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about burnS & McDonnellFounded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is a 100 percent employee-owned,

full-service engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and

consulting solutions firm. Burns & McDonnell ranks in the upper 5 percent

of Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms and is among the

leaders in many service categories. With the multidisciplinary experience

of 3,400 professionals in more than 30 offices, Burns & McDonnell plans,

designs, permits, constructs and manages facilities worldwide with one

mission in mind — to make our clients successful.

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• Electrical transmission and distribution

• Energy services

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• Environmental studies and permitting

• Facilities design

• Healthcare and research facilities

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table oF contentS

3............................................................................Comprehensive Energy Master Planning

5............................................................................Central Utility Plants and District Energy

7......................................................................................................Thermal Energy Storage

9.................................................................................................Combined Heat and Power

11.....................................................................................................Regulatory Compliance

13................................................................................Electric Distribution and Substations

15...........................................................................................Thermal Distribution Systems

17.......................................................................Construction, Startup and Commissioning


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coMPreHenSive energy MaSter Planningroad Map to Sustainable infrastructure

Comprehensive energy master planning (CEMP) provides the road map

that will guide you in making the right decisions about maintaining

and expanding your campus infrastructure and controlling your utility

demand. Implementing a solid CEMP provides environmental compliance,

energy efficiency, adequate capacity for growth, reliability, redundancy,

flexibility, sustainable infrastructure and lowest life-cycle system cost.

Outlining utility needs over the next 15 to 30 years, a CEMP involves

conducting a cost-benefit analysis that considers the performance

of existing equipment, alternative energy sources, energy and water

conservation, demand-side management, and infrastructure optimization

to reduce environmental impact and operating costs while maintaining

high-quality, safe and reliable utility delivery.

Burns & McDonnell uses complex computer simulation modeling to

develop an accurate existing base case load profile and then analyzes

future load growth options for your campus. Our modeling capabilities

can accurately predict utility load of future campus facility additions and

test system design alternatives to determine the optimum solution

for your campus. We can then “reverse engineer” the infrastructure

upgrades, associated capital costs and energy-efficiency effects to create

a long-term “utilities road map” that prioritizes all required future

infrastructure projects with an accurate picture of your total capital

requirements and the effect on utility rates. This includes a detailed guide

regarding equipment refurbishment, system replacement and required

expansions. With more than 30 CEMPs created in the past decade, the

Burns & McDonnell master planning team has the experience to maximize

your investment with efficiency and sustainability.

Project Financing and grant Funding

Burns & McDonnell has helped clients secure $160 million in government

incentives since 2000, $50 million of which were American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act grants in 2009 and 2010. We also arrange partnerships

to finance renewable energy projects.

ServiceS

• Arc flash and relay coordination studies

• Campus electrical distribution and substation evaluations

• Chilled water studies

• Combined heat and power studies

• Concept design

• Energy-efficiency optimization and upgrades

• Environmental strategies and utility mapping

• Funding, phasing and scheduling utilities road map

• Greenhouse gas emissions/ carbon footprint reduction

• Infrastructure renewal and reliability improvements

• Life-cycle cost analysis with sensitivity analysis

• Load-reduction analysis/ demand-side management

• Long-term load growth projects and project modeling

• Project cost development

• Reliability assessments

• Self-generation and fuel diversity evaluations

• Steam, chilled water and heated water distribution system modeling

• Thermal energy storage evaluations

• Tunnel versus direct buried utility evaluations

• Utility phasing plans


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MaSter Plan iMPleMentation Projectthermal energy corp. (teco) | Houston

To meet the energy needs of the growing Texas Medical Center — the

world’s largest — Burns & McDonnell helped TECO develop an energy

master plan and implement phase one of its Master Plan Implementation

Project, a $377 million district energy system expansion, which received

a $10 million U.S. Department of Energy grant. Phase one features the

tallest thermal energy tank in the world, the largest district cooling system

in the U.S., and a combined heat and power plant that doubles operating

efficiency to 80 percent and significantly reduces emissions. This project

will save TECO and its customers $200 million over 15 years.

