Higher Education Project Profiles
- Indiana University
- Ball State University
- Indiana State University
- Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
- Purdue University
- Notre Dame University
Indiana
University/Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Campus Utility Master Plans
Applied worked in conjunction with SmithGroup/JJR Architects/Planners to
provide professional engineering services for the preparation of Campus Master
Plans for the Bloomington and IUPUI Campuses of Indiana University. The Applied
team provided mechanical and electrical engineering and utilities master
planning services for both campuses. The purpose was to develop and document
recommended campus master plans for specific time periods over the next 20
years. The Master Plans for the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses project
overall build-out increases of approximately 4.2 million square feet and 3.3
million square feet, respectively.
Utilities included in the Master Plans were steam and condensate, chilled water,
electrical high-voltage distribution, telecommunications distribution (fiber
optics and copper), campus lighting, water, fire protection water, utility
corridors, potential satellite utility services, storm water, and sanitary
wastewater. For both campuses the Applied team worked closely with the
architects, planners, utilities service providers, and University facilities
engineers to identify and quantify the extent and configuration of upgrades and
modifications for each utility system.
The approach for each system consisted of assigning all utilities issues into
one of two categories: 1) improvement issues for the existing utilities systems
irrespective of the Master Plan; and 2) utilities issues specifically relating
in support of the Master Plan. Assignment to these categories provided the
necessary perspective for determining the most feasible concepts, including
associated cost magnitudes, for modifications to the utilities systems to
support the Master Plan strategy.
The study of the utilities for the Master Plans included research and analysis
in the contexts of reliability, redundancy, value, and sustainability.
Project Size: Entire campuses of IU Bloomington and IUPUI
Report Completed: 2010
Indiana University
North Studio Building
Jacobs School of Music
Applied is working in conjunction with Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf
Architects and is providing mechanical and electrical engineering design
services for the new Jacobs School of Music North Studio Building to be located
on the Bloomington Campus of Indiana University. This five-story building will
be built adjacent to other music buildings and will provide additional rehearsal
rooms, faculty studios, other music studios and general practice rooms.
Each of the music rooms will be acoustically isolated. Special mechanical
systems will be used to provide specific humidity levels with low tolerances.
The design team is working toward achieving a LEED Silver Certification for this
project.
Project Size: 101,000 SF
Construction Budget: $30,000,000
Estimated Completion Date: 2011
Ball State University
Student Recreation and Wellness Facility Commissioning
Applied is the commissioning agent for the mechanical and electrical systems for the Student Recreation and Wellness Facility. This is a new 280,000-square-foot building located on the Ball State University campus. This is a LEED Silver project that renovates existing buildings and connects them with new construction. The project is in the construction document phase. The project is expected to be completed in 2010, and it has a construction cost of $30,000,000.
Indiana State University
 Rendering provided by RATIO Architects |
Chilled Water Study and Design
Applied Engineering was retained by Indiana State University (ISU) to analyze
their existing chilled water system. The chiller plant was nearly at capacity,
and the campus planned on adding new buildings. The plant had a capacity of
4,540 tons and was able to thermally store cool air at night through a bank of
ice storage tanks (16,000 ton-hours available). However, ISU had not used the
ice storing capability for several years, so the system was analyzed to
determine its long-range effectiveness. The study concluded that ice storage was
no longer an effective means of maintaining cooling on campus. New locations
were investigated to identify a site for a new chiller plant on the west side of
the campus to service the additional loads. All findings, calculations,
observations, conclusions, and recommendations were summarized in a bound
report. This study was completed in January 2005.
In 2007, the Applied team consisting of Applied, RATIO Architects and Ter Horst,
Lamson & Fisk, Inc. (the civil and structural engineer) was retained by ISU to
design the new satellite chilled water plant recommended in the study. From the
time when the study was completed, new campus buildings were under construction
(including a new student recreation center) and changes had occurred in plant
construction. Therefore, fundamental changes in the schematic design of the
project were needed. It became clear that the chiller plant location identified
in the study would not be compatible with the close proximity of the new student
recreation center. New locations for the plant site were examined and the
northwest corner of campus was deemed to be the location of the new plant site.
A chiller size increase from 1,250-ton increments to 2,500-ton increments was
executed to increase the capacity of the first stage installation and to meet
the fixed construction budget.
The satellite chiller plant is designed to be operated from a remote location
using the campus system control network. It is designed to be powered through
the campus electrical 12 kV system using dual redundant circuits. A set of 24”
PVC chilled water mains will connect to the campus chilled water system, and the
main plant will operate in unison with the new satellite plant. Variable
frequency drive chiller drives were recommended to improve plant efficiency at
lower loads.
The project design was completed during the summer of 2009 and is ready for
bidding. The project budget is $7,072,000. This cost includes power connections,
distribution piping and design fees. Construction is slated to begin in 2010.
