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Our Philosophy We believe modern building system design considers critical energy efficiency, reliability, and flexibility needs while providing economical solutions to maintenance and retrofit operations. In the past, many facilities were designed with modest consideration for energy-saving design methods and constructed for rapid payback as opposed to life-cycle investment. Our engineers analyze first cost, as well as operating costs, to recommend the most appropriate systems for the buildings. Excellent engineering design enhances the experience of the building occupants while consciously controlling ongoing costs for the building owners. Our Approach State-of-the-art can only be achieved when our engineering design solutions apply the latest technologies to the current and long-term needs of a building. When designing engineering solutions, the engineers at EwingCole take pride in providing clients with the best in engineering leadership, problem-solving, and cost-effective results. EwingCole nurtures a collaborative relationship between architect and engineer, so the building systems become an integral part of the building design.
Paul has more than 30 years of experience in structural engineering and is currently licensed as a professional/structural engineer in 31 states. He provides creative design solutions and appreciates the opportunity to mentor young staff and lead the structural engineering effort on select projects. His experience encompasses complex project types, including mixed-use and residential buildings, laboratories and offices, public and private primary and higher education schools and universities, sports and recreational complexes, warehouses, and process facilities.
PAUL L. CONSTANTINI PE, SE DIRECTOR OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, PRINCIPAL
Paul is involved in his community, serving as a Northampton Township, Bucks County, PA Planning Commission member. He is also an active member of the Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers, where he serves on the board of directors and is a past president. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil/Structural Engineering from Penn State University and a Master of Science in Civil/Structural Engineering from Drexel University.
Eric serves as the Director of Engineering for the firm and provides leadership in support of EwingCole’s integrated A/E delivery model. He collaborates with all disciplines in our practices but spends most of his time focusing on our Science + Technology practice. He enjoys developing long-term relationships with clients and stays involved during all phases of a project. Eric specializes in designing HVAC systems for cGMP manufacturing facilities, motivated by the need to provide for the health, safety, and comfort of the personnel and the functional requirements of the production operations. Eric has contributed to designing our firm’s largest and most complex pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing projects as the lead HVAC engineer, client manager, and project manager. Eric earned his Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree from Penn State University and has been with EwingCole since his graduation in 1993.
ERIC JOESTEN PE, LEED AP DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
David brings specialized experience in the design of HVAC systems for healthcare facilities. His work includes building systems renovation and infrastructure rehabilitation. Clients recognize him for innovative and practical solutions in mechanical systems design, often maintaining an operational advisory relationship with him after project completion.
DAVID GORDON PE DIRECTOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, PRINCIPAL
As a LEED accredited professional, he is an advocate for energy conservation and sustainability throughout the design and construction process. Bob holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from Temple University and joined the firm in 1988. Over the years, he has led the electrical design effort in the Science and Technology, Healthcare, Academic, Military, Cultural, and Corporate practices.
Jason is the Director of Energy Management and a Certified Energy Manager who focuses on healthcare, science & technology, government, and education projects. He is an instrumental member of EwingCole’s sustainability group, Thrive@EC, where he is a leader in designing the firm’s most sustainable and energy-efficient projects, including several net-zero energy designs. Most notably, Jason facilitated a multi-disciplinary team in the role of net-zero coordinator for the firm’s largest net-zero energy design project. He enjoys working directly with clients to select optimal systems. He has extensive experience designing efficient campus infrastructure systems, including central chiller plants, steam plants, and thermal storage systems. Jason began his career as a co-op at EwingCole in 1999, later receiving his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering and Master of Engineering Management from Drexel University. He regularly speaks at regional and national conferences on LEED certification, energy modeling, net-zero building design, and energy use reduction strategies. Jason is a member of the American Society for Health Care Engineering and the Association of Energy Engineers.
JASON FIERKO PE, CEM, LEED AP DIRECTOR OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT, PRINCIPAL
ROGER RUDY PE DIRECTOR OF FIRE PROTECTION / LIFE SAFETY ENGINEERING, PRINCIPAL
Roger’s deep understanding of life safety building codes and building systems engineering provides teams with the expertise needed for critical building systems. His work includes a wide variety of facility types. Specific tasks include fire suppression/detection systems analysis and design, Fire Safety Evaluation Surveys (FSES), and fire hazard and risk assessments.
