SBEC provided mechanical, electrical and consulting engineering design services for the new multi-story teaching and research building. Specific scope included:
- Multi-phased, build-out construction
- 850-ton evaporative DX rooftop custom air handling units
- 500 BHP steam service from central plant
- 100% outside air supply with future heat reclaim capability
- 270,000 CFM air handling systems (original construction)
- 90,000 CFM air handling systems (added during buildout)
- Variable air volume (VAV), supply and exhaust
- Dynamic room pressure control and monitoring
- Exhaust hoods using VAV face velocity control
- Variable frequency drive fan control
- Laboratory compressed dry air
- Laboratory vacuum
- Process equipment hookup (autoclaves, glasswashers, hoods)
- Acid waste piping and remote neutralization tank
- Building automation system (BAS), DDC control
- Radioisotope exhaust with charcoal filtration
- HEPA filtered supply and exhaust air
- BL-2 and BL-3 biohazard rooms
- Flammable/hazardous chemical and liquid storage
- Standby and redundant equipment/systems
- Separate process water chiller, air cooled