COMMISSIONING
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS
| •County of San Diego Operations Center- San Diego, CA |
| •Sempra Murrieta Building- Sempra, CA |
| •UCSD Medical Center- San Diego, CA |
| •Smart Corner- San Diego, CA |
WASHINGTON NATIONALS STADIUM
Washington, D.C.
In the spring of 2008, Washington D.C. will unveil a new 41,000 seat baseball stadium that will be home to the new Washington Nationals (formerly the Expos). Designed by HOK Sports, M-E is providing Independent LEED Commissioning Provider Services. The work is intended to satisfy the requirements of the USGBC LEED Rating System 2.1 Energy and Atmosphere (E&A) Prerequisite 1 Fundamental Building Systems Commissioning. This will be the first major league stadium to be certified under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) New Construction rating system. Designed to be in tune with the surrounding community and the earth, the project will be a new standard for which future stadiums and all structures alike will be measured.
This stadium is the only sports structure in the world that will offer parking preference to fuel efficient vehicles, promote recycling among its visitors, and use solar panels to provide a portion of its power. Using the latest advances is LEED documentation, the design team is able to coordinate all of their efforts through the LEED Online process provided by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The LEED Online process enables each team member to log on and determine what has yet to be completed on the project, which elements of the project they are responsible for, and communicate to other team members through posting of questions and comments.
FIRE STATION #29
San Ysidro, California
M-E Engineers provided third party commissioning services for The City of San Diego Fire Station No. 29. The fire station is a $3 million, 10,000 square foot facility including sustainable design features including “cool” roof, hook-up for photovoltaic, low water use irrigation, low water use plumbing fixtures, renewable finishes, low VOC paints and recycling areas. The fire station will be the city’s first United States Green Building Council LEED certified new construction building. The City intends to achieve Silver certification for this facility.
The scope of work includes the requirements of LEED fundamental commissioning and additional commissioning. To date, the task performed have included review of the design intent, review of basis of design, incorporation of commissioning into the construction documents, creation of design and construction commissioning plans and review of bid documents. Future tasks include submittal review, verification of performance through testing, completion of a commissioning report, creation of re-commissioning manual, training and post-construction review and planning.
NOBEL LIBRARY & RECREATION CENTER
California State University, Pomona
The overall project consists of constructing a 30-acre municipal park with athletic fields, a 10,200 sf Recreation/Gymnasium Building and a 16,100 sf Branch Library. M-E Engineers developed Building Systems Commissioning Requirements and Specifications for the HVAC, building controls, plumbing, lighting, and power systems. M-E Engineers reviewed the Construction Documents for compliance with the Project Program and Basis of Design. The project also included the preparation of Final Systems Functional Performance Testing Forms, presented with construction documents for the City Plan Check. Lastly, a final Commissioning Report was prepared for the Owner. The project is in construction and is targeted for USGBC Silver LEED Rating.
NEW MAIN LIBRARY
San Diego, California
M-E Engineers is providing LEED consulting, building commissioning, and peer review for value engineering and quality control of San Diego’s newest icon. Totaling 500,000 square feet, the 10-story building covers an entire city block in San Diego’s East Village/Ballpark Districts. The architecturally bold design features a two-story outdoor penthouse dome that will serve as a reading room, special events center, and visual icon for the city. An auditorium will also serve the community. Estimated construction cost is $150 million. Currently in design.
SEMPRA YUKON TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
BUILDING
Hawthorne, California
M-E successfully completed LEED Commissioning for the Sempra Yukon project consists of three (3) buildings; administration, logistics, and fleet services. This facility acts as a hub for Sempra Energy’s general operations for the Hawthorne area. The administration building is a general single story office building complete with open office space, meeting and planning rooms as well as locker rooms for field employees. The administration building is served by three (3) constant volume gas fired heating/ electric DX cooling rooftop units, a split system computer room ac unit, and a single large exhaust fan for all exhaust/relief requirements. The administration building has integrated automatic lighting controls. The logistics building is a basic warehouse structure and is heated only, served by a single gas fired unit heater. The fleet services building acts as a garage for maintaining the fleet operations. Fleet services is heated only and is served by two gas fired unit heaters. This building achieved the USGB Silver LEED rating.
R.W. JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
FACILITY
La Jolla, California
M-E provided complete Commissioning Services, which included contractor submittal reviews, equipment performance witness testing, MEP system operation testing, control system functional testing and HVAC system test and balance coordination. M-E compiled the specification framework for the work and provided services as the Commissioning Agent representing the owner. An example of the system commissioning level of detail involved the Building Controls and Energy Management System. This system integrated the HVAC systems Controls, Fire Alarm System, Emergency Power System, Security System and the Life Support System for the Vivarium. Functional Testing was performed with point-to-point operation, set-point calibration, system crash testing and loss of power sequencing. M-E provided QA/QC for systems testing with specific independent testing. M-E also provided engineering support for trouble-shooting the commissioning challenges.
Systems commissioned included: Air Handlers with VFD’s, exhaust fans with VFD’s, fume hoods, air handlers with VAV operators and controls, exhaust fans with alarms and monitors, bio-safety cabinet exhaust fans, condenser water system, chilled water system, process chilled water system, heating hot water system, steam system, domestic hot water systems, industrial hot water systems, RO/DI water system, lab compressed air system, lab vacuum air system, power monitor system, lighting control system, building energy management and control system, and HVAC zone controls.