ROBERT GHISU PE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, PRINCIPAL
Bob is the Director of Electrical Engineering and the lead electrical engineer on multiple largescale projects. Under his leadership, Bob has successfully developed and managed a highly talented electrical design department that strives for design quality excellence, integrating leading-edge building power, signal, and lighting system technologies. He has extensive experience in medium voltage site power distribution and generation. Bob takes pride in fully understanding a client’s technical needs and goals and providing simple, cost-effective solutions.
STRATEGIES
As a firm, we are committed to providing high performing buildings that meet our client’s energy needs. That commitment has led us to being recognized as a leader in providing integrated architectural and engineering design solutions for a variety of clients, spanning several industries. Our highly experienced teams focus on providing accurate energy analysis, innovative design solutions, and a multidisciplinary approach to ensure maximized optimization of building energy systems.
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Sustainability is the inherent in all our design solutions and is the result of our integrated process. Our team’s years of experience and innovation culminated in the design of the largest, commercial Zero Net Energy building in the world and a portfolio consisting of hundreds of LEED-certified projects. From building performance to integrated energy systems, we employ sustainable design solutions as an integral part of each of our designs and our shared goal of building a more sustainable future.
Complete Engineering Design Services: ProcessPlumbingElectricalMechanical/HVACStructuralUtilitiesFireProtection/Life Safety BuildingLighting ProcessTelecommunicationControlsInstrumentation & Controls Specialized Engineering Services: Energy EngineeringModelingEconomic Analysis Renewable Energy Design Daylight Harvesting Central Utility Plant Engineering Utility Master Planning Facilities Infrastructure Assessment Building Electrification
REGENXBIO HEADQUARTERS ROCKVILLE, MD REGENXBIO is a leading clinical-stage biotechnology company seeking to improve lives through the curative potential of gene therapy based on its proprietary NAV® Technology. This Headquarters Project for REGENXBIO consolidates and expands labs and offices into a single building that allows for continuous operations. EwingCole designed the new 132,000 SF project to uniquely accommodate cGMP production with cell & gene manufacturing on the top floor. The facility also integrates research & development labs, offices, amenities, and support for the increased collaboration of all business lines. Based on future growth projections, the design team worked with the owner to plan flexibility for future expansion with a multi-floor
REGENXBIOstrategy. CASE STUDY
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Chilled water plant, including pumps and accessories
Electrical gear, including variable frequency drives (VFD), switchboards, transfer switches, and uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
Steam generation plant including steam boilers, pressure reducing stations, condensate recovery system, feedwater system, and flash tank
The original building core and shell equipment and utilities were not designed for cleanroom temperature, relative humidity, and air change needs, requiring a chilled water system with N+1 redundancy to serve the cleanrooms’ air handlers and process equipment. The limited space available in the leased building created significant mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and process engineering challenges. First was the large quantity of equipment required to serve the cleanrooms, and second, the equipment needed to be accessible without interrupting or entering the 24/7 operational cleanrooms. In addition, systems servicing the manufacturing areas required certain levels of redundancy to provide continuous process operation. The design team also needed to limit the number of mechanical services in the manufacturing area ceiling that use water to limit future shutdowns.
PROJECT INTENT
The fit-out required roughly 11,000 SF of additional space to house utilities to service the building’s heavy equipment. To solve this, the design team installed the cleanroom suite on the top (fifth) floor, increased the height of the fifth floor, and added the largest penthouse that the municipality would allow without it being considered a building floor and increasing the building height. The penthouse was designed and constructed to house the following items:
Primary supply, return, and exhaust duct distribution with zoned duct routes down to the GMP area below Multiple process Temperature Control Units (TCU) with piping to process equipment in the manufacturing suite
The penthouse houses the majority of utilities that serve the cleanroom suites. The design team leveraged the available penthouse space to accommodate additional items that would eventually require servicing to limit the potential for disruption of the manufacturing process. These items include zoned hot water coils, humidifiers, VFDs, water-cooled temperature control units, and the building automation system (BAS).
