Engineered Systems - February 2008 - (Page 39) • CSB construction started in January 2006. • Research laboratory building and staff garage construction started in March 2006. • Faculty pavilion design started in March 2006. • Faculty pavilion issued for construction in February 2007. • Administration office building design started in May 2006. • Faculty pavilion construction started in April 2007. • Administration office building issued for construction in May 2007. • Administration office building construction started in June 2007. • Research laboratory building occupancy scheduled for July 2008. • CSB, faculty pavilion, and administration office building occupancy scheduled for May 2009. Designing a state-of-the-art medical facility seven years prior to its anticipated opening date of May 2009 posed some unique challenges. Just the advancements achieved in medical technology and the local area network (LAN) and supporting data equipment during this time span has been staggering. How do you plan for the mechanical and electrical utilities and special needs for equipment that has not yet been developed? The nearly seven-year design and construction schedule posed additional challenges of maintaining staff motivation after the initial excitement of the project wore off and fatigue set in. Seven years appears to be a long time for a project. However, when you consider the size, the year delay, changes required for budget constraints, four months for bidding the CSB, and the 3.5 years for the CSB construc- The mechanical systems take h i l yt k advantage of this electrical system design by integrating the BAS into the operation of the emergency power system. The BAS receives a signal from the electrical system to indicate the number of DLCo. service transformers and the number of generators that are operating. The BAS determines how many chillers, boilers, pumps, AHUs, and other mechanical equipment to operate based on an extensive priority table. w w w. esmag a zin e. c o m 39 http://www.esmagazine.com
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