Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Following the creation of a master utility plan that addressed building and load growth plans for Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s four-million-square-foot campus, Mueller Associates engineered the first phase of implementation, involving integration of a 4,800-ton condenser water system with an existing 14,400-ton system. Three new 1,600-ton chillers replaced three old 933-ton chillers, requiring an exacting approach—including a detailed hydraulic analysis—to create alternative piping schemes and carefully fit the piping into the existing space. The modeling and simulations were critical to this open-type hydraulic system.
The system maximizes reliability, operational flexibility, and serviceability, while minimizing construction costs, energy costs, and service disruption. The project was completed on a fast-track basis while plant operations continued, supported by strategic procurement planning and extensive prefabrication.
2012: Power Plant Expansion
2009: ICU Renovation
2009: Central Plant and Distribution Upgrades
2006: Surgery and Nursing Unit Renovations
2005: Master Utility Plan
2005: Radiology MRI, Cardiology, Miscellaneous Renovations
2003: Miscellaneous Reynolds Tower, North Renovations
2001: Targacept Facility Feasibility Study
1998: Diagnostic Neurology Renovations
1997: J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging; Franceschi Architects
1990s/2000s: Comprehensive Medical Center Renovations
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