utility, energy ManageMent MaSter PlanTexas A&M University (TAMU) | College Station, Texas

Burns & McDonnell updated TAMU’s utility and energy management

master plan and assisted with compliance and reporting. The master plan

extends efficiency beyond the utility infrastructure into building standards

and aids management in securing funding and approval for necessary

efficiency upgrades over the next 30 years, as the campus expands by

a projected 56 percent. Recommendations — including thermal energy

storage and a heat pump chiller — involve $170 million in utility capital

projects with $33 million in life cycle savings. Burns & McDonnell also

secured a $10 million U.S. Department of Energy grant for TAMU.

coMPreHenSive energy MaSter PlanPurdue University | West Lafayette, Ind.

Purdue University determined that developing a CEMP was vital to

meeting its goal of efficient energy management across the entire

campus. Burns & McDonnell developed an extensive campuswide plan

focused on the efficient production of electricity, chilled water and steam

in the university’s utility plants. The firm also analyzed chilled water and

steam distribution from the utility plants to campus buildings as well as

building electricity, domestic water, chilled water and steam consumption.

Operational equipment dispatch modifications identified in the study

provided immediate annual savings in excess of $1 million.

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central utility PlantS anD DiStrict energyDedicated to Optimization

Central utility plants cost effectively consolidate energy conversion

equipment into one location to provide advantages in efficiency, reliability,

maintainability and redundancy. At Burns & McDonnell, we have a

team dedicated to analyzing, optimizing, retrofitting and expanding

central utility plants and the associated district energy systems. We also

design utility generation that integrates and coordinates with thermal

distribution and, ultimately, the demand side of HVAC. We create fully

coordinated central utility plants and district energy systems that

optimize chilled water, steam, hot water and power delivery service

to your campus.

Drawing on decades of experience in designing, constructing and

commissioning plant systems and monitoring performance,

Burns & McDonnell optimizes your energy efficiency while minimizing

environmental impact. We also continuously assess emerging

technologies to incorporate the most effective solutions in your central

utility plant or district energy system. Burns & McDonnell also considers

the issues that drive utility use at the building and space levels to offer

critical input in the development of design standards, so new facilities

operate efficiently. And when it comes to load planning, we incorporate

the demand savings goals into projections for your newly optimized

central utility plant and district energy system.

With this proven approach to designing central utility plants and district

energy systems, Burns & McDonnell helps you achieve aggressive, realistic

goals for reducing energy consumption and cost on your campus.

ServiceS

• Central heating and cooling plant feasibility studies and design

• Combined heat and power studies and design

• Controls upgrades

• Distribution upgrades and metering

• Energy auditing, modeling and optimization

• Environmental permitting

• Equipment procurement

• Generation interconnection studies

• Hazardous materials management and compliance

• Heat recovery and heat pump chillers

• Interconnection design

• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification

• Life-cycle cost evaluations

• Noise analysis and abatement

• Power distribution and transmission

• Rate studies and benchmarking analysis

• Site selection, expansion and conceptual design

• Substations

• System commissioning

• Thermal energy storage

• Tunnel design

• Utility design

• Water treatment upgrades


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central utility PlantParkland Health & Hospital System | Dallas

For its new hospital in Dallas, Parkland selected Burns & McDonnell to

perform an energy analysis and conceptual and detailed design for its

central utility plant (CUP). The plant features 16,500 tons of cooling,

1,000 tons of heat pump chilling, 230,000 pounds per hour of steam

and 20 MW of emergency power to support 2.5 million square feet of

hospital and medical office buildings. The CUP’s energy efficiency will

help Parkland obtain LEED Silver certification for the $1.2 billion new

Parkland campus and provide it with emergency electricity and thermal

utilities for at least 36 hours in the event of a utility grid outage.

Parkland memorial hospital central utility plant

central utility PlantSuniversity of chicago | chicago

Burns & McDonnell designed two architecturally significant utility plants

for the University of Chicago to accommodate 25-year campus growth.

