Project
Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center
CEP Emergency Generator
Project Location
Charlotte, NC
Industries
Central Energy Plants, Featured Projects, Healthcare
Services
Construction Management, Preconstruction
Square Footage
14,213 SF Renovation & Expansion
Schedule Duration
23 months
Awards
2020 ABC of the Carolinas Excellence in Construction, Eagle Award
Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center CEP Emergency Generator
Scope
The Rodgers project team at Atrium Health CMC Main completed a build out of existing shell space in the Central Energy Plant in order to add new Emergency Generators. The space houses a new rotation unit, four 3-megawatt generators for additional emergency power, cooling towers for the generators and new switch gear. The team also modified existing switch gear and generators to ensure compatibility with the new system.
Highlights
The emergency generators provide power for all three branches of emergency power required by the hospital – critical, life safety and equipment. In the case of a power outage, these emergency generators are required to fire up, sync and provide power back to the hospital within ten seconds.