Size: 530 sf GES provided MEP & FP engineering services for the renovation of a high performance imaging suite including two laser labs and a common wet lab area. Due to the high sensitivity of the laser microscopes, and the high precision imaging operations, the space was designed for stringent environmental requirements in terms of temperature, humidity, air filtration, vibrations and lighting controls. Because the existing building HVAC systems were not adequate to meet the project requirements, a new dedicated HVAC system was designed and installed. The system includes two air handling units equipped with HEPA filters and an electric steam humidifier. The air handling units operate in a lead/lag arrangement to provide 100% redundancy and maintain the space environmental set points 24/7.

Size:10,000 sf Relocation of eight institutes housed in Building 10 to other locations throughout the campus as part of a program to upgrade the building's systems. Many of the institutes had significant requirements for bioresearch laboratories and vivaria, including BSL and ABSL facilities. Prior to beginning design, the GES team completed extensive programming and planning sessions with the users, including the principal researchers in order to fully understand their requirements, then continued with site surveys to field verify the existing conditions and systems throughout the facility.

Size: 900 sf Design services to modernize a bioscience laboratory for five to eight researchers and included tissue culture and two bio-safety cabinets for a highly typical lab for a small research group. The renovation will improve the quality of their facility as well as raise the profile of the research group in the interest of attracting and retaining highly dedicated researchers.

Size: 15,000 sf GES provided MEP & FP engineering services for an off campus laboratory building renovation. The renovation included a phased construction sequence spanning two floors. Renovated spaces included equipment rooms, tissue culture labs, cold room, dark room, microscopy lab, zebra fish lab and procedure lab for the renovated vivarium.

Size: 30,000 sf GES provided MEP & FP engineering services for the installation of a water detection system to minimize future leakage scenarios for mechanical equipment and HVAC distribution areas located above laboratories. When equipment leaks or pipes burst vast amounts of liquid flood the floor and impact the laboratory/office space below adversely affecting research equipment and operations. The new system will alert building engineers to impending problems early, to allow time for the problem to be repaired.

GES performed a condition assessment of various buildings on the NIH campus. It was found that many were not properly functioning because their systems and equipment had reached the end of their lifespan or were not up to code. Construction documents were prepared according to the International Mechanical Code and the National Fire Protection Code in 16 buildings.

Size: N/A GES provided MEP & FP engineering services for the replacement of all chilled water piping and FCU's throughout building number 42. A study was performed to examine the existing conditions and the construction impact. Installation will be phased to minimize disruptions and safety hazards in an occupied building.

Size: N/A GES provided MEP & FP engineering services to replace twelve roof top air handling units and to integrate the controls with the base wide EMCS system. The existing units were not providing adequate cooling and heating and had reached the end of their useful life. Due to the sensitive nature of the facility a detailed phasing plan was developed for the project. Temporary units will be brought in during construction to ensure service is not disrupted. The existing building management system was also evaluated to bring it up to date with the latest technology and efficiency standards.

Size: 552,259 sf GES was tasked to develop an assessment of the existing fire protection and electrical systems in buildings 1, 2, 3, 5, 13, 14, 21, 22 and 26. Each of these buildings contains mission critical facilities, laboratories, clean rooms, machine shops, and office spaces. All sprinkler systems including piping, valves, panels and devices were surveyed. All fire alarms components including initiation devices, notification appliances, and panels were also evaluated to ensure their location, spacing and installation meets all NFPA, NASA and other local codes and standards. This evaluation effort was concluded with a thorough report of deficiencies and recommendations to correct deficiencies. A cost estimate for corrections also accompanied the report. In addition to surveying the fire protection system, the project also included a complete assessment the existing electrical distribution system. The survey included a complete short circuit and coordination study, including voltage drop calculations and a hazard risk analysis on the normal and emergency power system in each building. The analysis began at the incoming utility electrical service (for the normal system) and at the emergency generators (for the emergency system) and continued through to each branch circuit panel board, motor control center or motor control panel in each building.

Size: 1,435 sf GES provided fire suppression and fire alarm/detection design services for the conversion of an existing clean room into an Advanced Metrology Testing Laboratory. The class 10,000 clean room laboratory required the highest attainable separation from both seismic and airborne vibration. To achieve these requirements, unique design approaches and construction methods were used. Sand filled walls eliminate any noise coming from outside the testing room, and a Piezoelectric Vibration Control system was installed to isolate the testing table from floor vibrations. As part of the electrical design, the effects of Electromagnetic Interference were reduced in the lab. In addition, a complete fire suppression system as well as fire alarm system was provided.

