Healthcare and Life Sciences

We provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering and design services for this 21,000 square foot ground-up surgery center building in Collegeville, PA. The scope of work included core and shell design and tenant improvements for the second floor. The tenant improvement portion of the project included the design of an x-ray area, examination rooms, and an outpatient surgery center and physical therapy center.

This project entailed demolishing and building walls and ceilings (including walkable ceiling) to enclose the equipment, leveling and sealing floors, supplying all utilities (480v/3 phase and 110v/ single phase power, plant steam, clean steam, WFI and USP water), relocating drain lines and tying into a double walled chemical waste line, relocating HEPA filters, performing standard and ultra-high purity stainless steel welding as well as standard copper plumbing, and interior finishes including epoxy paint and FRP. During the process, the area was never shut down and we worked without compromising the facility’s standards for contamination. The work area was sealed off and maintained as a Class 100,000 clean room. This was confirmed by continuous environmental monitoring for particulate and stray riboflavins and proteins. We also selected the new washer after performing a technology search. It offered a 30% reduction in utility costs while providing 20% more capacity than the existing unit. We created new laminar flow areas within the space that are Class 100.

It was determined that the existing glycol cooler tower was installed in such a way that it could not be shut down for maintenance without a complete outage to the DC cooling. This regional medical center requested that Kupper provide the design for a redundant cooling tower dedicated to the glycol cooling loop serving the existing data center, thus allowing for maintenance shut downs and operational redundancy of the cooling tower. Kupper performed mechanical and electrical design, as well as construction administration services. These included: Documents detailing the tie in to existing controls, details for the electrical power connection to the new cooling towner, specifications on drawings, 100% construction documents, and three sets of signed and sealed documents for bid and permit. Kupper also reviewed contractor shop drawings, answered contractor RFIs, and provided a final punch upon project completion. This project also involved structural design services which were performed by a trusted Kupper sub-contractor.

This hospital purchased a new CT scanner and required professional MEP engineering, structural engineering, and architectural services for the renovation of the existing CT room to accept the new equipment. We provided the MEP design for the following systems: HVAC, normal power, emergency power, lighting, fire alarm, security/data/telephone (conduit system only), nurse call, sanitary and vent, domestic water, storm water, sprinklers, and medical gases (as required). Structural and architectural work was sub-contracted to trusted strategic allies.