MEP engineering was provided for the Nursing Research Center addition to Michigan State University’s Bott Life Science Building, which attained LEED Silver rating from the USGBC in 2014.
PBA provided MEP design services to parking architectural consultant, Rich and Associates, for a new parking structure and security office located east of the Crane Liberal Arts & Science Building and south of the Campus Green on the campus of Washtenaw Community College.
MEP engineering was provided for the Nursing Research Center addition to Michigan State University’s Bott Life Science Building, which attained LEED Silver rating from the USGBC in 2014.
The addition includes seminar rooms, office areas, conference rooms, commons area, storage, data & communications rooms, restrooms, and electrical and mechanical rooms.
A series of water-to-water heat pumps provides hot water and chilled water to the addition. A single water to water heat exchanger provides winter chilled water, when source water temperature permits. The source water circulates from the geo-exchange field--the first on MSU’s campus--to the heat pumps. Chilled water and heating hot water may be produced simultaneously in order to satisfy the heating and cooling requirements.
The building is backed up by an onsite natural gas generator that is located in the basement. This unit backs up standby loads designated by the owner, as well as life safety loads. The building is fed with a 1500kVA double ended substation, also located in the basement. This unit is configured in a main-tie-main configuration.
PBA provided MEP design services to parking architectural consultant, Rich and Associates, for a new parking structure and security office located east of the Crane Liberal Arts & Science Building and south of the Campus Green on the campus of Washtenaw Community College.
The new 4-level parking garage includes 471 parking spaces and is used by faculty, students, staff and visitors. An additional surface lot includes 56 spaces. The structure has two elevators and two stair towers. A bridge is provided for foot traffic to the adjacent Crane Liberal Arts and Science building. The structure also includes a green roof.
Electrical design included general parking deck lighting on each floor; lighting in the stair towers and office; power for general outlets, office, elevators and mechanical equipment, as well as a future 3,000 security addition; and design for a limited number of electrical vehicle charging stations.
The project has been submitted to the U.S.G.B.C. in pursuit of a LEED Silver rating.