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
School of Nursing-3rd Floor Classroom Renovation
Applied is providing the mechanical and electrical engineering design services for this 10,700-square-foot renovation project. Located on the medical campus at IUPUI, this project will provide renovated training facilities for the School of Nursing. The project includes simulation laboratories, practice exam rooms, classrooms, computer rooms, and offices. The estimated project construction cost was $1,400,000 and the project was completed in August 2008.
Purdue University
Wetherill Air Handler Unit Replacement Study and Design
Wetherill Hall, better known as the Chemistry Building, was built in
two phases. In 1930 the first part of the building was constructed and
in 1951 the remaining two-thirds of the building was constructed. At
first there was no air conditioning, only preheated ventilation air.
The original building design delivered make-up air to the building from
five fan systems and included heating only or Tempered Outside Air
(TOA). Over the years, individual air handling unit systems were added
using campus chilled water for cooling, but the main make-up air systems
remained without cooling.
Applied was awarded a contract to first study the building’s current
make-up and ventilations needs, and then to implement a design.
The study examined every air handling system (75 in all) and made
recommendations for replacement and/or modifications in accordance with
current ventilation and energy standards. The completed study
recommended a phased construction process as the building will remain
operational during the construction periods.
In Phase I, cooling control will be added to the tempered outside air
systems. In addition, seven air handling units were targeted for
replacement. These are air handling units that were identified in the
study as either needing to be replaced or added to replace outdated
fan-coil systems. Modifications to the chilled water and steam systems
are also being made as well as the installation of a new glycol pre-heat
system and a new reheat water system. The chilled water systems serving
the tempered outside air systems will also be controlled to generate
campus chilled water in the winter. The first phase has been bid,
awarded and construction has begun.
A heat recovery project was identified to capture cooling from the TOA
system in the wintertime and generate chilled water in the building. A
peak of 500 tons of free cooling is anticipated, and it will be
delivered back to the campus cooling system using the building chilled
water circulating pumps. Other forms of heat recovery were investigated,
such as hood exhaust heat recovery. Most systems required a distributed
heat recovery loop to get to all 75 air handling unit systems, and these
were determined to be economically unsound.
The Phase I project was bid in July 2009 for a construction budget of
$3.9 million. A second phase involving a staged exhaust hood system is
expected to take place in the next two years. The projected construction
cost for Phase II is $4.3 million.
North
Central Campus
Student Services and Activities Complex
This project provides the mechanical (HVAC, plumbing and fire
protection) and telecommunications (including voice/data, CATV and CCTV)
engineering to build a new Student Services and Activities Complex on
the Purdue University – North Central campus in Westville, Indiana. The
building is being designed by Design Organization. Applied will provide
the mechanical systems design and the design for communications systems.
Loftus Engineering, in a teaming arrangement with Applied, will design
the building’s electrical systems.
The building includes 104,000 square feet and will house student
athletics/fitness and assembly spaces. The student athletics/fitness
area includes the campus spectator gymnasium, fitness area and running
track, a locker room, student organization spaces, multi-purpose rooms
and faculty office spaces. The assembly space consists of a Great Hall
that can hold 1,000 people and contains a satellite kitchen/serving
space. This will be used for assembly and performance purposes.
The building will be connected to campus utilities for steam/condensate,
chilled water, domestic/fire water, primary electrical and
telecommunications. These extensions will be designed by Applied
Engineering; Loftus Engineering will assist with the electrical portion.
The project has a projected construction cost of approximately $24.3
million. The design work has been completed through Design Development.
Mechanical Engineering Building Addition
The new Purdue University Mechanical Engineering Building addition is being constructed southwest of the existing building. It is being designed by the team of Scholer (architectural), Loftus Engineering (MEP), Fink Roberts & Petrie (structural), and VS Engineering (civil). The building is being designed for LEED certification of Silver rating. Applied Engineering was retained to design the telecommunication system, fire alarm system, and raceway systems for card access, video, closed circuit television (CCTV) and other low voltage systems. These systems will be tied to the respective systems in the existing building.
The design of the telecommunication system starts outside the building at conduit stubs at the utility tunnel and continue for a complete system design, including the BDF (Main Telecom Room), IDFs (Secondary Telecom Rooms) and PICs (Purdue Information Connections). This design is per Purdue’s telecommunication standards and includes the telecommunication grounding system. The existing ME Building BDF and IDF will become IDFs served from the new addition. Riser cables will be routed from the new ME addition BDF to these two rooms.
The design of a complete fire alarm system, in accordance with applicable codes and Purdue’s standards, will be provided for the new addition. This design includes a tie-in to the existing building fire alarm system as well as fire alarm work associated with the new exit doors in the existing building. Connection to the new addition fire protection system will also be provided. The total building has a construction budget of approximately $24 million. The construction is expected to be complete in April 2011.
