Posted By Ken Taylor I have used CLEAPSS School Science Service (Brunel University) publications for this purpose.

Posted By Diane Warne It depends on the sector you work in, planned usage, how "high-tech" the labs are to be, and budget, but most lab furniture suppliers offer a planning & design service (you will need to emphasise your specific safety aspects to them to ensure these are adequately considered.) I used to have a book called "Lab design issues" which was very good but I'm afraid I can't find any reference to it now. H&H Scientific Consultants do some books on lab design, see http://www.hhsc.co.uk/. Some kind of guidance is likely to be needed especially if such minefields as ventilation and LEV are involved. Remember to consider safety aspects of the whole life of the new facility - from commissioning and first use, through changes of use, alterations and refurbishments, to decommissioning (e.g. safe removal of fume cubboards at a future date.)