Size: 4,895 sf Built in 1966, the Spacecraft Magnetic Test Facility is the only facility of its type in NASA's inventory. Registered as a National Historic Landmark, the facility is capable of negating the effects of the Earth's magnetic field and simulating the magnetic fields found in space. The facility had been altered over time and its operational capacity had deteriorated due to lack of proper maintenance. GES was engaged to provide fire suppression and fire alarm/detection analysis for a feasibility study to restore the SMTF to its original technical capability. The 60-foot square building contains the payload test facility which includes a 42 foot circular Braunbeck coil system, 9.5 foot Helmholtz coils providing DC and AC fields, nonmagnetic building construction and transport facilities, and a HEPA air conditioning system. Other facilities in the complex include a geomagnetic reference building, a service control building and an Operations and Control Building.

Size: 253,001 sf GES provided the design of new fire alarm systems that comply with relevant NFPA, CFR and NASA codes and standards. The new systems are fully addressable, modular-type, 32 bit microprocessor based systems and are in full compliance of NFPA 72, the National Fire Alarm Code and NFPA 70, the National electric code. Included in the design are smoke detection for computer rooms, clean rooms, high bay spaces, electrical and telecommunication closets, penthouse, storage rooms, kitchenettes and janitorial closets. An air aspirating smoke detection system was provided for all clean rooms, high bays, mission critical computer rooms, and in mission essential areas where the equipment is valued at over $1 million. Notification appliances were also provided for all common spaces and others required by code

Size: 1,121acres, 50 buildings, 3,000,000sf GES provided on-site mechanical, electrical, fire protection, fire alarm and life safety engineering; program management, planning, design and post design services for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center facilities under an IDIQ contract with Parsons Facilities Services. Task orders have included planning, programming, life cycle costing and design of advanced technology research labs and specialty facilities. GES worked closely with NASA's program managers and scientists to coordinate all engineering design work with the functional requirements of the lab research equipment, and with NASA's facility engineers to ensure availability of campus and underground utility distribution systems.

Size: 7,500sf GES, along with LSY Architects prepared a Feasibility Study and Program of Requirements (POR) to identify programming requirements for partial occupancy of the existing Human Genome laboratory facility. The report included identification of space needs, functional requirements, site analysis, and development of conceptual space planning alternatives to validate that the NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) interim program could be adequately accommodated.

Size: 700,000gsf Cost: $600,000,000 Under an IDIQ contract, GES provided HVAC, plumbing and fire protection value engineering services for the new USAMRIID Bio-Containment and Research facility. The new facility is the US Biological Defense Research Programs lead medical research laboratory at Fort Detrick, MD. The design lead by CUH2A, for this integrated research facility will house the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), which is the centerpiece of the National Interagency Biodefense Campus. As one of the most complex and sensitive facilities in the nation, the new facility will comprise state-of-the-art spaces including BSL-2, BSL-3 and BSL-4 spaces.

Size: 35,000sf GES, along with LSY Architects prepared a Feasibility Study and Conceptual Design for new laboratory and laboratory support facilities for the Drug Design and Synthesis Section (DDS) of the Laboratory Medicinal Chemistry (LMC) for the National Institutes of Health.

Size: 6,000sf GES provided MEP & FP engineering services for the renovation of an Animal Research Facility for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) research and developments. Spaces include: Noldus Room, Vapor Chamber Room, Vivarium Reverse Cycle Lab, Vivarium Regular Cycle Lab, Behavioral Testing lab, Surgery Room, Private offices, changing room.

Size: 8,000sf GES provided MEP & FP engineering services for the renovation of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratories. The two phased laboratory renovations included case work, bio-safety cabinets, laboratory gases, variable air volume interlocked with fume hood operation, deionized water distribution, equipment monitoring, digital lighting controls and emergency power distribution.

Cost: $50,000,000 GES provided Design Review and Value Engineering services to include review of mechanical, plumbing, medical gas systems, electrical (power and lighting), DDC Control, fire protection systems and architectural construction documents for Buildings 6, 6A and 6C.

Size: 200,000sf Cost: $65,000,000 Provided design review of all Mechanical, Plumbing and Fire Protection systems for the new ATF Fire Research Laboratory. The ATF Fire Research Laboratory is the world's first and only laboratory devoted to forensic fire research. The Fire Research Laboratory will provide the necessary facilities, equipment, and staff to work on fire-investigation issues that include fire-scene-reconstruction, flashover studies, validation of fire-pattern analysis indicators, impact of accelerants on fire growth and spread, ignition studies, and electrical fire cause analysis.