Challenges

The project required extensive coordination and research in order to navigate the circuits and properly plan for outages. All outages had to be done off-hours and during cooler periods in order to minimize impact.

Highlights

• Set two temporary 2500KVA transformers and refed the hospital’s existing 1960s double-ended switchgear lineup with 20 sets of 750Al. 10 to each side.
• Demoed out the four old AEP transformers and 4000amp bus duct from the existing underground electrical vault.
• Installed a new (G&W) primary transfer switch that will transfer upon loss of one of the two AEP circuits that feed the hospital.
• Installed a new double-ended substation with 3000KVA transformers.
• Installed six new bus ducts that had to tie into the existing bus ducts that feed the normal power to the hospital.