Shrout Tate Wilson Engineers provided mechanical, plumbing, and electrical design for the renovation of an existing one-story warehouse. The original building was transformed into FCPS’ central supply warehouse with supporting offices, administrative areas, and the district’s main IT/data center.
This project included site lighting, a variable refrigerant HVAC system, all-electric power, and modifications to a full fire suppression system. The data center was designed with a cold-aisle containment system to efficiently cool the district’s servers.
The HVAC design also included a variable refrigerant system for the office areas. The fresh air for the office areas is supplied by a dedicated energy recovery unit with a single wheel. The warehouse space is heated with indirect gas-fired make-up air units. The warehouse is ventilated with 3 supply and 3 exhaust fans, which are interlocked with the building DDC. Industrial ceiling fans were installed for air movement. The archive storage rooms are heated and cooled with precision air units to control humidity and maintain a climate-controlled environment for the paper documents.
An ESFR fire suppression system was provided to suppress various commodities and combustible storage held in the warehouse rack storage system.