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10/08/2026

Laboratories, pilot plants, food processing facilities, and industrial settings widely use local exhaust ventilation systems to remove airborne contaminants. Selecting the right exhaust system is critical because inadequate ventilation can increase personnel exposure risks, reduce indoor air quality, and raise operating costs.

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Canopy hoods vs. snorkels vs. chemical fume hoods: STX Labs compares lab exhaust options to help you cut exposure risk and control operating costs.

10/01/2026

Seriously, we provide fume hoods for virtually every laboratory application.

Nationwide lab design, build, and installation — mobile labs, fume hoods, lab benches, casework, counters, snorkels, NMRs, and full lab infrastructure. Serving labs across the U.S. since 1995.

09/23/2026

Adding or replacing a fume hood in a laboratory should not be undertaken without considering many variables.
Our tech paper will help you avoid making costly mistakes.

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Buying a fume hood? STX Labs outlines the key questions to ask about safety, airflow, and compliance before you select new lab exhaust equipment.

09/17/2026

Modern analytical laboratories use highly sensitive instruments like gas chromatographs, HPLC/UHPLC, mass spectrometers, ICP-MS, atomic absorption, FTIR, and balances, which detect signals at microgram to picogram levels. Although designed with advanced controls, their performance can be affected by mechanical vibrations from vacuum pumps, building systems, nearby equipment, or foot traffic. Vibration isolation is therefore crucial in lab design.
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09/10/2026

Modern laboratories are expected to provide safe, efficient, and inclusive environments for researchers, technicians, students, and visitors with a wide range of physical abilities. Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is not only a legal requirement for most public and commercial laboratory facilities but also a commitment to universal design and equal access.

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08/27/2026

Temporary or Permanent Building?
What you need to know about Modular Buildings

Calling a building "temporary" to meet building codes typically implies a strategy to bypass stricter, costlier, and more time-consuming requirements governing permanent structures. While this approach can accelerate project timelines and reduce upfront costs, it introduces significant legal, safety, and operational limitations, most notably a strict time limit (usually 180 days) and reduced structural load requirements.s

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08/19/2026

There are various strategies for contracting design, materials, and installation of laboratory projects. Each aspect, from architectural design to validation of final product installation, can be divvied up and treated separately, or a partnership can be formed with a Design+Build firm to develop the project cooperatively.

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There are various strategies for contracting design, materials, and installation of laboratory projects. Each aspect, from architectural design to validation of final product installation, can be divvied up and treated separately, or a partnership can be formed with a Design+Build firm to develop th...

08/13/2026

The demand for laboratory space often outpaces what traditional construction can accommodate. Whether driven by facility renovations, expansion projects, emergency response, pilot programs, or temporary increases in testing requirements, organizations frequently need laboratory capacity that can be deployed quickly, without the cost and time associated with permanent construction. Modular buildings provide an effective solution for these temporary laboratory needs.

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The demand for laboratory space often outpaces what traditional construction can accommodate. Whether driven by facility renovations, expansion projects, emergency response, pilot programs, or temporary increases in testing requirements, organizations frequently need laboratory capacity that can be....

08/06/2026

Recent advances in permanent magnet technology have made benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometers practical tools for teaching laboratories, quality control laboratories, synthetic chemistry, reaction monitoring, pharmaceutical research, food analysis, and industrial applications. Instruments operating from approximately 60 MHz through 100 MHz now deliver analytical capabilities that once required considerably larger superconducting systems.

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07/30/2026

Adding or replacing a fume hood in a laboratory should not be undertaken without considering many variables. Our tech paper will help you avoid making costly mistakes.

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STX designs and builds laboratories and and provides instrument systems to address today's tough analytical challenges. Our hundreds of projects range from simple renovations to new construction and lab relocations. Visit us at www.STXsite.com