Value Delivered
Forest Electric New Jersey (Forest NJ) provided electrical construction services for a new tower at this teaching hospital.
Throughout the project, our engineering department worked diligently on the coordination process with other trades to help ensure smooth completion. We also took advantage of our in-house prefabrication capabilities to assemble pull boxes, racks, supports, and two- to four-inch aluminum conduits, helping reduce the presence of materials and workers on-site.
Client Objectives
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital built a new seven-story tower expansion to meet the growing needs of their medical and education facility.
Solutions
We provided all electrical work required for the new tower, including installation of the following equipment:
- Two new 1.5-megawatt generators
- Medium-voltage cable, gear, and terminations
- New 26-kilovolt, 4,000-amp normal switchboard
- New 26-kilovolt, 4,000-amp emergency switchboard
- Two new 1,200-amp, 800-amp, and 250-amp automatic transfer switches
- Two new 7,500-kilovolt-amp transformers
- Approximately 10,000 feet of conduit and 45,000 feet of wire
- Two generator high-voltage load switches
- All generator controls
Additionally, we refurbished the existing paralleling gear and demolished two existing generators.
Client Background
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is a public research and academic teaching hospital with campuses across New Jersey. Forest NJ has worked with them on six previous projects at various locations over the past decade.