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PROJECT TYPE
Central Utility Plant Serving Critical Facilities on a U.S. Military Installation Enhanced Use Lease |
PROJECT COST
$298 million |
PROJECT SIZE
Three buildings 48,000 square feet Supporting Structures and Utility Distribution System |
PROJECT ROLES
Project Director Owner's Representative |
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS:
Fort Detrick is vital to the nation's security. Personnel from the U.S. Army and four other Federal agencies conduct biomedical and biohazard research and provide essential communication systems for the White House and the U.S. Army. Services must be maintained on a 24/7/365 basis and depend on constant, reliable energy.
The project includes the following components: premium quality back-up power is provided by eight rotary DUPS units, with four 2 MWm diesel generators backing up internal project loads for a total of 14 MWm of total back-up power. Standby generator sets for emergency power are fueled by #2 diesel fuel oil and connected to individual NIBC facilities via 12.47 kV underground concrete duct banks with multiple radial feeds. A chilled water loop system providing 8,600 tons of peak cooling capacity is provided via four 1,800 ton two-staged high-efficiency centrifugal chillers and a two million gallon thermal storage tank. A peak load of 196,000 lbs/hr, 125 PSIG saturated steam is produced by five dual fuel fire tube boilers. These electrical and thermal energy commodities are guaranteed for 99.999% and 99.99% uptime operations respectively.
Under the auspices of its Enhanced Use Leasing (EUL) authority, this project was developed as a first-of-its-kind central utility plant on the military installation.
Fort Detrick is vital to the nation's security. Personnel from the U.S. Army and four other Federal agencies conduct biomedical and biohazard research and provide essential communication systems for the White House and the U.S. Army. Services must be maintained on a 24/7/365 basis and depend on constant, reliable energy.
The project includes the following components: premium quality back-up power is provided by eight rotary DUPS units, with four 2 MWm diesel generators backing up internal project loads for a total of 14 MWm of total back-up power. Standby generator sets for emergency power are fueled by #2 diesel fuel oil and connected to individual NIBC facilities via 12.47 kV underground concrete duct banks with multiple radial feeds. A chilled water loop system providing 8,600 tons of peak cooling capacity is provided via four 1,800 ton two-staged high-efficiency centrifugal chillers and a two million gallon thermal storage tank. A peak load of 196,000 lbs/hr, 125 PSIG saturated steam is produced by five dual fuel fire tube boilers. These electrical and thermal energy commodities are guaranteed for 99.999% and 99.99% uptime operations respectively.
Under the auspices of its Enhanced Use Leasing (EUL) authority, this project was developed as a first-of-its-kind central utility plant on the military installation.