Located on separate sites, the energy-efficient plants — the three-story,

40,000-square-foot West Plant and two-story, 24,000-square-foot South

Plant — are constructed of stainless steel and glass with their inner

workings fully visible to passersby. These plants supply steam, chilled

water and compressed air to two hospitals, several research buildings and

other campus buildings. Both facilities house cooling towers on the roof,

while walkable utility tunnels increase reliability and ease of maintenance.

eaSt QuaD central utility Plantuniversity of alabama | tuscaloosa, ala.

Burns & McDonnell designed the University of Alabama’s $17 million

East Quad Central Utility Plant as one of two on-site energy plants that

comprise the university’s new distributed energy system. Designed for

efficiency, reliability and economic payback, the plant features a stately

brick facade and two-story arched windows to complement the campus

architecture. Designed for expansion to 9,600 tons of cooling and

3,000 horsepower of boilers, the plant will initially include three

1,200-ton chillers and two 600-horsepower hot water boilers, with

cooling towers on the rooftop.

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tHerMal energy StorageEfficient Operations for Cost Savings

A thermal energy storage (TES) system allows large cooling systems to

generate cooling energy (chilled water or ice) for storage during

off-peak electrical periods when rates are lower and the system can

operate more efficiently. The stored cooling energy can then be used

during peak hours, typically throughout the day, when electrical demand

is higher, saving money and wear on expensive equipment.

Further, TES can be installed at lower costs than new chillers

(and associated towers, pumps, etc.) and can function directly as

additional peak capacity. Lower capital costs and lower energy costs

make a great combination.

In addition to cost savings, TES can help reduce the risk of electric grid

overload through capacity support and ancillary services in real time.

Capacity support offers a way to manage power demands through peak

demand reduction and ramping up or ramping down in response to grid

load changes. Ancillary service enables adjustments to the load of online

chillers or compressors in real time in response to rapid load changes on

the electric grid, similar to spinning reserves.

Integrating Efficiency

TES can also be joined with an on-site combined heat and power (CHP)

system and generate savings by leveling out peaks and valleys resulting

in an improved overall CHP average heat rate. It’s also a good source for

emergency cooling because the backup power required for pumping

is greatly reduced versus the full cooling system.

Burns & McDonnell has the experience to help you find the right

TES solution and save millions in operating expenses.

ServiceS

• Architectural design and treatment

• Commissioning

• Concept design

• Distribution analysis and design integration

• Feasibility studies

• Integration with inlet air cooling and combined heat and power dispatch

• Operator training


• Site selection

• Structural foundation design

• TES sizing and discharge analysis

• TES tank procurement and construction


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teco’S tHerMal energy Storagethermal energy corp. (teco) | Houston

Located at the Texas Medical Center, this 8.8 million gallon TES tank

has 76,000 ton-hours of storage capacity, enough time to defer running

electrical centrifugal chillers during pricier peak demand periods.

In August 2011, the TES tank saved TECO more than $500,000 in energy

costs while providing increased redundancy and reliability. As the tallest

TES tank worldwide, it received the ASHRAE Technology Award and

was honored by the Steel Tank Institute as its Steel Tank of the Year.

Dell cHilDren’S tHerMal energy StorageAustin Energy | Austin, Texas

Burns & McDonnell designed and built the 880,000-gallon stratified

chilled water tank, sized to meet the four-hour peak reduction to take

advantage of the local utility rate structure. The tank also provides

increased redundancy and reliability of the chilled water system serving

the hospital. The TES tank allows for increased flexibility by being able

to charge the tank with electric centrifugal chillers or using steam from

the on-site combined heat and power system to operate a two-stage

absorption chiller. The Steel Tank Institute recognized the TES tank as

the Steel Tank of the Year in the special storage category.

tHerMal energy Storage FeaSibility StuDySacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) | Sacramento, Calif.

SMUD is focusing on opportunities to manage system load, peaks and

congestion. Burns & McDonnell conducted a study reviewing feasibility,

advantages and challenges associated with incentivizing and leveraging

TES installations within SMUD to provide electrical capacity support,

firming energy and ancillary services for electric grid management.

The study applied TES to large-scale cooling and refrigeration equipment

— a significant portion of electrical demand in large facilities. Aggregating

and controlling cooling and refrigeration with TES systems provides

benefits over deploying additional electrical generation.

