Designed to standard
CSA Z316.5 and ASHRAE 110 for hoods, SEFA 8 for casework, NFPA 30 for flammable storage — with the documentation your EHS officer and auditor will ask for.
Integrated Laboratory Solutions · Toronto, Canada
Engineered for Science.
Scientora designs, builds, equips and supports high-performance laboratories across Canada. One team takes the room from a bare shell to a benched, ventilated, commissioned laboratory — and stays on to keep it running.
01 — DESIGN
We plan the room
Layouts, airflow, services and stamped shop drawings before anything is built.
02 — BUILD
We build the lab
Partitions, finishes, ventilation and utilities — the laboratory shell itself.
03 — EQUIP
We install the benching
Casework, fume hoods, storage, sinks and fixtures set and connected by our crew.
04 — OPERATE
We start it up
Commissioning, containment testing, instrument integration and analyst training.
From concept to operation
A laboratory is not furniture. It is a system — and we deliver all of it.
Most suppliers sell one layer: a contractor builds the room, a furniture company ships casework, a third party commissions the hoods, and the gaps between them become your problem. Scientora holds all four stages on a single contract.
STAGE 01
Design & Plan
We start from your process, not from a catalogue. Bench layouts, containment strategy, service routing and equipment schedules, issued as stamped shop drawings for approval.
- Space planning & 3D layouts
- Airflow & ventilation strategy
- Shop & coordination drawings
STAGE 02
Laboratory Construction
The room itself: partitions, epoxy and vinyl flooring, ceilings, doors and glazing, plus the mechanical and electrical work a laboratory needs and an office fit-out does not.
- Partitions, finishes & flooring
- Exhaust, make-up air & ductwork
- Gas, water, vacuum & power
STAGE 03
Casework & Fume Hoods
Benching, fume hoods, storage cabinets, sinks and fixtures, manufactured to our drawings and installed, levelled, anchored and connected by our own crew — not a subcontractor.
- Island, wall & mobile benching
- Fume hoods & extraction arms
- Chemical and solvent storage
STAGE 04
Commissioning & Start-up
Face-velocity traverse, alarm verification and as-installed containment testing, instrument placement and integration, documentation and training for the analysts who will use the room.
- ASHRAE 110 containment testing
- Instrument integration
- O&M manuals & operator training
Our products
Everything fixed in the room, from one supplier.
Bench, hood, storage and fixtures arrive as one coordinated package on one delivery schedule — instead of four purchase orders that meet for the first time on site.
Lab Furniture
Single-sided and island benches, wall cabinets, chemical storage, balance tables, cylinder enclosures, and dedicated GC and HPLC instrument tables.
View lab furniture →
Built in Canada
Fume Hoods
Chemical fume hoods, ceiling-mounted canopy hoods, two- and three-joint articulated extraction arms, microbiological hoods and ductless filtered enclosures.
View fume hoods →
Built in Canada
Laminar Air Flow
Horizontal and vertical LAF benches, Class II microbiological safety cabinets and PCR workstations, certified at installation and re-certified annually.
View laminar air flow →
Imported · Scientora-specified
Office Furniture
Write-up desks, specialist workstations, document and equipment cabinets, conference tables and glazed partitions detailed to match the laboratory casework.
View office furniture →
Built in Canada
Our services
Four services, one accountable partner.
Consult. Design. Build. Renovate. The same team carries the project from the first feasibility conversation to the signed commissioning report.
Lab Consulting
Feasibility, budget modelling, equipment strategy and compliance review before a single line is drawn — so the design starts from the right assumptions.
Learn more →
Lab Design
Space planning, containment and airflow strategy, service routing, 3D layouts and stamped shop drawings coordinated with your architect and mechanical engineer.
Learn more →
Lab Building
Construction of the laboratory itself — partitions, finishes, ventilation, utilities — then the casework, hoods and commissioning that make it operational.
Learn more →
Lab Renovation
Upgrades, hood replacements, capacity increases and full refits carried out in phases inside a building that has to keep running while we work.
Learn more →
Method Development
We don't just build the lab. We develop the methods that run in it.
Scientora's analytical group designs fit-for-purpose GC and HPLC methods from scratch, validates them to ICH, USP and AOAC guidelines, optimises and transfers existing methods between instruments and laboratories, and trains your analysts to run them reliably in-house.
- 01Custom Method DevelopmentFit-for-purpose methods designed around your matrix, analytes and performance requirements.
- 02Method ValidationAccuracy, precision, linearity, LOD/LOQ and robustness to ICH, USP or AOAC.
- 03Optimization & TransferBetter sensitivity, speed and robustness — then transferred between instruments or sites.
- 04Application-Specific MethodsPharmaceutical, environmental, food & beverage, petrochemical and other matrices.
- 05Documentation & TrainingComplete method documentation plus operator training so the method stays reliable.
Why Scientora
Built on precision. Driven by science.
Our background is in the laboratory itself, not in furniture. Before Scientora, our team planned and ran analytical programs on GC and HPLC systems. That is why our drawings ask questions other suppliers don't.
One accountable party
Design, construction, installation and commissioning sit on one contract with one project manager. There is no gap for a problem to fall into.
Tested before we leave
Every hood we install is commissioned with a face-velocity traverse and alarm verification, and you receive the signed report at handover.
Designed and tested against
CSA Z316.5 — fume hoods & exhaust systems
ASHRAE 110 — as-installed containment testing
SEFA 8 — laboratory casework performance
SEFA 7 — laboratory fixtures
NFPA 30 — flammable & combustible liquids
CSA / ULC — electrical components
Common questions
What clients ask us first.
Do you build the laboratory itself, or only supply the furniture?
Both. Scientora works from the empty shell forward: partitions, flooring, ceilings, exhaust and make-up air, gas, water, vacuum and power reticulation, then casework, fume hoods and fixtures, then commissioning and start-up. Most clients bring us in for all four stages on one contract; some bring us in only for the equipment package.
Where in Canada do you work?
Our base is Toronto, Ontario. We work throughout Ontario and Quebec as standard and travel nationally for larger installations. Tell us the postal code and we will confirm the mobilisation cost in the quote.
How long does a laboratory project take?
A straightforward equipment package — benching, a few hoods, storage — is typically six to ten weeks from approved shop drawings to installed. A full design-build fit-out of a new suite normally runs four to eight months depending on permits and mechanical scope.
What standards do you design to?
Fume hoods are designed against CSA Z316.5 and tested to ASHRAE 110. Casework follows SEFA 8 performance criteria and fixtures follow SEFA 7. Flammable and solvent storage follows NFPA 30. Electrical components are CSA or ULC certified.
Can you work in an operating laboratory without shutting it down?
Yes. Renovation in a live building is a large part of what we do — phased work, dust and fume containment, out-of-hours installation windows and staged shutdowns coordinated with your operations team.
Do you also help with the analysis, not just the room?
Yes. Our Method Development group develops, validates, optimises and transfers GC and HPLC methods, supports IQ/OQ/PQ documentation and trains your analysts. It is a separate service line and you do not need to be a construction client to use it.
Request a quote
Send us the drawings. We'll send back a layout and a number.
Attach a floor plan, an equipment list, a mechanical drawing — or even a phone photo of the room as it stands today. Within five business days you'll have a marked-up layout and a budget price. No charge, no obligation.