Overview
The new 275,000 square foot, eight-story National Security Sciences Building
at Los Alamos National Laboratory is to be the replacement for the
SM-43, a 45-year old Administration Building.
SM-43 is not configured to meet the
requirements of today’s high-speed communication, research,
and security systems. Most systems in the old building are inadequate
for
today’s needs and do not comply with current building code
standards, nor is it a reliable location for the Laboratory’s
high-tech, electronically dependent systems; and it is also more
expensive to operate than a modern building of similar size.
The
new building will provide efficient, modern, productive research
and office facilities. It will include a lecture hall and a new
multi-level 600-vehicle parking garage. Most important, the new
facility will provide a safe, reliable location for DOE’s
cyber-based weapons program with state-of-the-art cyber security
and electronic resources that will accommodate changes in priorities
and work flow. It is a $ 63.5 million Design-Build project and
is the third major design/build project performed by GARDNER
ZEMKE in the TA-3 campus in the past five years and is intended
for occupancy in 2006. |
Details
GARDNER ZEMKE is the Design / Assist Mechanical and Electrical Subcontractor
to Hensel Phelps Construction Company. HDR is the Project Architect,
and the Design Lead is Chavez-Grieves Consulting Engineers with Bridgers & Paxton
Consulting Engineers as the Mechanical and Electrical Engineer.
The
GARDNER ZEMKE Electrical Team is providing and installing the building
electrical infrastructure to include: Underground Utility Service System,
15kV Metal Clad / Metal Enclosed Switchgear, Secondary Unit Substations,
400kW Engine Generator and associated Transfer Switches, Interior Power
Distribution System, Interior and Exterior Lighting System, Grounding
System, Lightning Protection System, Addressable Fire Alarm System,
Security and Access Control System Rough-in, Classified and Unclassified
Telecommunications
System, Paging System, Equipment Start-up, and Applicable System Testing.
GARDNER
ZEMKE MECHANICAL is furnishing and installing the mechanical
systems for the building that include four 350 Ton Air Cooled Chillers;
16 Air Handling Units; four Relief/Return Fans; 300 Fan Powered Boxes
with reheat coils, VAV and Constant Volume Boxes, Duct Mounted Reheat
Coils, Stair Pressurization Fans, Humidifiers, Chilled Water and
Heating
Water Pumps, Expansion Tanks, Glycol Feed System, Steam Condensate
Pumps, Steam to Water Heater Exchanger, plumbing for restrooms and
showers,
and a roof drain system. We are managing and overseeing the Controls,
Fire Protection, Mechanical Insulation, and Test and Balance. We
also provide equipment start-up, commissioning support and owner
training. |