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coMbineD Heat anD PowerPromising Portfolio-Builder

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) considers combined heat and

power (CHP) to be one of the most promising options in the U.S. energy

efficiency portfolio because of its low greenhouse gas emissions, high

energy efficiency, potential for nationwide implementation and ability

to relieve the burden of increasing demand on the electric grid. As a

result, the DOE is encouraging the nation to add CHP generation to

reach 20 percent, or 240,900 MW, of U.S. power generation capacity

by 2030.

CHP can cost-effectively provide 100 percent of a facility’s day-to-day

electric and thermal energy needs, while simultaneously satisfying all

or a portion of backup generation requirements.

engineering ingenuity

Recognized as an industry leader in CHP, Burns & McDonnell was the

only engineering and construction firm selected by the DOE to develop

on-site CHP systems. Our OnSite Energy & Power team has experience

designing, building, permitting and interconnecting CHP plants as large

as 200 MW and as small as 500 kW for universities, hospitals, large

office buildings, data centers, corporate and government campuses, and

large international airports. To offset the costs of your CHP system, we

develop financial and economic cost models, prepare grant applications

and arrange partnerships with local utilities. Burns & McDonnell has the

ingenuity and internal resources to develop and implement a CHP project

that efficiently and cost-effectively meets your facility’s energy needs.

ServiceS

• Commissioning

• Concept design

• Constructability reviews

• Construction

• Cost estimating

• Design-build

• Detailed design

• Economic analysis

• Electrical interconnection

• Environmental permitting

• Feasibility studies using CHP partnership process

• Financial modeling

• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification

• Operations and maintenance

• Preliminary design


• Project financing assistance

• Startup assistance

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CHP level I-II studies


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6.5-MW CHP ADDITIOn TO WADE UTILITY PLAnTPurdue University | West Lafayette, Ind.

Steam demand on the Purdue University campus had risen to the point of

requiring increased steam capacity. Burns & McDonnell initially compared

installing a new gas boiler with the technical and economic viability of

installing CHP. Real-time power prices required development of a complex

dispatch simulation to determine the optimal operating profile for each

combination of assets that included the existing steam turbine generators,

steam-driven and electric chillers, and the boilers currently installed.

This analysis resulted in Burns & McDonnell managing the installation of a

6.5-MW combustion turbine in the university’s existing Wade Utility Plant.

48-MW CHP PLAnT AT TEXAS MEDICAL CEnTERthermal energy corp. (teco) | Houston

Located on site at the Texas Medial Center, this highly efficient,

natural gas-fired CHP system can generate 48 MW of power and

330,000 pounds of steam per hour. It can operate as a base load system

to serve 100 percent of the plant’s peak electrical load and TECO’s

customers’ peak process and space heating loads. Exceeding 80 percent

efficiency, this CHP system saves an estimated 0.75 trillion Btus annually

over separate electrical and steam generation and reduces carbon dioxide

emissions by more than 300,000 tons per year. It also enables TECO to

provide uninterrupted energy services in a grid outage.

4.3-MW SOUTH EnERgY CEnTER SERvIng SHanDS cancer HoSPitalgainesville Regional Utilities (gRU) | gainesville, Fla.

The workhorse of this $45 million facility is a 4.3-MW, natural gas-fired,

recuperated combustion turbine with guaranteed NOx emissions of

5 parts per million without after-treatment. This ultra-high-efficiency

generator can run 24/7 and normally operates in parallel with one of two

utility feeds, which come from separate substations in GRU’s network.

The energy center can generate all of the hospital’s and its own power

needs on site. The plant produces 4,200 tons of cooling and 30,000

pounds per hour of steam.

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regulatory coMPliancethe time to act is now

Central utility plants are facing a variety of challenging regulatory

compliance issues. At the forefront for many facilities is the National

Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Industrial, Commercial

and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters — commonly referred to as

the Industrial Boiler MACT Rule — and the National Ambient Air Quality

Standards (NAAQS).

The Boiler MACT Rule will require facilities to be in compliance by 2015.

