B250 DB HVAC Upgrades
Client: NAVFAC MIDLANT
Award Date: 09/26/2014
Completion Date: 12/14/2016
This integrated Design Build (DB) project team provided the engineering and new construction of the chilled water systems supporting key operations centers in Building 250 (9,000 SQFT). General design and construction included the key aspect of the project was to provide a new redundant (N + N) external 385-ton Chilled Water (CW) systems supporting mission critical spaces of existing high-security structures. In addition to the CW system upgrades, high-security design standards were applied to the architectural, civil, structural, plumbing, HVAC, DDC controls and high-voltage electrical infrastructure that was designed and installed to support the existing additional loads of the new Computer Room Air Handling Units (CRAHU’s) and power management module (PMM) systems in several existing operation centers. All three operations centers under this contract received new raised access flooring, architectural finishes, mechanical, electrical and data-telecommunication upgrades.
On July 12, 2016, the Oceana NAVFAC ROICC and NAVFAC Safety Director awarded Syncon with the Safety Award 3rd Quarter of 2016 for exceeding 30,000 man-hours of mishap-free construction in strict conformance with the EM385-1.1 and OSHA standards. The safety award acknowledged the attention to detail and exceptional safety precautions required extensive TIG welding work to install hundreds of linear feet of 6” piping and conduit in the ceiling of the existing buildings active mechanical space, armory, operational spaces and active corridors. Syncon safely completed all active spaces and this project was completed with ZERO safety incidents.
