SBEC provided mechanical and electrical engineering design for the central plant upgrade and expansion. Specific scope included:
- Replacement “old” centrifugal chillers and absorption chiller
- Installed (2) new 750-ton chillers 1,500 tons with expansion to add 500 tons
- New deaerator, feedwater pumps and controls
- New 500 BHP steam added to existing 1,500 BHP plant
- New utility piping tunnel
- Variable speed pumping
- Variable speed chillers
- Variable speed cooling tower fans
- New campus building automation system (BAS) upgrade
- New 20,000 gallon fuel oil upgrade tank storage and piping replacement
- Upgrade of increased plate capacity to the existing plate and frame heat exchanger