SOLANO COUNTY DISTRICT CENTRAL PLANT

FAIRFIELD CA

County of Solano Government Center this is what it looks like before it gets covered up ask me later how to merge two photos into one

PROJECT DETAILS

  • Addition of a 2000 tons of chiller capacity and a 1.4 megawatt Waukesha generator with waste-heat recovery to serve Solano County government complex.
  • A total of 3 megawatts co-generation capacity at completion of project.
  • Hot and chilled water distribution piping to all buildings.
  • 12.47 kV and telecom underground distribution to entire campus.
  • 21 kV substation upgraded from 3000 kVA to a 7500 kVA.
  • Engine control and existing co-generation board ugraded from 4000A, 480V to a 5000A, 480V system.
  • The project tripled the square feet and the capacity of the district plant while most all function of existing plant remained on-line.
  • District Plant Project Cost: 22 Million, Government Center Project Cost: 85 Million.
 here you can see how it all come together


Tanner Engineering provided engineering and consulting services and Newel FastTrack provided the pre-construction and construction management for Chevron Energy Services on the District Central Plant Upgrade project. The district co-generation plant upgrade was part of a $100-million project which spans 3 city blocks which included an administration center that consolidates 15 county departments, a 43,000-square-foot probation building, a 5-level parking center, and a public plaza and courtyard.

Design responsibilities included expansion of the district 12kV loop to serve the new administration center and associated development of support buildings in downtown Fairfield and the expansion of the co-generation plant that included doubling the electrical generation capacity of the plant from 1,450 kW to 3,000 kW