
University of Maryland Medical
Largo, MD
Overview
EAS was brought on board as a design assist partner to work with the University of Maryland and the engineer of record in designing a complete central utility plant servicing a new 600,000 hospital serving the en&re Washington D.C. area. EAS provided a complete central u&lity plant including combined heat and power to serve all of the main plumbing, electrical and mechanical infrastructure. EAS provided a complete turnkey solution including controls package and installation of the utility plant.


Project Highlights
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Roughly 30,000 square feet shipped in 93 main sec&ons
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The Central Utility Plant was fabricated in its entirety in EAS’s High Point, NC Facility
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The Central Utility Plant consisted of chilled water, hot water,
domes&c water, rainwater harvesting, 2 MW cogen plant,
medium voltage switchgear and transformers, ATS, paralleling gear, transvac system, office/fit out space and coordination for field installation of med gas, med vac and fire pump equipment
Project Details
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(12) 535 ton Series Counterflow centrifugal chillers – (4) to be installed in the future
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(12) 550 ton Counterflow open cooling towers – (4) to be in-
stalled in the future with cooling tower platforms and screen walls -
(12) 6,000 MBH dual fuel condensing boilers - (4) to be in-
stalled in the future -
(8) Domes&c water to water heaters from 1347 MBH to 2084 MBH
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(4) 400 GPM centrifugal solid separators for cooling tower filtration
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(2) Point of entry copper silver ionization systems for water purification
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(2) Point of entry filtrations systems
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Pumping systems for chilled water, hot water, domes&c water and domes&c pressure booster, condenser water and co-gen pumping
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(4) Skidded tower filtration systems
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(1) 17,200 CFM custom air handler
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(1) 140 GPM rain water management system for tower
makeup water with 50 micron and ultraviolet filtration, cistern pumps, day tank and booster pump -
(1) Triplex water softener system
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Open loop and chilled water treatment systems
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(4) Bypass filtration systems at 300 microns
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Plant conditioning
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Complete domestic and mechanical piping systems
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Complete controls provided by EAS which was based on an Allen Bradley redundant PLC controls system with RIO controllers and multiple HMI panels
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(3) 1500 kva transformers, (3) 750 kva transformers
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(4) 30 kva transformers, (3) 45 kva transformers
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(1) 2000 KW gas CHP unit
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(7) ATS
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4000 Amp switchgear and 5000 Amp paralleling switchgear,
switchboards, panelboards, other distribution panels,
conduit, wiring, lighting -
Installation of all medium voltage gear
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Turnkey installation provided by EAS

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