Bell BCI Company, LLC completed the Mechanical and Plumbing scope of work on a new secure data center and generator building for the Verizon – Terremark Network Access Point (NAP) campus located in Culpeper, VA. This 60,000 SF, high-capacity data center, which features multiple layers of redundancy for facility operations, networking, security, power and HVAC, meets Uptime Institute Tier-III Requirements. The new facility is designed with security features to help customers satisfy FISMA criteria and has a power capacity of 160 WPSF.
This project marks another successful mission-critical project for Bell in the Mid-Atlantic’s burgeoning Data Center industry. Hitt Contracting Inc. selected Bell from the area’s highly competitive mechanical contracting field, taking advantage of multiple value engineering initiatives to improve performance, reduce schedules, minimize cost, and mitigate risk. Bell’s extensive use of BIM enabled the construction team to meet Terremark’s aggressive schedule: the data center was commissioned and delivered in less than a year. Both Data Center D and the Generator Building were complete and open for business by the end of October 2015.
Maximizing the prefabrication of piping systems contributed to the successful on-time completion of this project. Equipment installed included (3) Chillers, (6) Dry-coolers, (1) Systecon Pump Package, (1) OAU, (1) ADU-1, (27) CRAC Units, (1) CUH, (2) Exhaust Fans, (4) Fuel oil storage tanks, (18) Unit Heaters, (5) Sump Pumps.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Nuclear attack boat New Jersey (SSN-796) was christened on Saturday as shipbuilder Newport News continues to recover from the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on submarine construction...In the short term, Newport News is building 200-foot extensions on its construction bays to accommodate the Block V Virginia Payload Module’s planned 84-foot extension. Bell BCI Company, LLC is the mechanical contractor on the Modular Outfitting Facility building extension project. Article photos and video show the new steel for this project.
Bell was proud to provide Mechanical and Plumbing Design-Assist subcontracting services to Hourigan Construction on VCU’s new 18-story, 604,000 SF Adult Outpatient Pavilion and 475,000 SF parking deck. Bell’s team was led by Sr. Project Manager Mike Parasch, Project Manager Keith Calhoun, Assistant Project Manager JR Chirco, and Sr. Superintendent Steve Benulis.
