This environment allows for the study of extremely rare physical interactions. It’s science program focuses on astroparticle physics, specifically neutrino and dark matter studies and in 2015, Arthur B. MacDonald was co-awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Takaaki Kajita for the contributions of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration and Super-Kamiokande Collaboration for the discovery of neutrino oscillations.

Centreline was hired to provide design work to modernize their underground workspace. Because of SNOLAB's unique environment, there were many constraints around building underground and building in an active clean laboratory.

In the end, a kit of parts was used with generalized design solutions to address the full lab and specific design interventions for target areas such as the refuge kitchenette.

We were able to integrate in-house complex acoustic simulations and analysis to quantify the improvements our designs accomplished. We provided detailed material research and design drawings for a construction process that met the strict restraints of building underground in the laboratory.