Hempire Labs expands consulting for medical cannabis producers, integrating facility layout and GACP/GMP compliance planning early to help manage design-phase delays and costly rework before construction.
-- Spain-based Hempire Labs has expanded its consulting services to help licensed medical cannabis producers align cultivation and extraction facility layouts with GACP (Good Agricultural and Collection Practices) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) compliance planning from the outset. The consultancy guides operators in addressing facility design and regulatory requirements before construction starts, minimizing costly changes later in development.
More information is available at https://hempirelabs.com
The announcement comes as medical cannabis facility developers face growing pressure to coordinate regulatory requirements with project design. Turner & Townsend’s life sciences construction benchmarking found that 77% of projects experienced schedule overruns during detailed design. For medical cannabis facilities, specialized layouts and environmental controls add further complexity, making early design and compliance coordination important to managing project timelines.
Hempire Labs says its expanded consulting services bring facility layout and compliance planning together before construction and commissioning. Producers must consider airflow, access control, contamination prevention, and operational workflows alongside structural and infrastructure decisions. Addressing these elements early can help identify design gaps and reduce the likelihood of costly rework.
European Medicines Agency guidance for indoor cultivation facilities calls for suitable air, climate, and humidity control, as well as appropriate lighting, water treatment, ventilation, and filtration. It also highlights personnel access, contamination prevention, cleaning, and maintenance. European Commission GMP guidance similarly emphasizes designs that prevent cross-contamination and separate personnel routes from production and quality-control areas.
Hempire Labs notes that these expectations influence practical choices made before design drawings are finalized. Trade press coverage advises owners to clarify production goals, workflows, regulatory requirements, growth projections, and equipment needs early, as these factors affect room layouts, utilities, and building systems. Early coordination can help reduce conflicts between compliance requirements and physical infrastructure as projects advance.
The consultancy also works with producers reviewing existing projects, providing technical input on facility design and regulatory requirements as development progresses.
About Hempire Labs
Hempire Labs is a medical cannabis facility design and compliance consultancy based in Sotogrande, Spain. Established in 2019 by medical cannabis entrepreneur Mardi Joubanian and project manager Paulina Molyneux-Webb, the firm advises licensed producers on GACP-, GMP-, and GDP-aligned planning for cultivation, extraction, and processing operations.
Producers planning or reviewing cultivation and extraction facilities can explore Hempire Labs’ design and compliance consulting at https://hempirelabs.com
Contact Info:
Name: Paulina Molyneux-Webb
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Organization: Hempire Labs S.L.
Address: C.C., Mar y Sol Local 3.9, Sotogrande, Andalucía 11310, Spain
Website: https://hempirelabs.com
Source: NewsNetwork
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