Dome’s Cleantech Initiative
Dome Construction began in the technology field building our first biotech pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in 1985. From there we have built laboratories, pilot plants, and research facilities. We have also collaborated on several biofuels research and pilot plants in the Bay Area with much success. We have long and successful relationships with companies dedicated to the advancement of science such as Genentech, Amyris, Bayer, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Bayer, Novartis, LS9, BioMarin, and Gladstone.
With a strong background in biotech, we have begun to transition our expertise into clean-tech building. Over the past year we have successfully completed work for two clean-tech based pilot production facilities:
CLEANTECH LAB & LED PILOT PLANT FACILITY
The new cleantech fab and offices in Fremont is approximately 50,000 square feet of space constructed within an existing 80,000 square foot building. The project is made up of a large office area that is built on the second floor of the facility. Non clean room dry labs take up 50% of the first floor. A large cleanroom lab area comprised of one class 1,000 lab encompassing 600 square feet and three class 10,000 rooms each 750 square feet, cover the remainder of the first floor. The cleanrooms are separated by utility service chases that house the majority of the electrical, mechanical and piping components that supply the fab. We constructed a steel mezzanine above the clean lab areas to support multiple air handlers that supply the fab with HEPA filtered air. A large utility yard was also installed including chemical storage and containment areas, a chiller, a waste treatment skid, an H2 tank, N2 tank, PCW skid, scrubber, gas cabinets and gas monitoring system, RO/DI water skid, a backup generator and other equipment. Chemicals installed included ammonia, silane, disilane and chlorine. The construction also includes a shipping and receiving area, maintenance shop and an upgrade to the existing electrical service from 2,000A to 4,000A.
CLEANTECH BATTERY PILOT PLANT
Project consisted of a 16,000 SF conversion of existing spec lab to a new headquarters, research labs, and pilot plant. The project features wet and dry process rooms, RO/DI system, waste water treatment system, CDA and vacuum systems. Distribution of lab gasses including: N2, CO2, HPN2, HPHe, and HPA. Dome also provided and installed all new lab casework, fume hoods, glove boxes, and bio safety cabinets. The permitting, hook up, and seismic bracing of specific lab equipment including several large furnaces and bio reactors was also part of the scope.
