Drees & Sommer, a global consulting, design, and project management company specializing in real estate, infrastructure, and industry, has been selected as the specialist design partner for the advanced semiconductor R&D facility and the associated utility buildings for imec in Málaga, Spai…

Every year, several billion diagnostic tests are carried out around the world using Roche systems. The healthcare company produces 80 percent of all diagnostic ingredients required for these tests at its Life Science Competence Center in Penzberg, Upper Bavaria. By investing more than 600 million eu…

It is a project of superlatives: The parent company of Ratiopharm, Teva, is investing around one billion US dollars at the Ulm site in biotechnological production. Starting in 2025, biopharmaceuticals will be produced in enormous bioreactors in the Ulm Danube Valley. These medicines are used for com…

A laboratory as large as five football fields and investments amounting to 350 million euros: The pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany's second-largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, has opened a new biotechnology development center in Biberach, Baden-Württemberg. There, medicines deriv…

The life sciences industry is resource-intensive. Due to high standards in research and production as well as occupational health and safety, many consumables can only be used once. At the same time, awareness of resource conservation is growing in light of the climate crisis. The greatest potential…

Actors in the life sciences industry face greater challenges today than ever before. The expert team at Drees & Sommer knows these from years of experience. Together with their clients, the specialists develop solutions and support economic, digital, and sustainable pharmaceutical projects – w…

Slimly built, visible from afar: With 205 meters, the Roche Tower Building 2 rises above Basel into the sky. In 2020, it replaced Building 1 with 178 meters as the tallest building in Switzerland. The second Roche Tower sets new standards in collaborative planning: Even before Building 2 rose floor…

Buildings for the life sciences industry require a high level of expertise in internal processes. Whether research, laboratory, or production spaces: safety and hygiene regulations as well as the specific requirements for different usage areas set the highest standards for construction.

Key factors f…

The current measures to contain the coronavirus are leading to delays or even halts in construction and renovation projects. In the life sciences industry, day- or week-long shutdown phases are part of maintenance routines – experience with such processes is available.

However, the regular measures ar…

The new 40-meter-high production building of Biotest AG in Dreieich, Hesse, houses three stacked production levels, office and laboratory spaces, extensive technical areas, and a deep-freeze storage for blood plasma. To complete this complex construction project on time and cost-effectively, the pha…