Bahnson Environmental Specialties is now Environmental Specialties, LLC.

Archival Rooms

Archival storage rooms are temperature- and humidity-controlled chambers that maintain the ideal environmental conditions to preserve delicate items, such as museum objects or artifacts.

At Environmental Specialties, we have a long history of designing and building incredibly precise and reliable archival storage facilities for the world’s most venerable museums, universities, Presidential Libraries, and more. You can count on our team to meet the most stringent demands of your invaluable collections.

Our archival rooms are suitable for a wide range of applications including:

  • Books
  • Posters
  • Maps
  • Charts 
  • Architectural records
  • Still and motion pictures
  • Negatives
  • X-rays
  • Microfilm
  • Slides
  • Tapes
  • Disks
  • Paintings
  • Sculptures
  • Ceramics
  • Metallic items
  • Bones 

Versatile Archival Room Design

Our archival rooms combine maximum flexibility with advanced reliability. They provide precise control over temperature and relative humidity (RH), and we offer a variety of customizable features to help ensure the exacting conditions necessary for your irreplaceable artifacts.

Sizes

  • Ranging from single artifact preparation to high bay warehouse 

Capabilities

  • Temperature and humidity set points and volumetric temperature uniformity dictated by artifact type and material being stored
  • RH levels as dry as 1 percent 
  • Single point or variable set point temperature control accuracy of +/-0.1°C
  • N+N (2N) 100-percent mechanical redundancy systems with automatic switchover 
  • Rooms built with insulated metal structure
  • Standard controls can be integrated to building management and building automation systems 
  • HEPA filtration available when needed  

Architectural Features

  • Modular metal skinned panels with urethane insulation featuring “cam-locking” tongue-and-groove construction, as well as vinyl gasketed seams fitted on the interior and exterior of each panel to provide moisture- and vapor-tight seal
  • Self-supporting or building supported roof panel suspension
  • Insulated panel finishes include stainless steel or embossed white galvanized steel
  • Standard panel thickness of four inches
  • Entrance types:
    • Personnel doors
    • Slider, roll-up, powered, and manual vehicle doors
  • Floor panel (if applicable): 
    • Stainless steel, galvanized steel, or diamond plate finishes 
    • Standard floor load rating of 600 pounds per square foot, with higher rating if necessary
  • Factory Mutual (FM) 4880 fire rating available

Electrical Features

  • Lighting:
    • Vapor-proof LED fixtures 
    • Standard, zone, or motion detected lighting controls
  • Controls:
    • Proportional–integral–derivative (PID) or programmable logic controller (PLC)
    • Optional redundancy

Warranty

  • Minimum one-year labor and materials with variable extended warranty available

Site-Specific Safety Plan

Start-Up Field Performance Testing

  • 24-hour duration
  • Monitoring points ranging from 16 to 24 unloaded
  • Validation available as an additional service, including installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ), and performance qualification (PQ)

Turnover Documentation

  • Master manual (engineering/design submittal)
  • Recommended spare parts
  • Major equipment datasheets
  • As-built drawings and schematics
  • Owner’s instructions
    • Controls manual
    • Equipment manual
  • Warranty statements
  • Field testing data

We can design our archival rooms to meet a variety of highly specialized requirements, including:

  • Conditioned anteroom with airlock
  • Unconditioned vestibule with airlock
  • Customer/project specific customizations

 

REQUEST QUOTE

  • “Thanks again for the support in getting us to this stage eventually – finding an incubator that meets our temperature spec has been a challenge for us for the last few years and this is a significant milestone for the business. Hopefully we will have more good news to report in the new year.”

    Project Engineer, Major Biotechnology Manufacturer

  • “During a recent external audit, an inspector requested the PM/Cal documents for the stability chambers. It was my pleasure to give him the nicely presented binders. I could tell he was impressed.

    Thanks for the great service you have provided for us over the years.”

    Teresa P, Taste Texture and Health, DSM-Firmenich

  • “Environmental Specialties has always provided me with great service. All the individuals I worked with were knowledgeable about ES products and services.  They were highly skilled. I relied on ES for pm, calibration, qualification, repair, chamber sourcing and consultations. I interacted with a lot of your employees.  The feedback was always spot on. They were always smiling and supportive even in the most difficult situations. ES is a great company with good people.”

    Judy S., Senior Laboratory Technical Support Specialist, Merck Wilson

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