North Campus Parking and Chilled Water Facility Renovation

Client: University of Iowa (ENGIE North America)

Thinking outside the box, while designing in tight quarters.

The plant pumping system was reconfigured into a new variable-primary system utilizing four new centrifugal chilled water pumps to replace the original primary-secondary pumping scheme. When originally constructed, this plant integrated into a parking ramp with the only external access from hatches in the ceiling of the facility. The new equipment had to be brought in through these hatches and assembled within the plant requiring close coordination and careful attention to detail in the construction phasing.

This project also established a new 13.8kV power distribution loop for the plant and installed new transformers and 15kV S&C switchgear to serve the new chiller. All new equipment and instrumentation for the project was integrated into the existing Process Control System.