As facilities come into compliance for Boiler MACT, they may also have

to demonstrate compliance for NAAQS. Each compliance situation is

unique. Facilities should plan now to meet the anticipated compliance

date. In general, compliance planning (testing and preliminary studies

and permitting) can take six to 12 months, and air pollution control

retrofits or new boiler installations can take 12 to 30 months.

Burns & McDonnell can help you determine whether your facility will

be in compliance and can then evaluate and implement compliance

solutions. We can put you in position to move forward with a

comprehensive solution that works for you.

Demonstrated Success

Burns & McDonnell has extensive experience evaluating and

implementing solutions for Boiler MACT- and NAAQS-affected facilities

ranging from multi-pollutant retrofits to alternative steam generation

options. Our team includes the full range of experience necessary to

evaluate your facility and help you develop and implement a plan.

Through many compliance studies and detailed design projects,

our team has become a critical source of technical knowledge for all

Boiler MACT and NAAQS solutions. Let us help you be prepared for

when compliance is required.

ServiceS

• Bid- and construction-phase services

• Construction documents

• Construction management

• Cost estimates and economic analyses

• Detailed design

• Dispersion modeling for compliance with NAAQS

• Emissions characterization and stack testing

• Equipment specifications

• Environmental permitting, including prevention of significant deterioration (PSD)


• Procurement

• Regulatory and compliance reviews


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PurDue univerSity boiler Mact coMPliancePurdue University | West Lafayette, Ind.

To identify air pollution control modifications to meet Boiler MACT

and other regulatory requirements, Purdue University hired

Burns & McDonnell to conduct a Boiler MACT study and provide detailed

design of resulting recommendations for its Wade Utility Plant. The firm

evaluated air pollution alternatives that allowed continued operation

and assessed the ability of the existing plant auxiliary systems to support

retrofits. Burns & McDonnell then provided detailed design for the

recommended new fabric filter and dry scrubber, which were retrofitted

to an existing boiler.

Penn State boiler Mact coMPliancePennsylvania State university | university Park, Pa.

To comply with Boiler MACT standards, Penn State decided to operate

in the future without the use of coal using one of three options to

convert the boilers to fire gas with oil as backup. To help analyze the

options and design the selected solution, the university hired

Burns & McDonnell to study each option in detail through a boiler

conversion study and a new steam generation study, as well as provide

cost estimates and schedules for compliance. Once Penn State selects an

option, Burns & McDonnell will provide detailed design and installation

services of the selected option.

citizenS tHerMal boiler Mact coMPlianceCitizens Thermal (CT) | Indianapolis

CT chose Burns & McDonnell to assist in developing alternative strategies

and capital cost estimates for the retrofit of air pollution control

equipment at its Perry K Steam Plant. Burns & McDonnell then

provided detailed design of the recommended compliance strategy.

During evaluation and cost estimating, the firm worked closely with

CT to develop innovative strategies, equipment arrangements,

constructability reviews and cost-effective approaches for this

land-locked facility. Burns & McDonnell then provided detailed

design of the complicated retrofit project.

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electric DiStribution anD SubStationSPower Quality and Distribution

Burns & McDonnell performs engineering services for many clients

on a wide variety of transmission- and distribution-related projects.

Our analysis and design experience ranges from small 4.16-kV projects

to multimillion-dollar 500-kV projects. Our experience also includes

design of customer-owned substations for both private- and public-

sector clients, including transmission interconnection configurations for

combined heat and power and full analysis and design of relay equipment.

In some cases, installing a customer-owned substation can pay for itself

in less than five years.

Customer-owned substations provide improved reliability and avoid the

outages more common with utility distribution systems. In addition,

detailed analysis and review of a campus electric distribution system

will show opportunities to harden your system and provide the

dependable and consistent electricity required for today’s complex and

demanding facilities.

As a recognized leader in the transmission and distribution industry,

Burns & McDonnell has the right knowledge and experience to make

our clients successful.

