New Switching Facility
Scope
Design the mechanical systems for a new two-story, 92,600 square foot telephone switching facility.
Mechanical
Contractor
W.W. Gay
Prime Consultant
Howell Rusk Dodson
Construction Cost
$4,500,000 (mechanical)
Special Circumstances
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The HVAC system design consists of four 400-ton centrifugal chillers (two future), two 10,000-gallon underground water storage tanks, and over seventy computer room air conditioning units.
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Two 20,000-gallon underground fuel tanks supply four 2-megawatt emergency generators (two future), which can power the entire facility.
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The central chiller plant design includes an “N + 1” redundancy requirement.
- A zoned pre-action fire suppression system protects the facility.
