Laboratory Consultants

Our experience as laboratory design consultants enables us to successfully collaborate with the Project Architect and to work together as a cohesive team throughout the duration of the design and construction processes. Research Facilities Design analyzes each project to determine the most appropriate individuals within our organization to provide management, design, and technical support services to best meet the needs of our clients. Also, our principals are architects. They are familiar with the design and construction process, and are therefore team players who recognize both the importance of laboratory building design and the architect and client's goal of a completely integrated.

Martha Robbins & Associates (MRA) is a laboratory consulting firm providing operational assessments, facility planning, strategic planning, consolidation planning, bench marking, and management support services to hospital, blood center, clinic, and commercial reference laboratories. Martha Robbins, MT (ASCP), is credentialed by the American Association of Healthcare Consultants.

We teach the Toyota Production System (aka Lean Manufacturing) to laboratories, hospitals and businesses throughout the United States in order to provide the most efficient delivery of services available.Lean is a management philosophy that embraces life-long learning, customer responsiveness, personal responsibility to improve the quality and efficiency of processes, and a never-ending pursuit of continuous improvement for every element in the value stream.

MRA project teams are composed of ASCP registered technologists with many years of experience in the management of hospital and commercial reference laboratories. We provide technical, financial, market, compliance, and information systems expertise tailored to meet the needs of each individual client. A number of nationally known pathologists work with us as needed to complete the comprehensive team of experts available to assist you and your laboratory.