Value Delivered
Forest Electric New Jersey helped a confidential health care facility upgrade their emergency generator system with two new 2500-killowat generators placed within an exterior weatherproof, sound-attenuating enclosure.
Leveraging our BIM engineering department, we coordinated work with the client’s civil and steel contractors. A vast majority of the work was completed at our prefabrication shop, helping minimize impact to an active hospital during the pandemic.
When possible, project materials were delivered to our warehouse, unpacked, and sorted before being delivered to the work site. This lean project methodology helped eliminate on-site waste and promote the overall efficiency and safety of the project.
Client Objectives
The client needed a cutting-edge generator system capable of providing redundant power for their critical operations, and wanted it placed in an enclosure that would minimize noise disturbances to their facility. We were contacted thanks to our technical electrical knowledge, management capabilities, and proven experience working with operating hospital facilities.
Solutions
During the project, we were responsible for:
- Inspections and permitting with the Authority Having Jurisdiction for various subcontractors and trades
- Coordination and identification of existing underground utilities for the installation of stanchions to feed paralleling gear from generator enclosure
- Redesign of a workable solution with civil and steel subcontractors to avoid existing underground utilities
- Removal of existing non-functional diesel generators
- Rigging and installation of owner-furnished belly tanks, generators, and sound attenuating enclosures
- Refeeding existing loads on existing paralleling gear in a short time frame
The new paralleling gear was installed within the facility, where the existing generators had been located, and feeders were installed and intercepted to the existing generator loads. Additionally, the new generators’ sound-attenuating enclosure and gear has the capacity for future expansion and upgrades.
Client Background
This academic medical center is part of a leading not-for-profit health care organization. Offering a complete range of medical services, research, and care, the organization is one of the most comprehensive integrated health care networks in New Jersey.