Built to perform. Life science and pharmaceutical companies choose ARCO Design/Build for our ability to streamline complex projects and deliver purpose-built facilities with less risk, lower costs, and faster time to market. From early site selection through design and construction, our integrated team of architects, engineers, and construction managers works as one—optimizing decisions for your business objectives and giving you complete confidence in your facility’s performance and compliance.
Life Sciences Construction
In every life sciences building project meeting, we hear clients say, “There’s got to be a better way to do this!”. This market focuses on life-saving innovations that deserve superior facilities and delivery methods. ARCO makes “better” real across all segments of this work.
By adapting the process that made us the #1 industrial builder in America, we created an approach specifically for life sciences. Our methodology meets the sophisticated needs of groundbreaking research, disease treatment and pandemic preparedness infrastructure. Simply put, the results are staggering.
With 50% reductions in project costs and timelines, all while maintaining optimum quality, we are now the trusted partner to CROs, CDMOs, Advanced Therapy Companies, Pharmaceutical Companies, Medical Device Companies, Logistics Providers, and Life Science Developers, solving their greatest real estate and production challenges.
We’ve achieved “better” in life science.
Life Sciences We Serve:
- Pharmaceuticals
- Biotechnology
- BSL-Rated Facilities
- Manufacturing
- Medical Devices
- Clean Rooms
- Research & Development
- Contract Research Organizations (CRO)
- Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO)
FlexShell®

We believe there should be a flexible, high-quality commercial facility solution available to novel therapeutic organizations to enable them to deliver their personalized medicine to patients faster and more cost effectively. This is why we created the FlexShell®.
FlexShell® is a flexible, high-quality, and cost-effective solution for new bioprocessing facilities. Our proprietary designs, developed from our extensive experience of over 6,400+ projects and our design-build approach, combined with our national network of partners, make us the most flexible, cost-effective, and rapidly deployable core and shell solution available in the market today.
Simply Put, The Results Are Staggering
5 Months
From Start of Construction to Dry-in
50% Less Expensive*
Future-Proof, Flexible & Scalable
Great for Both Developers & Manufacturers
*When compared to traditional EPCM models or using industrial development options.
Learn more about how FlexShell® can shape the future of your organization.