A look at self-supporting systems for cleanrooms in existing buildings

Published: 19-Jun-2025 Featured companies: Performance Contracting Group
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Jason Teets & Luke Acton from Performance Contracting Group (PCI) discuss self-supporting cleanroom systems and their advantages compared to traditonal cleanrooms

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Cleanrooms play a critical role in industries like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing.

These controlled environments ensure product quality, meet strict regulatory standards, and safeguard sensitive processes.

Even minor contaminant breaches can compromise production or lead to costly recalls. Given their importance, cleanroom design has evolved to address modern industry needs, and self-supporting systems are at the forefront of this innovation.

Even minor contaminant breaches can compromise production or lead to costly recalls

These modular, independent structures offer unmatched flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, transforming how cleanrooms are built and maintained in existing buildings.

This article highlights the five key elements that make self-supporting systems essential in modern cleanroom design: flexibility and scalability, quick installation, cost-effectiveness, improved contamination control, and enhanced structural integrity.

1. Flexibility and scalability

Industries that rely on cleanrooms often experience evolving production needs. Traditional cleanrooms, once built, are expensive and difficult to modify.

In contrast, self-supporting systems are modular, allowing for seamless reconfiguration, expansion, or relocation. Individual panels and components can be added, removed, or rearranged without affecting the cleanroom’s structural integrity.


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