The chilled water pumping system was located on the east side of the penthouse, where there was spare space for roof-mounted chillers. In addition, due to space constraints, the limited rooftop space meant that the design did not meet the final manufacturing process requirements for the necessary chilled water loads. The design team worked with a manufacturer that could provide the largest capacity available within the constraints of the overall footprint, airflow clearances, and noise requirements. The resulting three chillers provided 700 tons of cooling with N+1 capacity. The team also included a louvered screen wall with acoustic dampening properties that allowed sufficient airflow to the chillers while also screening and dampening chiller sound output. The chilled water system utilized a 30 percent propylene glycol solution for freeze protection. It serves air handlers that serve cleanrooms and process equipment, including temperature control units, filler/ isolator, purified water generator, and autoclaves.
EwingCole designed a fit-out of a five-story building while the core and shell were under construction. Initially, the design was for half office and half laboratory space, so we adapted the house Dedicated Outside Air System (DOAS) and condenser water system for this use. However, early in the fit-out design, the design team needed to include a large area (approximately 26,000 SF) of dedicated cGMP manufacturing space. The space required cleanrooms classified as either ISO 7, ISO 8, or controlled, not classified (CNC).
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Hot water plant, including boilers and pumps
WASHINGTON, DC The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is home to the Institution’s collection of dinosaur fossils. Major renovations in the 1960s, 80s, and early 2000s, dramatically altered the appearance and unique character of Dinosaur Hall and museum administrators sought to bring it back in a meaningful and responsible way. Prior alterations concealed a skylight above the hall, obstructing natural light and altering the feel of the gallery. EwingCole’s renovation uncovered the skylight and surrounding exterior windows, restored decorative plasterwork, and upgraded the museum’s aging infrastructure with modern technologies. Each of the museum’s main halls are now open and inviting. Prior to the renovations you always felt like you were in an artificial setting, but so much of the museum’s story is about Earth’s broader ecosystem. The spaces have remarkably changed. They feel more expansive and CASE
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Management of work through the building, one segment at a time, was also a concern. The team needed to limit widespread outages and multiple concurrent projects. The team developed a proposed construction sequencing schedule that identified areas of the building to be worked within various portions of the year, allowing the museum to remain open throughout the duration of the project. Evaluation of system start-up, programming, and commissioning was also completed to ensure systems would be fully functional and ready for occupancy as portions of the building have work complete.
PROJECT INTENT
National Electrical Code, International Building Code, Mechanical Code, and Life Safety Code (NFPA 101), were among some of the codes used in the evaluation and assessment process. The goal was to upgrade electrical systems that impact life safety elements of one of the most largely attended museums in the world. The upgrades were critical to the continued resiliency of the electrical distribution system within the building. Implementing the required upgrades
EwingCole’s engineering team led the design effort for a two-part project to upgrade electrical infrastructure deficiencies and emergency systems within the 1 million SF museum. The electrical upgrades impacted all portions of the museum program, including public space, food service, visitor services, galleries/display areas, storage, workshops, research labs, and administrative functions. The project included field investigation and assessment of all existing electrical panelboards, switchgear, circuit breakers, and associated major electrical equipment - to evaluate and identify all code deficiencies, equipment beyond serviceable life, and circuit breakers which did not meet electrical coordination requirements. The
while the building was occupied was also a major concern throughout the design process.
The EwingCole team completed planning and schematic through final construction design documents. The project included the proposed repairs to deficiencies as well as design for new emergency power distribution from the existing building generator. The documentation was phased for recommended construction sequences to allow the museum to remain open through the extent of the major renovations. The scope of work included project management, electrical, fire alarm, architecture, structural, fire protection, and mechanical system upgrades.