High Voltage Electric Upgrades
Purdue is currently embarking on a major campus-wide electrical
upgrade at their West Lafayette campus. The work includes upgrading and
replacing many of the aging 2.4 kV electrical distribution feeders and
switchgear on the main academic campus. Approximately 16 buildings will
be converted from 2.4 kV and fed from the new 12.47 kV distribution
system. Applied is one of three firms selected to perform work on
this $24 million, multi-phased, multi-year project. Applied has
completed the design on nine buildings (Hovde, Lambert, Pierce, Stanley
Coulter, Matthews, Stone, Stewart Center, Michael Golden Labs and
Schleman). Two typical projects are described below.
Hovde High Voltage Improvements – The existing medium voltage
distribution system from manhole MH-19 to the Hovde electric vault
required structural and electrical improvements. The work included the
electrical, structural and civil design to install new medium voltage
electrical equipment and cables, and modify existing manhole and vault
structures. Manhole work included replacing an existing 3-way oil switch
with a new 4 way gas switch and extending MV cable to the existing
vault. Vault work included demolition of and replacing existing 2400V
feeder and equipment with new 12.4 kV equipment. The structural work
included removing and replacing vault door to tunnel, installation of
vent shaft, and ceiling and exterior top repaired. New secondary
equipment wiring was also provided.
Lambert High Voltage Improvements – The existing high voltage
distribution system from manhole MH-24 to the Lambert electric vault
required structural and electrical improvement. The work included
electrical, structural and civil design to install new high voltage
electrical equipment, cabling, and modify existing vault structures.
Design for the new MV feeder and branch circuits included installing new
5-inch conduit duct bank from manhole to existing tunnel and installing
two 4-inch aluminum conduits from tunnel to Lambert electric vault with
new MV pullboxes. Vault work included demolition of and replacing
existing 2400V feeder and equipment with new 12.47 kV equipment. The
structural work included installation of new vault egress door,
replacing top with lift out concrete panel for equipment access, and
closing existing vent slots.
Extension of Campus Infrastructure for First Street Towers Complex (Student Housing)
This project provides the engineering to extend the Purdue campus
utilities to the new First Street Towers Complex located on the
southeast corner of MacArthur and First Streets on the West Lafayette
campus. The building was designed by RATIO Architects. The utilities
consist of a 4-inch high-pressure steam supply, pumped condensate,
18-inch chilled water supply and return piping, new 12-inch potable
water main, 15 kV primary electrical cables in duct bank, and raceway
systems for telecommunications. The steam, condensate and
telecommunication raceway are installed in existing and new sections of
nominal 7-foot by 7-foot cast-in-place service tunnel. The other
utilities are direct buried. The steam system pressure reducing valves (PRVs)
consist of a two-stage system (125 psi to 40 psi and 40 psi to 15 psi).
40 psig steam is delivered to the building for potable water heating,
and 15 psig steam is used for space heating.
The utilities extension had a construction cost of approximately $1.2
million. The building was dedicated for the fall 2009 semester.
Steam and Condensate Flow Modeling Study
Applied was retained by Purdue University to complete a steam and condensate flow model for their West Lafayette, Indiana campus. The Purdue steam distribution system consists of two services (125 psig 600°F superheated steam service and a 15 psig 450°F steam supply) serving a total peak heating load of 237,500 MBH. This includes a total of 225 buildings on the campus and approximately 16.5 miles of pipe ranging in size from 18 inch to 4 inch. In addition, there are 16 locations throughout the campus where the high pressure steam line is reduced to 15 psig through PRV stations that feed the low pressure system. Condensate is pumped back to the steam plant by means of a condensate return system, which is returned at a rate of approximately 90% to 95% of steam load. The project scope included five phases — software evaluation, test model, model building and calibration, report completion, and training. Applied utilized the KYPipe® software program for both steam and condensate models. This study was completed in June 2004.
This project was awarded a Merit Award from ACEC Indiana in its 2005 Engineering Excellence Awards Competition.
Notre Dame University and Indiana University
HVAC Commissioning
This project involved the commissioning of selected HVAC systems at the Center for Medical Education. The project was a joint venture between Indiana University’s South Bend campus and the University of Notre Dame. The new 75,000-square-foot research and classroom building is a multiple story building located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. During the design phase, Applied worked with Indiana University and the project architect to define the scope of the commissioning work and to develop the commissioning specifications for the project. As part of the construction phase commissioning, Applied was responsible for developing the Commissioning Manual as well as the Functional Test procedures that were executed by the various contractors and witnessed by Applied. In addition, Applied provided guidance to the contractors early in the construction phase in the development of start-up plans to assure that the commissioned systems were properly started and ready for functional testing.
The HVAC systems that were commissioned included the air handling units, exhaust systems, chilled water systems, hot water heating system, spot testing of terminal units and their associated controls, animal room controls, and laboratory controls. The project was completed and occupied in October 2005.
