UltraPOD®
UltraPOD® is Merit's expandable full building solution and can be used as a standalone building in its singular form or multiple UltraPODs can be configured to create a larger building.
Each UltraPOD® is made up of several offsite manufactured components and products which can be mixed and matched depending on a number of customer priorities including:
- Scale of building
- Height of cleanrooms and manufacturing equipment
- Type of products
- Timescales required for completion
- Site constraints
- Budget
- Flexibility and future expandability
Example UltraPOD®
- Custom POD modular buildings up to 1000m²
- Instant building concept delivery
- Design developed fully in-house
- Merit specifies all process equipment with fixed price agreed in three weeks
- 95% pre-manufactured value (PMV)
- Adaptable / scalable to customer's requirements
- Integrated HEPA filtration
- 16-25 ACH, negative pressure cascade
Can be used for small scale new-build facilities, including but not limited to:
- Mobile or fixed facilities
- Diagnostics facilities
- Incubator facilities
- Laboratories with CL2, CL3 and CL4 designs
- Satellite development and deployment facilities
- Infection control GMP facilities
- Aseptic suites
- Vaccine facilities
The following floor plan is based on a satellite diagnostics hub on a live hospital site containing an MRI scanning suite, a CT scanning suite and adjacent auxiliary areas. This facility comprises of nine UltraPODs configured in parallel, as well as comprising 27 Pre-Assembled Modules (PAM).
Hot Lab
- Laboratory for the preparation of radioactive diagnostic traces
- Layout and finish to comply with HBN and HTM specifications
- Customisable to suit client's design requirements
- Hot lab flexible to suit equipment manufacturers' size and specification
PET/CT Scanning Suite
- PET (Positron Emission Tomography) to generate detailed 3-dimensional images of the inside of the body using radioactive diagnostic traces
- CT (Computer Tomography) to generate detailed 3-dimensional images of the inside of the body
- Finished to comply with HTM and HBN specifications
- Customisable to client requirements in terms of functionality and visual design
- Room layout flexible to suit equipment manufacturers' size and specification
- Built in appropriate lead shielding
Console and Technical Rooms
- Console room is used for remote control of scanners
- Technical room is used to house scanner specific plant
- Flexibility to cover single or double MRI suites
- Direct access between console and technical rooms
- Layout and finish to comply with HBN and HTM specifications
- Customisable to suit client's design requirements
- Technical room flexible to suit equipment manufacturers' size and specification
Console and Technical Rooms
- Console room is used for remote control of scanners
- Technical room is used to house scanner specific plant
- Flexibility to cover single or double MRI suites
- Direct access between console and technical rooms
- Layout and finish to comply with HBN and HTM specifications
- Customisable to suit client's design requirements
- Technical room flexible to suit equipment manufacturers' size and specification
MRI Scanning Suite 1
- MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to generate 3-dimensional images of the inside of the body
- Finished to comply with HTM and HBN specifications
- Customisable to client requirements in terms of functionality and visual design
- Room layout flexible to suit equipment manufacturers' size and specification
- Built in appropriate shielding to to prevent unwanted interference from the MRI magnet on nearby electronic devices
MRI Scanning Suite 2
- MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to generate 3-dimensional images of the inside of the body
- Finished to comply with HTM and HBN specifications
- Customisable to client requirements in terms of functionality and visual design
- Room layout flexible to suit equipment manufacturers' size and specification
- Built in appropriate shielding to to prevent unwanted interference from the MRI magnet on nearby electronic devices
The following floor plan demonstrates a new quality control and analytical testing services (virology) facility. The facility comprises of eight UltraPODs are configured in parallel, as well as comprising 32 Pre-Assembled Modules (PAM).
Laboratories
- CNC Graded laboratory areas
- Pressure cascade design developed in-line with the required BSL level
- Finished to a high standard with vinyl flooring, wipe-down cleanroom partitions and doors to facilitate sterilisation
- Flexible multi-purpose staff training facilities
Corridor
- Grade CNC corridor complete with vinyl flooring and modular cleanroom panels
- Positive pressure and temperature control
- Lobby into facility providing containment and pressure cascade
- Finished to a high standard with vinyl flooring, wipe-down cleanroom partitions and doors to facilitate sterilisation
UltraPAM
- Suitable for constrained sites
- Fully offsite manufactured product
- Optimised plantroom space
- Configured for varying settings