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JRA at Granby Library Opening
Griffin Electric Completes Navy OTCQ Absher Construction GC
U.S. Navy’s Officer Training Command Quarters Ribbon cutting ceremony at Granby Library Granby, MA - Johnson Roberts Asthe local context, while the 12,300sf intesociates, Inc. (JRA) recently celebrated rior addresses the space needs and library the opening of the new Granby Free Pubservices of the 21st century while a new lic Library. For 40 years, members of the children’s library, young adult room, and community had discussed the possibility meeting spaces are located in side wings. of moving the cramped and crumbling liThe project is pursuing LEED Silbrary into a new home. Johnson Roberts ver certification. Green building elements Associates worked with Virginia Snopek, include a photovoltaic array on the roof, a chair of the board library trustees, who high efficiency HVAC system, and a dayhad worked since 1973 to make the new light-harvesting lighting system. $4.5 million building a reality. Roome & Guarracino, LLC. were The new Granby Free Public Lithe structural engineers. Civil, Mechanbrary recalls the architecture of the preical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Electrical & Technology was performed by vious library, a 1917 Carnegie building, which will be repurposed for other town Garcia, Galuska, DeSousa Consulting Enuses. Prominent Ionic columns at the engineers. Diversified Project Management was the Project Manager. trance respect the Greek Revival style of
Newport, RI - Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. of Holliston, Mass. recently completed the electrical installation work at the U.S. Navy’s Officer Training Command Quarters in Newport, R.I. The new Nimitz Hall, a 118,500sf, three-story facility, was constructed to house naval candidates entering the officer training program. The state-of-theart facility holds 116 modules with four students per module, in addition to laundry, utility, storage, and multipurpose space, with vending areas and a loading dock. Also included within the building is support space for Officer Training Command’s training and administration staff. The Griffin Electric team was responsible for the BIM 3D coordination of fixture conduit runs and cable tray installations on-
site. Additionally, Griffin designed the fire alarm system, installing it along with systems for power, lighting, mass notification, tele/data, and low voltage. Serving as the project’s general contractor was Absher Construction Company of Puyallup, WA, with Tetra Tech, of Seattle, WA, as the architect and BCE Engineers, of Fife, Wash., the electrical engineer. “We are proud to be concluding our first project with Absher,” remarked Wayne J. Griffin, president of Griffin Electric. The project is anticipating LEED Gold certification, due to the utilization of a solar thermal water heating system and high efficiency plumbing fixtures throughout the facility.
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