Umm... this doesn't sound 'elitist', it sounds like 'health and safety requirement' alone. My university opened up a facility like this when I was there, and h

Umm... this doesn't sound 'elitist', it sounds like 'health and safety requirement' alone. My university opened up a facility like this when I was there, and had very similar requirements. That said, I (nor anyone else I've heard of) don't have any specific information about this lab/workshop...