Consultation / Design / Sourcing / Support
We design, specify, and build out hands-on science environments for hobbyists, community programs, and nonprofit educators. You tell us what you want people to be able to do. We handle everything between that and a working space.
The Gap
Getting a working science space off the ground means answering questions most people never have to ask. What equipment actually does the thing you want. What it costs when you account for everything around it. What the room needs before anything can be installed. Who can install it. What it takes to keep running once the first group of people starts using it.
We answer those questions for a living, then stay on to make sure the answers hold up.
Who We Work With
Independent Enthusiasts
You started with what you could find and learned enough to know its limits. We help you design a workspace that matches where your curiosity has actually gone, at a scale that makes sense for one person and one room.
Community Programs
Outreach groups, maker spaces, libraries, and community organizations bringing hands-on science to people who wouldn't otherwise get near it. We design setups that survive heavy shared use and travel well when the program does.
Nonprofit Educators
Organizations teaching young people to work with their hands and think like scientists. We design for durability, for supervision ratios, for the reality that the equipment gets used hard by people learning to use it.
The Process
We start with what you want people to be able to do, then work backward. Goals, space, budget, who's operating it, what skill level they're starting from, what supervision looks like. Most of this conversation is us asking questions and listening to the answers.
You get a written plan. Equipment specified by make and model with the reasoning behind each choice, layout and workflow through the space, power and ventilation and storage requirements, safety considerations, and realistic cost ranges. The plan is yours whether or not you go further with us.
We put the plan into motion through our vendor and contractor relationships. That means finding the right supplier, negotiating terms, scheduling the install, coordinating anyone who has to touch the room before the equipment arrives, and keeping the timeline honest.
Spaces drift. People leave, programs grow, things wear out. We stay on to handle training for new operators, maintenance scheduling, replenishment planning, and expansion when the program outgrows what we first built.
Capabilities
Observation stations built around what you actually want people to see, from single scopes to multi-seat classroom setups with shared display.
General biology and life science benches designed for hands-on group work, with the storage, cleaning, and safety infrastructure that makes them usable week after week.
Setups for exploring how the body works. Measurement, observation, and demonstration equipment for programs teaching physiology, kinesiology, and exercise science.
Field and bench stations for water quality, soil, and environmental monitoring. Built for programs that take people outside and bring samples back.
Portable setups for outreach programs that meet people where they are. Designed to pack down, travel, survive the trip, and set up fast.
Multi-user spaces where different groups run different programs in the same room. Layout, storage, and scheduling infrastructure that keeps them from colliding.
Straight Answers
We charge a consultation and design fee based on the scope of the project. That fee covers the discovery conversations and the written specification, and you keep the specification regardless of what you decide to do next.
When you move to build, we coordinate sourcing and installation through our vendor and contractor network. Ongoing support is handled through a support agreement sized to your program, which covers operator training, maintenance scheduling, and keeping your consumables and replacement needs planned ahead rather than discovered at the worst moment.
We'll give you the fee structure in the first conversation. There are no percentages we don't tell you about.
Deliverables
The first conversation is free and it's genuinely a conversation. Bring your goals, your space, and your constraints. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.
Start a ConversationWe're actively building out our network. If you supply equipment or handle installation work, we'd like to know you.