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CENTRAL SERVICE PLANT UPGRADE DOVER, DE When Bayhealth Medical Center engaged EwingCole to design the 440,000 square foot expansion to their Dover, DE campus the location and condition of the existing central plant quickly became a critical piece in the overall master plan. An existing plant, which was nearing the end of its useful service life, was centrally located on the existing site and would have been landlocked by the planned location of a new patient pavilion. After reviewing several options, the project team decided that the existing plant would be demolished and a new central services building would be built across the street to serve the existing campus, new pavilion and future construction projects. The new central services building houses the central chiller and steam boiler plants along with a new loading dock, bulk oxygen storage tank and emergency generator plant. The building’s position on a major avenue in Dover and adjacency to the new patient pavilion made the aesthetics of the building a critical factor in the design, since it was highly visible to the community and needed to integrate with the design of the new pavilion. The chiller plant includes (3) 1,450-ton YORK electric water-cooled centrifugal chillers with future build out capacity for two additional chillers, totaling 7,250 tons of chilled water capacity to support future expansion. Distribution to the site is through a 30” primary/secondary piping system with multiple variable flow secondary loops served from the main primary loop. Three induced drafts; counter flow cooling towers are mounted on the building’s roof. The boiler plant houses (5) 300 boiler horsepower high efficiency Miura boilers, which utilize a unique “floating header” design in vertical water tubes to reduce footprint and water volume. The plant is sized for four additional boilers to provide 2,400 boiler horsepower of capacity along with the required redundancy. The boilers include an integral flue gas economizer, dual fuel firing capability and low NOx burners. Steam is distributed to the campus at 125 psig pressure via a new 12” underground steam service, and pressure is locally reduced at each building to serve heating, humidification and sterilization needs. The condensate return system includes a new deaerator, surge tank and chemical treatment system. Two 2,500 kVA diesel-powered emergency generators located in the penthouse, far above the flood plain, provide a stable source of emergency power to the entire site, including emergency power capacity to support the chiller and boiler plants.
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The project utilized several strategies to save energy and to reduce harmful emissions into the community. A plate and frame heat exchanger installed in the chiller plant provides “free” chilled water in the winter months by allowing the chillers to be bypassed, which permits chilled water to be created directly from the cooling towers. This strategy saves considerable energy in a hospital application, which typically has a year-round chilled water load for process needs. Air side economizers on the air systems permit free cooling during certain times of the year when outdoor air temperatures are desirable. Variable speed drives installed on the chillers, pumps and cooling towers further improve energy performance. The boilers utilize a flue gas economizer to preheat the boiler feed water and reduce overall energy use. Low NOx burners on the boilers also reduce discharge of hazardous emissions. The boilers are staged through Miura’s MIFLEX software and coupled with an automated chimney draft system; ensure optimal firing rates and combustion air quantities, resulting in peak efficiency in operation of the steam plant. Dealkalyzers on the cooling towers and steam boilers reduce blow down and the associated heat and water losses. The fuel storage tanks utilize an automated transfer system from Preferred Utilities that allows Bayhealth flexibility in deciding which fuel tank is utilized for emergency generator and boiler service. Fuel can also be transferred from one tank to the other automatically. An automatic fuel polishing system ensures that the fuel quality is maintained over extended storage periods to permit reliable emergency generator service. The entire plant is monitored through the campus’ building automation system to ensure that any alarm condition is brought to the plant operator’s immediate attention, which is critical in a hospital setting. The biggest challenge of the project was building the new central plants and undertaking a major construction project while maintaining stable operations at the existing hospital, which would stay in service during the full duration of the project. A detailed phasing plan illustrating each stage of work was created with input from the owner, construction manager, architect, engineer, and subcontractors. At each stage of the work, impact on existing hospital operations was analyzed to ensure stable operations could be guaranteed. The phasing plan included provisions for chilled water, steam, electrical, medical gas, and plumbing changeovers. Phases were coordinated so that chiller work was completed in the winter and steam work during the summer months to minimize potential impact. Temporary equipment was brought to the site to ensure hospital operations would not be sacrificed in the event of an unseasonably warm or cold day. Once the new plants were completed, they were tested and commissioned before changeover to ensure that the systems performed as designed before “going live”. Due to the careful planning by the entire project team, the changeover from the existing plants to the new plants occurred without incident. The completion of the central services building provided Bayhealth Medical Center with a state of the art, highly efficient and reliable central plant. The design of the chiller plant provides full serviceability to all components. Space was allocated for removal of pump motors and pull clearances for cleaning chiller tubes. A hoist system permits easy removal of chiller heads for tube removal and inspection. Rooftop structural dunnage with grated walkways provides full access to all cooling tower components, including piping and accessories hung beneath the dunnage. Space provisions for future equipment within the footprint of the current building ensure adequate capacity can be accommodated for construction projects in the near future. The building was also designed for future expansion to house additional equipment to support construction projects in the long term. Provisions for equipment redundancy were also included in the design, since continued operation of the hospital is critical in the event of not only mechanical failure, but also a natural disaster. This project met the needs of Bayhealth to provide a reliable and highly efficient source of cooling, heating, medical gas and emergency power to their campus.
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