M2 Engineering, LLC

Renovation of 90,000 SF of labs and offices across five floors in NIH Building 29B. Upgrades ranged from minor office updates to full lab reconfigurations. The basement vivarium was demolished and rebuilt to house freezer farms, insectaries, and BSL-2 lab space, with new emergency power, lab waste treatment, gas lines, and a dedicated liquid nitrogen service. M2 provided MEP engineering for general and bio-safety level labs, analytical spaces, and administrative areas supporting cell bank production, fermentation, and drug purification.

Project management, MEP engineering, structural, architectural, AV, acoustic design, and cost estimating for a 12,000 SF renovation of the 6th-floor conference center in NIH Building 31C - a facility hosting 14,000 meetings annually. Work included HVAC controls for all conference rooms, a dedicated cooling system for a new AV room housing five equipment racks, enlarged conference rooms, upgraded lighting, modified fire egress, and updated AV systems.

MEP engineering for a 145,000 SF high-rise comprising 13 residential floors, a two-story retail and amenity level, and a 47,000 SF three-level underground parking garage designed for car lifts. The building contains 101 apartments. The HVAC system uses a VRV configuration with rooftop units providing gas-fired heating and electric cooling for corridors; a full-building NFPA 13 sprinkler system was installed. The project was awarded LEED Gold Certification.

Full design and MEP engineering services for expansion of APHL's headquarters to 25,618 SF on the entire 7th floor, adding open and private offices, a conference center, media and teleconferencing areas, a high-tech media room, and distance learning spaces with smart boards, projection screens, and adjustable multimedia lighting. The project was awarded LEED Gold Certification.