DISTRIBUTION GROUP ST. ELIZABETH'S CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. Project Manager Dan Thomas
Superintendent Richard Urban
General Contractor Balfour Beatty
Owner Government Services Administration
St. Elizabeth's Central Utility Plant 2 (CUP2) is
mechanical system. Taken together, the levels
an expansion project of The Department of
include (2) 3.5MW generators, (4) 2.5MW
Homeland Security (DHS) Headquarters at St.
generators and associated paralleling gear, (2)
Elizabeth. The design-build project will be a
13.8kV switchgear line-ups, (2) double ended
secure and consolidated headquarters for the
secondary unit substations, (2) secondary unit
DHS in the National Capital Region, allowing for
substations, boilers, chillers and fuel storage.
more efficient incident management response and command-and-control operations.
About the project, Project Engineer Tom Blake
The St. Elizabeth campus has a rich history. A
historical landmark in Washington, D.C. makes
former government-run hospital for the
it a unique project. The complexity of the
mentally-ill, the site is now a National Historic
electrical systems and the top notch team I
Landmark.
had the opportunity to work with is why I’m
stated, "the fact this project was built on a
proud to have been a part of the St. Elizabeth's The entire building footprint is below grade,
CUP2 project.”
with the upper two levels dedicated to electrical systems, while the bottom level is used for the
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