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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... Continue Reading

GES, as part of a comprehensive architecture/engineering team provided MEP & FP engineering for the multi phased renovation of a mission critical facility. Spaces included over 50,000 sf of LAN rooms, commercial space, kitchen and conference... Continue Reading

GES, as part of a comprehensive architecture/engineering team provided MEP & FP engineering services for a program to consolidate the clients data center portfolio in order to provide consistent, reliable data services in a cost effective manager. Sites ranged in size from 40,000 sf to 125,000 sf. Individual upgrades included UPS expansions, chiller modifications, generator plant modifications, and medium voltage switchgear... Continue Reading

GES provided the MEP & FP engineering and lighting design services for a new 40,000 sf training center and interconnected data center. The project included a FM200 clean agent fire suppression system, an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system to provide clean power for mission sensitive workstations, and a new HVAC system. Digital lighting control systems and cove lighting for specialty areas were designed including the high secure presentation center, executive conference room and breakout conference rooms. Power riser diagrams, demand load calculations and lighting calculations were... Continue Reading

GES provided electrical engineering services for the renovation of existing tenant space into a state-of-the-art media room, server room and conference center contained within a SCIF. The media room included 20 work stations, each equipped with two 19" LCD flat panel monitors for two computers. The room was also equipped with five 42" plasma screens, cube wall and control system with mobile cameras. A new lighting system included track, accent and task lighting... Continue Reading

GES, as part of a comprehensive architecture/engineering team  provided MEP & FP engineering services to accommodate new servers and sensitive equipment in an existing 170,000 sf datacenter. The project involved utility upgrades to the electrical distribution system including redundant normal power, emergency power and UPS systems. The existing HVAC system was supplemented with new cooling/ventilation systems to accommodate the power intensive server... Continue Reading

GES, as part of a comprehensive architecture/engineering team  provided MEP & FP engineering services for a 15,000 sf renovation of mission critical space including offices, administrative rooms, conference rooms, training rooms, LAN room and test labs within a SCIF. As part of the design GES also included provisions for security system upgrades and extension of the emergency power distribution... Continue Reading

NIH's Clinical Center facility was built in 1953, and the aging infrastructure has resulted in a Moratorium that prohibits adding additional load to the facility's utilities.  The computer facilities which supported the Clinical Center were not adequate to support the Clinical Center's need to track data on over 6,000 inpatient and 100,000 outpatients yearly. To address this problem, NIH wanted to insert a 7,000 sf data center in a space that had previously served as an office facility.  The design-build team, which included both LSY and GES performed two separate feasibility/test fit... Continue Reading

GES as part of a comprehensive architecture/engineering team provided MEP & FP engineering services for a 15,000 sf renovation including computer training rooms, conference and break out rooms, technical labs with secure support areas, workrooms and administrative space. Renovation included upgrades to the security system, design of energy efficient lighting systems and new HVAC... Continue Reading

As part of a comprehensive team GES provided MEP & FP engineering services for a 150,000 sf mission critical facility including 90,000 sf of data centers 20,000 of commercial space, administrative rooms, conference rooms and secure areas. Project also included a 4,000 sf new addition of secure storage space including upgrades to the pre-action fire suppression system, new HVAC system and provisions for future power... Continue Reading