Conceptual Design

In Clean Rooms, to begin a project for the future, with the assurance that the end is going to be a suitable one, it is necessary to start from a Conceptual Design in which a developing process, its requirements and needs are defined.

In a Conceptual design, technical solutions, equipment and necessary services are decided and selected. Buildings and places are dimensioned as well as the interaction between them to facilitate production flows. A preliminary estimation may also be established of the general overall schedule and costs associated with the project.

The Conceptual Design is a very important part of the project, it provides a general overview of the main features and a perspective that allows an analysis of strengths and weaknesses, identifying critical points, forecast of future growth and development of alternative development.

A Conceptual Design must integrate spaces, personnel, processes, services and supplies; it must treat all the activity flows in a joint and coordinated way, detecting and correcting incompatibilities, inefficiencies and conflicts.

Both national and international normative and regulative aspects are an essential part to consider from the beginning, the normative laws and guidelines that the project must fulfill must be defined, both at the beginning and in a foreseeable future.

The User Requirements Specification (URS) are another key element at this stage. They must synthesize and condense the conditions and abilities that the project must conform. Therefore, the correct selection and draft of the URS is fundamental for the future development of the project.