# Facility Management, Maintenance and Operations Core

> **NIH NIH UC7** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2024 · $1,081,907

## Abstract

PROJECT ABSTRACT (Core 1/C1Facilities@HTRL)
Core 1 Facility Management, Maintenance and Operations Core (C1Facilities@HTRL) The Facility
Management, Maintenance, and Operations Core will operate the Howard T Ricketts Regional Biocontainment
Laboratory (HTRL) A/BSL3 to ensure continuous containment through decontamination, retesting, certification,
preventive maintenance, repair, or replacement of existing equipment and building systems as well as
compliance with Biosecurity, Environmental Health and Biosafety regulations. Central to this facility's past and
future success is the collective approach of HTRL management which involves four distinct entities: Animal
Resources Center, the Office of Research Safety, Facility Operations, and the Department of Microbiology.
The HTRL management team is composed of outstanding leaders in their respective fields, and they utilize
their expertise collaboratively to support the HTRL program with the common goal of assuring research
programs are safe and successful. This approach has allowed the building to operate efficiently since its initial
construction. This management structure is centered on supporting the research labs using the A/BSL3 to
allow them to focus on their experimental objective, while biosafety and operational management are
maintained by C1Facilities@HTRL. The core management team maintains the A/BSL3 rooms, equipment,
and operations at the highest level to meet or exceed the regulatory and best-practice standards for biosafety,
animal care, and research support. Furthermore, the team maintains the facility at a high level of readiness to
support ongoing and future research needs of the facility, and to adapt to the needs presented by public health
emergencies such as occurred with the establishment of the COVID-19 Core.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10910205
- **Project number:** 5UC7AI180312-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** George Parsons Langan
- **Activity code:** UC7 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,081,907
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-08-18 → 2028-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10910205

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10910205, Facility Management, Maintenance and Operations Core (5UC7AI180312-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10910205. Licensed CC0.

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