Case study proven, not promised

National Physical Laboratory

Clean Ducts cleaned the full supply and extraction ventilation system at the National Physical Laboratory to BESA TR19 and HTM03, completed in ten days.

Client
The National Physical Laboratory
Project
Air ventilation cleaning
Location
London, UK
Year
2022

When the National Physical Laboratory needed the ventilation systems in its recently renovated facilities cleaned to laboratory standards, the turnaround was two weeks and the previous contractor had already fallen short in testing. We were hired to deliver near-perfect cleanliness first time.

Background

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK’s National Measurement Institute. Its measurement standards underpin new generations of antibiotics, quantum communications, cancer treatments and tools to tackle climate change. Its headquarters at Bushy Park, Teddington, hold some of the country’s most extensive laboratories, and even a sapling grown from the pips of Isaac Newton’s apple tree, flown into orbit with astronaut Tim Peake.

We were tasked with completely cleaning the supply and extraction air ventilation systems and all the air handling units across the NPL’s recently renovated facilities. The brief was demanding: the turnaround time was two weeks, and the contractor engaged before us had fallen short in testing. There was no margin for a second attempt.

What we did

Our hygiene cleaning operatives are trained to clean pharmaceutical laboratory environments and complex cleanrooms to BESA TR19 and HTM03 standards.

Outcome

By committing a large, experienced team to the project, we completed the full ventilation system clean in ten days, ahead of the two-week target the NPL had set under a tight deadline.

If your laboratory, cleanroom or commercial building needs its ventilation systems surveyed and cleaned to BESA TR19, arrange a survey with our team.

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