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University of Central Oklahoma – Food Science Lab

This project included a full renovation of three food science labs and Central Station, a student-run café in a 50-year-old building. The goals of the project were to completely upgrade the school’s existing food science classrooms to fully commercial foodservice facilities. This included a redesign of the preparation spaces with new ventilation and fire suppression systems, commercial cooking equipment, and flexible workstations to act as both traditional classroom space as well as hands-on food preparation space.

One of the biggest accomplishments of the design was to improve student safety. This was achieved through better flooring material, well-thought-out storage and ware washing spaces intentionally separated work and traffic aisles, and a vast improvement in indoor air quality with a properly balanced exhaust and makeup air system.

The Program Assistant Professor and Central Station Coordinator stated that “Now, students will be able to graduate from UCO, become a food service director, and have an appropriate example in mind of how food service should run.”