DC DGS Emergency COVID Preparedness / BAS Upgrades for 117 Schools, Washington, DC

“Size:
117 active public schools

Highlights:
Awarded 2021 Project of the Year
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The Department of General Services (DGS) was charged with the design and construction of stabilization projects that improve HVAC operations for both non-modernized and modernized District of Columbia Public Schools.

With the onset of the COVID pandemic, DGS decided that a more comprehensive assessment and retrofit of the existing systems was mandatory to ensure optimal air quality for students, faculty, and visitors to 117 active public-school buildings. Central to these upgrades was upgrading the school’s Building Automation Systems (BAS).

SETTY designed a Delta Controls enteliWEB facility and energy management system for each of the 117 schools to monitor and control the main HVAC equipment from a remote network operations center.

The scope of work was spread over two phases. Phase I being assessment and system modifications that includes contractor training on the use of enteliWEB and working with the contractors towards creation of a COVID sequence of operations in the BAS in order to improve ventilation.

Phase II consists of design and construction that includes connecting the sites to a central enteliWEB Digital FM platform. SETTY also performed meta-data tagging of trended data points which allows any/all applications to understand what the data is. An End-user interface UI was used for managing, understanding, and trouble-shooting.

The project received the 2021 Project of the Year Award presented by the Construction Management Association of America National Capital Chapter.