ServiceS

• Arc flash studies

• Black start generation design

• Commissioning and startup

• Emergency power design

• Equipment procurement


• Full system modeling

• Grounding system design

• Life cycle modeling and analysis

• Operator training

• Power factor correction

• Rate analysis

• Relay coordination studies and design

• Reliability evaluations

• Short-circuit analysis

• Substation design and construction

• Uninterruptible power supply system design


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HIgH-vOLTAgE UTILITY EngInEERIng PROjECTtarrant regional water District (trwD) | tarrant county, texas

This project features six large pump stations, with loads ranging from

20 to 46 MVA, along a 150-mile pipeline route. Burns & McDonnell

assisted TRWD in determining if the local utility or water district should

construct and own the transmission line extension and substation to serve

each pump station. The firm consulted the multiple utilities and electric

cooperatives to determine interconnection requirements and delivery

tariffs. After performing a life-cycle cost analysis for each option,

Burns & McDonnell recommended TRWD own the equipment and employ

a standardized substation design — activities for which are ongoing.

SubStation anD DiStribution uPgraDeclemson university | clemson, S.c.

Clemson University’s medium-voltage electrical distribution system

on campus requires a significant upgrade to continue safe and reliable

operation. Substation and distribution switchgear equipment are reaching

the end of their useful life, and the university plans to migrate away from

the 5-kV system in favor of a more reliable and efficient 15-kV system.

Burns & McDonnell is assisting the university in developing a detailed

upgrade and replacement plan and preparing the associated design and

construction documents to modernize the electrical distribution system.

SubStation anD DiStribution rePlaceMentLockheed Martin | Fort Worth, Texas

The Air Force Plant 4 substation equipment and 5-kV distribution feeder

cables are nearing the end of their useful life. Burns & McDonnell

estimated life-cycle cost for multiple replacement and upgrade options.

Transmission service with a phased design and installation proved to be

the most economic and reliable option, with Lockheed constructing a new

substation adjacent to the existing. The existing radial 5-kV distribution

system will be replaced with a looped system to improve reliability and

maintainability. Multiple radial feeders will be combined and connected to

new feeder loops served from new substation switchgear.

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tHerMal DiStribution SySteMSCustomized Solutions

Burns & McDonnell specializes in campus-level thermal distribution

system analysis and design. Whether it’s a deteriorated tunnel in need

of repair, failed pipe supports or leaking expansion joints, we have the

knowledge to fast track the analysis, design and repair.

We provide detailed analysis and planning evaluations by developing

complex steam, hot water and chilled water distribution models. The

models are calibrated to existing conditions with information through GPS

and/or campus maps. Once calibrated, we use the models to simulate

growth, determine optimal routes and sizing, and provide extensions to

utility distribution systems that allow for future flexibility and growth.

Minimizing Disruption

Phasing and sequencing is a primary consideration for virtually all campus

distribution projects because systems operate year-round and disruption

to utilities directly impacts the campus’ core mission. Our proposed

alternatives consider construction phasing and sequencing options

to minimize short- and long-term interruption of utilities. In addition,

our construction documents clearly define phasing and sequencing

requirements and incorporate all necessary work to achieve the

phasing plan.

ServiceS

• Condensate management and balancing

• Construction cost estimating

• Design standards development

• Hydraulic modeling

• Stress analysis

• Steam trap surveys and replacements

• Surface restoration design

• Traffic and phasing plans

• Tunnel and piping system condition assessments

• Tunnel life-cycle cost evaluations

• Tunnel systems analysis and design

• Utility corridor planning and alignment

• Vault design

• Waterproofing and life extension design

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THERMAL DISTRIBUTIOn SYSTEM EXPAnSIOnthe Mayo clinic | rochester, Minn.

With an aging U.S. population, the Mayo Clinic is expected to double in

the next 30 years. This growth cannot be supported with the existing

utility infrastructure, so Burns & McDonnell analyzed multiple chilled

water and steam distribution solutions in addition to verifying suitable

sites for new production. A variety of recommendations resulted from

this project, including improvements to existing system efficiencies and

a new utility/pedestrian subway system that not only can feed utilities

to the new facilities but also provide patients, visitors and medical staff

with the comfort and ease of access they currently enjoy.

