As far as the basics, try to have plumbing and a sink, plenty of electric, etc. For heating, you might want to give pro products a call as their radiant heat panels are not only great for heating cages (that's what we use to heat all of our boa/python/herp cages), but they also work great for heating residentials (and are very cheap to operate). For cages, aside from making sure it is very secure, get something that will provide easy access. Neodesha or perhaps a cage by Habitat Systems (we use HS for our displays) would work very well. I personally like either newspaper or aspen bedding as a substrate (nothing, though, beats paper). Make sure the building is UNCLUTTERED so that you can take your burms out w/out having to worry about them getting into trouble (even under close supervision). A sensor alarm would be a good addition which will alert you should the building get too hot or too cool. Make sure the building itself is secure and an alarm would be a worthwhile investment. Make sure you have signage to warn people about trespassing and perhaps even what is inside. These all seem like common sense so I don't know if this helped or not but good luck; sounds really neat.

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