Cleanrooms

Pacific Environmental Technologies has over 35 years of experience constructing all types of cleanroom and laboratory facilities, giving our clients the assurance that regardless of the construction type chosen for their facility, they will receive the quality, performance, and appearance they expect from their facility design construction team.

Conventionally constructed cleanrooms have been the mainstay of many industries since the inception of white rooms, then later cleanrooms. Capable of meeting any classification or regulatory standard, cleanrooms are of critical importance to a wide range of industries such as aerospace, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, electronics, biotechnology, and myriad others.

There are two distinguishing features of this style of cleanroom design and construction:

• “Hard walls” – Walls constructed of metal studs and drywall.
• “Hard lid” – Ceilings constructed of metal studs/steel framing and drywall.

The primary benefits of the conventional cleanroom approach are:

• Cleanability because of the minimal number of joints and seams. This is important to industries where biological contamination is a concern. With the proper coating or finish, the walls can withstand frequent wash downs and use of harsh sanitizing solutions.
• The materials are readily available, recognized by the building codes and easily understood by all building departments.
• Flexibility, ease of modification/expansion and ease of repair.
• Generally a lower installed cost.
• Ease of obtaining fire ratings on walls where required.
• Wide choice of finishes (epoxy, vinyl sheeting with heat welded seams, fiber-reinforced plastic “FRP”).

Other parts or systems of the conventional clean room tend to be the same across the different construction approaches available such as modular or portable clean rooms.