Active facility expansion & renovation in two phases, while not disrupting the regular comings and goings of student athletes. B&K completed the mechanical scope of the expansion and tied it back into the existing building, along with partial upgrade of the CEP controls system, a new chiller and a new cooling tower. The cooling tower was tied into an existing sump and underground condenser water lines. Prefabrication and strategic scheduling were the keys to the game plan for delivering the project on time.
Phase 1 of the expansion project consisted of a new state of the art weight room, locker room, sports medicine facilities, coaches offices and many other miscellaneous support spaces. Including a large mechanical room housing five new AHUs, pumps, and boilers. The biggest challenge on this project was completing the work in and around an active facility - one that is utilized during all hours of the day and night, bustling with student athletes. This meant that work schedules had to be modified and closely monitored to work around the needs of the occupants.
The project required running 6” chilled water lines through an active existing sports medicine facility while keeping the existing facility online and able to be occupied by the owner. Adding to the complexity, the sports medicine areas was majority hard ceiling space with little room to maneuver.
Phase 2 of this project was the process of tying the new expansion project back into the existing building, including demo of the existing weight room (after being relocated to the new building) and coaches’ offices. The new work in phase 2 included a new team meeting room, breakout positions meeting rooms, coaches’ locker room, and a nutrition area including a new full kitchen.
The biggest challenge on this project was the work in and around an active facility, with student athletes always coming in and out of the existing facility.
Phase 2 also included a partial upgrade of the CEP controls system, a new chiller and a new cooling tower. The new cooling tower was tied into an existing sump and underground condenser water lines, making this process more challenging than the average chiller and cooling tower install.
Batchelor & Kimball’s ability to prefabricate the majority of the systems for the new Mechanical Room, existing CEP and plumbing enabled us to keep this project on schedule and meet tight deadlines, successfully delivering the Butts Mehre facility to the end zone.
Shell and tube heat exchangers required both high-purity stainless steel piping and carbon steel piping to be installed on the same piece of equipment..
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