DiStribution SySteM reHabilitationthe ohio State university | columbus, ohio

This project features approximately 1,200 feet of walkable distribution

tunnel, which will provide a much-needed revitalization to the original

1970s design; new high pressure steam and stainless steel condensate

piping; structural repairs to the existing tunnel piping support structures;

buried, high-density polyethylene natural gas piping; tunnel ventilation

shafts; and improvements to the tunnel’s lighting and power systems.

These renovations, along with new piping supports and expansion

joints, will increase the well-lit, maintainable space inside the tunnel

for university staff and improve overall performance.

DiStribution SySteM MoDelingauburn university | auburn, ala.

Auburn University conducted a planned campus expansion study,

which laid the groundwork for the future expansion of the chilled

water distribution system and the conversion of the steam system to a

distributed hot water system. Burns & McDonnell developed a utility

master plan, recommending distributed heating and cooling infrastructure

that is reliable and economical while also expandable to meet the

university’s anticipated future growth. The firm used comprehensive flow

analysis and system modeling software to model both the hot and chilled

water piping distribution systems.

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conStruction, StartuP anD coMMiSSioningFinding Your Best Solution

As one of the premier engineering design firms in the country,

Burns & McDonnell has an in-depth knowledge of the various aspects of

facility design and construction. Our Construction/Design-Build Group

builds more than $500 million in construction per year. In addition, our

commissioning team has benefited from exposure to a variety of project

types, including government, institutional, educational, healthcare, labs,

central utility plants, and combined heat and power.

Our commissioning process begins at the pre-design stage and sets

important performance goals early in the process. We perform rigorous

functional testing and inspections to validate system performance and

help train your operations staff and provide solid documentation to

assist with continuous commissioning of the systems. Our commissioning

services can significantly improve the reliability and performance of your

new or renovated system. At the end of the project, when the “keys are

turned over,” your team is trained to operate and maintain your systems

effectively and efficiently for the long term.

ServiceS

• Commissioning activities schedule

• Commissioning plans and specifications

• Construction document reviews

• Design intent documentation

• Functional and performance verification testing

• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) analysis and certification

• Operations and maintenance manual review

• System and component test witnessing

• System startup assistance

• Training of operating personnel

• Whole system commissioning


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St. elizabetHS DePartMent oF HoMelanD SECURITY (DHS) CAMPUS COnSOLIDATIOnwashington gas light co. | washington, D.c.

Burns & McDonnell commissioned the electrical distribution systems for

the St. Elizabeths DHS campus consolidation based on ASHRAE guidelines.

The $3.1 billion campus redevelopment will provide a secure campus

network. The electrical distribution systems include an underground

vault for electrical equipment, including 15-kV and 480-volt switchgear,

motor control centers, backup generation and lighting systems.

Burns & McDonnell also provided equipment checklists and functional

test procedures, facilitated training and oversaw utility connection.

CEnTRAL UTILITY PLAnT EXPAnSIOnU.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) | Silver Spring, Md.

Burns & McDonnell provided commissioning, including technical

design review, as a subconsultant to Honeywell Building Solutions, on a

$213 million central utility plant expansion at the U.S. FDA White Oak

campus. The expansion features a 24.5-MW combined heat and power

plant with three gas combustion turbine generators, three 2,500-ton

electrical chillers, 2 million gallons of thermal energy storage, three heat

recovery steam generators, an auxiliary boiler and two emergency diesel

generators. Burns & McDonnell is helping the project meets U.S. General

Services Administration P100 and LEED Silver standards.

MaSter Plan iMPleMentation Projectthermal energy corp. (teco) | Houston

To meet the energy needs of the growing Texas Medical Center —

the world’s largest — Burns & McDonnell managed the construction

for phase one of TECO’s Master Plan Implementation Project, a

$377 million district energy system expansion. This project was

especially challenging for startup and commissioning, as the life-saving

critical care and research that takes place at the medical center requires

no outages. Burns & McDonnell extensively planned and coordinated

phasing and timing of testing with TECO. With reliability being a top

priority, the firm provided extensive, thorough training to plant operators.

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