Laboratory Facilities: Findings and Recommendations on Possible Renovation of Existing Facilities and Possible Construction of New Laboratory Facilities." Boulder Facilities Review Team.
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