Design and Planning of Research and Clinical Laboratory Facilities

LEONARD MAYER, AIA, is Principal of The Planning Collaborative,Ltd., a consulting firm that specializes in programming andplanning laboratory and health care facilities. He has masterplanned and programmed more than 22 million gross square feet ofresearch and clinical laboratory and health care facilities.

Mr. Mayer is a former director of Professional Practice Programs atthe American Institute of Architects and the editor of ArchitectsHandbook of Professional Practice, AIA Documents Series, and theFirst Edition of Legal Citations File. He also assisted the Collegeof American Pathologists' Laboratory Function and Design Committeein the revision of the Medical Laboratory Planning and DesignManual and is currently a member of the National Committee onClinical Laboratory Standards' Subcommittee on Laboratory Designand Safety.