Sector/Industry: Pharma/Biologics
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Project Duration: September 2019-Present
Service Offered: Calibrations, Instrumentation Setup and Troubleshooting Assistance, CQV Support, Mechanical and Electrical Support in Utilities Area
Project Description:
This Pharma & Biologics client specializes in medicines and therapeutics to treat oncology drugs. The existing 31,700m² facilities will be expanded to a floor area of approximately 43,700m². A 13,000m² warehouse will also be extended and transformed for manufacturing operations. New laboratories and a warehouse will be built, and the existing production and packaging facilities at the site will be extended. The facility will produce various therapeutics, including immune-oncology treatments and mammalian cell culture-based protein therapeutics.
Project Services:
- Performing the approximate 2500 initial calibrations during the project phase and shifting in sustaining calibrations as the schedule rolls around
- Development of Calibration Program alongside client Engineering Specialists
- Offering Instrumentation assistance to vendors during commissioning activities
- Supporting the client Utilities team during commissioning stages by completing system walkdowns and sustaining maintenance activities on systems/areas handed over to the client. Moving in to Upstream and Downstream production areas in the coming weeks
- Process and utility systems, including:
- New Vessels – media prep, buffer prep, buffer hold, product hold.
- Calibrated and provided above Clean Utilities support
- Ultra-filtration systems
- Clean steam generators
- HVAC units
- Training with vendors
- Instrumentation VTOP reviews
- Purified water (WFI) storage
- Coolers / Chillers
- Creating SOPs / Work Instructions
- Assisting Systems handover (ongoing).
Outcomes: Project ongoing
- The LotusWorks team has just achieved a significant safety milestone of 20,000 hours on-site without a lost-time incident.
- In response to COVID-19 and with limited access to site, specialist smart glasses have connected LotusWorks on site representatives to vendors making remote working possible. Through the use of this technology, LotusWorks continued to meet client project timelines and ensured no delays were experienced.
- Our clients gain comprehensive calibration expertise in their facility incorporating multiple equipment types as the LotusWorks team is skilled in the calibration of all equipment & products from different providers
- Fast turnaround on critical instruments leads to increased equipment availability and minimizes your facilities downtime
- The flexibility involved in having a calibration team on hand for scheduled shutdowns, emergency call outs and project support work, means that clients can have increased calibration expertise without increasing their headcount
- Fully competent technical teams carry out calibrations to regulatory standards
- The LotusWorks team identifies and corrects costly performance deficiencies in the facility resulting in cost savings and increased equipment lifecycle
