PDC provided mechanical, electrical, and fire protection engineering design services. Services included plumbing, HVAC, fumehood exhaust, seawater distribution, process cooling, wastewater treatment, electrical service and distribution, emergency power generation, lighting, power, site electrical, communications, security, and DDC controls.
The project included seawater intake structure, administrative offices, common areas, seawater laboratories, seawater filtration house, support facilities, and warehouse facilities. The offices and common areas include offices, office support spaces, conference rooms, a 225-seat auditorium, library, cafeteria, day care facility, and fitness center. The laboratory portion of the project included chemical and biology labs, seawater and fresh water wet labs, computer labs and lab support facilities. A warehouse accommodates storage for all NOAA/NMFS Regional Office Programs and Auke Bay Laboratory departments. A key objective of the project was to provide state-of-the-art research space with emphasis on flexibility, energy efficiency, minimizing operations and maintenance costs, and minimizing the facility’s life-cycle cost.
