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The South Campus Research Building 1 is an existing facility for MD Anderson and consists of (4) floors of research laboratories and administrative offices. DAC was selected by MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide Testing & Balancing of the complete Phoenix Laboratory Controls upgrade which was completed in early 2022. This project was executed to upgrade aging and failing Phoenix control panels and controllers which are critical for maintaining laboratory air change rates, thermal comfort, and room pressurization. The first phase of the project only included the fourth floor and was phased to allow for multiple labs to be upgraded each weekend and turned over for occupancy the following Monday morning. Phase two included the first second and third floor upgrades. Phase two work was completed during the normal work week to expedite final completion of the project. This represented a unique challenge to the project team as no significant deficiency could be carried that would impact lab operations. DAC provided the exacting requirements of MD Anderson Cancer Center and performed verification steps along the way to ensure laboratory staff would not be interrupted. The scope of work included air balancing and controls verification of over 385 Phoenix Air Valves and the associated laboratory controller performance verification. Our final Test & Balance documentation was completely revised specifically to meet the needs of this project and is now utilized on all our laboratory and critical space projects.