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Your partner in creating future-ready, high-performance life sciences facilities

Pharmaceutical and life sciences environments demand precision, adaptability, and compliance with stringent standards. We work with our clients to understand the processes and workflow needed to develop their Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) research and manufacturing spaces.

Shive-Hattery’s specialized team delivers the expertise you need to design facilities that support scientific innovation, operational excellence, and consistent results. Whether expanding, upgrading, or building a new space, we collaborate with you to ensure the success of your project today while preparing for the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.

Our Quality Management System aligns closely with the ISO 9001 approach. We focus on our customers, internal leadership, people, and relationships to develop an evidence-based process that allows us to improve continuously.


Transforming Life Science Facilities

Our integrated planning and design approach delivers client-focused solutions — without compromise.

Discover how Shive-Hattery’s specialized services can turn your facility into a high-performance, future-ready asset.

  • Facility Planning and Design
  • Laboratory and Clean Room Design
  • Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP)
  • Utility and HVAC Design
  • Vibration Sensitive Structures
  • Construction Administration and Oversight

Innovative Solutions for Complex Challenges

Our approach begins with understanding your unique pressures — meeting evolving regulatory requirements, continuous improvement, and minimizing environmental impact. We design spaces that drive productivity, support growth, and go beyond simply meeting your business needs to actively enhance them.

We aim to understand your business: how you work, what you are doing to improve it, and what your primary concerns are. Our goal is to be the design partner who anticipates your needs so we can provide unparalleled experiences every time we work with you.

Compliance and Safety First: Designs with the highest safety and contamination control standards — essential for clean rooms and sensitive manufacturing areas.

Efficiency and Flexibility: Layouts that support your cGMP research and production workflow need to provide adaptable, scalable designs that will increase your facility’s life.

Sustainability and ESG Adherence: Solutions emphasizing energy efficiency, sustainable materials and waste reduction. We understand your process can be energy intensive and stewardship is a necessity.


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Designs That Fuel Science Innovation

We build facilities that turn scientific research into real-world impact. Specialized environments elevate your capabilities — driving breakthroughs and advancing healthcare, biotechnologies and more.

Creating advanced spaces that support the development and production of cutting-edge biotechnological products and vaccines.

Designing facilities enabling the production and research of biotherapeutic solutions that enhance patient outcomes.

Supporting the development of high-quality cosmetic products with facilities that meet rigorous safety and production standards.

Engineering adaptable environments for developing and manufacturing precision medical and dental devices.

Ensuring compliance and efficiency in spaces dedicated to producing active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Creating facilities that ensure safety, quality control, and contamination prevention for both sterile and non-sterile products.

Designing spaces that support the production and innovation of natural health products to meet growing market demand.

Delivering facilities that enable the development and manufacturing of veterinary products, promoting animal health and well-being.