Cleanroom Design, Manufacture & Supply for Islamabad and Rawalpindi

What cleanroom work does Islamabad and Rawalpindi actually need?

The twin cities are dominated by research, education and healthcare rather than heavy industry, so the controlled environments we are most often asked to engineer are laboratory and clinical, with pharma close behind. Typical briefs include:

• Research institutes and universities — molecular biology, PCR and BSL-2 containment, tissue-culture and microbiology suites, electron-microscopy and metrology rooms, and pilot/teaching cleanrooms for engineering and life-science faculties.
• Hospitals and teaching hospitals — modular operating theatres, sterile services (CSSD) packing zones, oncology and TPN compounding pharmacies, and isolation rooms with defined pressure regimes.
• Diagnostics and pathology labs — the twin cities' large reference and chain laboratories need ISO-classified molecular and immunoassay areas with controlled airflow and contamination zoning.
• IVF and reproductive medicine — low-VOC ISO Class 5/7 embryology suites with the relevant air change rates and filtration.
• Pharma and nutraceutical — oral solid dose, sterile and non-sterile lines for units in I-9, I-10, I-11 and the Rawat industrial estate. See our pharmaceutical & nutraceutical work.

If you are unsure which ISO class your application requires, our cleanroom glossary and the ISO 14644 classes explained guide are good starting points before you brief us.

Cleanroom classes and specifications by application (spec table)

The table below maps common twin-city applications to a sensible ISO 14644-1 class, an indicative air-change band and the typical HEPA grade. These are engineering starting points for scoping — the final design is confirmed against your process, occupancy and the applicable guidance.

Application	Typical ISO 14644-1 class (in operation)	Indicative ACPH band	HEPA grade (EN 1822)	Pressure regime
Modular operating theatre	ISO 7 (ISO 5 at the surgical canopy)	20–25 (room); laminar canopy higher	H14	Positive to corridor
IVF / embryology suite	ISO 5–7, low VOC	20–40	H14 + carbon	Positive cascade
Sterile compounding / TPN pharmacy	ISO 7 background, ISO 5 hood	20–30	H14	Positive (hazardous: negative anteroom)
PCR / molecular diagnostics	ISO 7–8	15–20	H13/H14	Zoned to prevent amplicon carry-over
BSL-2 microbiology lab	ISO 8 (controlled)	10–15	H13/H14	Negative to corridor
Oral solid dose pharma (EU-GMP Grade D)	ISO 8	≈20	H13	Positive cascade
Sterile fill (EU-GMP Grade A/B)	ISO 5 (A) / ISO 7 (B, in operation)	Unidirectional (A) / 30–60 (B)	H14	Strict positive cascade

Want to turn a layout into a parametric estimate? Enter area, class and ACPH into our cleanroom cost calculator.

What drives the cost of an Islamabad cleanroom?

We never quote a single headline number, because two rooms of the same footprint can differ several-fold once the engineering is defined. The honest cost drivers are:

• ISO class and ACPH — a tighter class means more air changes, larger fan filter units and bigger air handling, which dominates both capital and running cost.
• Area and ceiling height — more enclosed volume means more panels, more filtration and more conditioned air.
• HVAC and pressure cascade — multi-zone gowning, airlocks and differential pressure control add ductwork, controls and BMS points.
• Finishes and components — flush doors, vision panels, coved skirting, pass-through chambers and air showers.
• Validation scope — whether you need IQ/OQ/PQ documentation, classification testing and GMP/DRAP-ready protocols.

Model these factors yourself in the cost calculator, then send drawings via get a quote for a firm, itemised proposal.

What to check before you commit (common concerns)

Buyers in the twin cities raise the same fair questions. Here is what to verify with any cleanroom supplier — including us:

• "You're in Lahore — what about service?" We are transparent that fabrication is at our Lahore factory and the room is delivered to your Islamabad or Rawalpindi site. Installation supervision is available at additional cost; clarify scope, supervision days and who provides local labour up front.
• "Is the room genuinely validation-ready?" Ask for the documentation pack — material certificates, HEPA fan filter unit test data, and IQ/OQ/PQ templates. We supply manufacturer documentation to support your validation; we do not claim approvals or certifications we do not hold.
• "Will the HVAC actually hold the class?" Confirm the design ACPH, recovery time and pressure differentials are stated on the drawings, not just the panel spec. The shell does not make a cleanroom — the air does.
• "Are the panels and doors compatible long-term?" A single-source package of panels, doors and pass-throughs avoids the interface gaps that come from mixing suppliers.
• "Can you phase it around a live lab or ward?" Tell us about occupied-site constraints early; modular construction is well suited to weekend and out-of-hours sequencing.

For specialist clinical work, our laminar air flow units and modular theatre systems are designed around these checks.

Standards, DRAP and regulatory support

Islamabad is also home to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), the federal pharma regulator, so getting the standards framing right matters more here than almost anywhere in the country. We design to recognised international references:

• ISO 14644-1/-2 for airborne particle classification and ongoing monitoring.
• EU-GMP Annex 1 for sterile and aseptic processing, including the A/B/C/D grade structure and contamination control strategy. Note that Grade A is ISO 5 both at rest and in operation, while Grade B is ISO 5 at rest and ISO 7 in operation — the design must satisfy the in-operation state.
• EN 1822 HEPA H13/H14 filtration selected to suit the grade.
• IQ/OQ/PQ commissioning and qualification, supported by our manufacturer documentation.

Two points we state plainly: Pakistan is a PIC/S applicant (not yet a full member), and DRAP — not the GCC authorities — is the relevant regulator for pharma manufactured here. We engineer rooms designed to meet these standards and built to support your GMP/DRAP submission; the approvals themselves are issued by the regulator against your site, processes and quality system, not by us. For a deeper walk-through of qualification, see cleanroom validation (IQ/OQ/PQ).

Delivery, lead times and installation across the twin cities

Our supply model is straightforward and honest about distance. Components are manufactured and pre-assembled at the Lahore factory, quality-checked, then delivered by road up the M-2 motorway to your site — whether that is a federal research campus in the H or G sectors, a teaching hospital, a diagnostics lab, or a production unit in I-9, I-10, I-11 or the Rawat industrial estate on the Islamabad–Rawalpindi fringe.

• Manufacture in Lahore — panels, doors, ceiling grid, filtration and air handling produced in-house for consistent quality control.
• Delivery to the twin cities — palletised and trucked to site with delivery scheduling agreed in advance.
• Installation supervision — available at extra cost, coordinating local trades for assembly, sealing and commissioning.
• Coordinated package — see the full product range and services, or browse the industries we serve.

Also exporting to the Gulf? The same factory ships to the GCC. To start a twin-city project, use get a quote with your drawings and target ISO class.

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