Aptuit P-Building Expansion

Aptuit Complex
Kansas City, Missouri

Purdum Construction Company
Aaron Burks
400 E. Red Bridge Road, Ste 106
Kansas City, Missouri 64131
P: (816) 941-4470 F: (816) 941-4505

Completed: June 2008

Scope of Work: This project consisted of the complete Mechanical and Plumbing Piping packages including the insulation, test and balance, and equipment for a roughly 10,000 square foot addition.

The HVAC system consisted of two (2) outdoor packaged units coupled with CVS and CVR VAV boxes. Rand was required to set the two (2) units and VAV's. The piping for this system included a chilled water supply and return, heating hot water supply and return, and condensate drain. Rand also piped the entire pneumatics system for the controls contractor as all actuators were pneumatic. Some of the specialty items that were included in this system included Nortec Steam Manifold Humidifiers and a Culligan Water softener for the humidifiers.

On the process side Rand was responsible for the process compressed air and a pneumatic products desiccant air dryer. This system is what the facility uses to operate their conveying systems and packaging equipment for the pharmaceuticals manufactured. This system is considered a Medical Grade Gas and had to be installed per NFPA 99 with a certified brazer or med certified installer. Rand Construction performed all of this in house.

The Plumbing consisted of a men's and women's locker room, along with multiple lab sinks, emergency eye wash, emergency shower stations, and roof drain piping systems. The requirements for installation of fixtures within a lab are much stricter and the "clean" installation requires more precision and experience. Everything had to be installed in a fashion to where dust or dirt can't accumulate on flat surfaces.

For quite a few of the above systems scheduled tie-ins, hot taps, and elevated pressure requests had to be in place before work could proceed. This took multiple coordination meetings with owner reps, utility companies, and the G.C. to develop MOP's to minimize the disruption of the existing services as the original Building-P was in operation the complete time of the project.

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