Third-floor IVF unit · Saudi MOH Level III-IVF
The Bar · Plan C
The agreed design for a two-theatre IVF unit sized for 2,000–3,000 cycles a year. It meets the Saudi MOH Level III-IVF requirements first, then the iHFG Part B IVF Unit and the Saudi Building Code for fire, with a true L-shaped embryology lab beside a 22.8 m² cryo room.
Why Plan C works
- One secured lab zone with a single gowned entry; eggs pass from both ORs by hatch.
- Every egg and embryo carry in the lab is under 4 m.
- Cryo sits across the corridor from the gas room: a 3.5 m LN₂ line, nothing over cryo.
- Every room and corridor meets its MOH or iHFG minimum; bed routes are at least 2.44 m clear.
- Clean supplies and waste never share a lift or a route.
- Smaller HEPA area than the initial design, with one andrology lab and the hospital CSSD.
Compliance at a glance
Design, MEP and fit-out items only. Staffing, forms and contracts are for the client.
Open before construction
- Fire consultant: smoke compartments, door schedule and the 43 m route from VIP 1 against SBC 801.
- Structural engineer: floor load under the cryo dewars (≈7.5–10 kN/m²).
- MEP: pressure cascade, gas and LN₂ routes in the ceiling void, backup power.
- MOH: written acceptance of 2 interview rooms instead of 3.
- Storage: one large vapour-phase tank or a renewal policy for a 10-year horizon.
Construction requirements
MOH Level III-IVF, iHFG Part B and SBC fire, item by item.Open requirements → ToolsCapacity and services
Capacity planner, 3D services simulator and the equipment schedule.Open tools → JourneysThree walkthrough clips
A couple's day, nitrogen and gases, cleaning and dirty utility.Watch →Agreed design
Plan C drawings
Concept block plans at the architect's scale. Select a drawing to open it full size; select again to zoom.
Embryology lab
Option C is the adopted layout
A true L-shaped lab: one wide bar along the cryo side and one leg down to the ICSI room, with the cryo room shortened to 22.8 m². Options A and B are kept as alternatives.
Option C at a glance
For a 10-year storage horizon, add one large vapour-phase tank: about 15 years at 2,000 cycles, using about 15% of the cryo floor.
| Compared | C · true L (adopted) | A · three-part L | B · rectangle |
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Construction requirements
Item-by-item checklists
What each guideline asks of the building, and how Plan C meets it. CBAHI and ISO are left out for now.
Planning tools
Test the design before it is built
Each tool starts from the Plan C figures. Change any number to try another scenario.
Capacity planner
Waits and room use for any yearly cycle volume, theatre sessions of 7, 8 or custom hours, incubator places, a cryo storage planner and procedure timelines.Open planner → 3D modelServices simulator
A day in the unit, emergency drills, incubator gases, LN₂ auto-fill, cleaning routes, and dirty utility and waste flows.Open simulator → ScheduleEmbryology equipment
Every lab, ICSI, cryo and gas-room item with quantity, size and place, sized for about 3,000 cycles.See the schedule ↓Capacity at a glance
Most cycles a year before any area misses a 15-minute average wait, from the capacity planner.
| Scenario | Cycles a year | First limit |
|---|---|---|
| Busy day, standard hours | ≈2,050 | Phlebotomy, ultrasound and ORs |
| Busy day, extended hours | ≈2,650 | Operating rooms |
| Average day, standard hours | ≈2,550 | Phlebotomy and ORs |
| Average day, extended hours | ≈3,350 | Operating rooms |
Embryology equipment schedule
Typical sizes for each class of equipment; replace them with the chosen models. Places follow the Option C layout.
Tool
The Bar Capacity Planner
Waits, room use, lab load, incubator places and cryo storage for any yearly cycle volume. Your changes are kept in this browser.
Tool
3D services simulator
Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom. A day in the unit, emergency drills, gases, LN₂ filling, cleaning and waste.
Journeys
Three walkthrough clips
Recorded from the 3D model of Plan C. Concept model for discussion, not an MEP drawing.
A couple's egg collection day
44 seconds- Arrive together at procedure reception
- She changes in her VIP room, goes to OR 1, recovers in Stage I
- He goes to the semen collection room; the sample passes by hatch
- Together again in her VIP room
Nitrogen and incubator gases
44 seconds- Full LN₂ vessel by the service lift to the gas room
- 3.5 m vacuum-jacketed line into cryo
- Dewars fill to 90%, cold gas vented low
- CO₂ and N₂ to the incubator island
Cleaning and dirty utility
59 seconds- OR turnover clean and waste to the dirty utility
- Dirty lift out; clean supplies in by the clean lift
- Lab cleaner gowns and works clean to dirty
- Lab waste by the pass box; instruments to CSSD