Gilbane Building Co.

Architect:

Harvard Jolly Architecture

Scope Of Work

Gilbane Building Company served as construction manager at risk on a highly intricate central energy plant for St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida.  The project required a complete upgrade to the electrical distribution system for the 2.4 million square-foot 1000-bed hospital.  The project started with two new separate electrical feeds from the public utility company and ended with the tie-in of the new distribution system to 12 existing fully operation buildings on the campus. The project team installed over 20 miles of underground conduit in order to tie the new plant back to the existing hospital.  Excavations to a depth of 15 feet required the installation of 11 layers of new medium voltage and cabling during a heavy tropical rain season.

Gilbane expertly handled the relocation of the existing heliport, managed the construction and coordination of six, two-megawatt generators along with associated switchgear, automatic transfer switches, fuel oil piping and tanks, complete SCADA communication system and total integration and upgrades of the Johnson Control automation system building.

Constant communication was the key factor in initializing various phases of underground connections to safeguard patients, doctors, administration, faculty and emergency traffic flow against any disruption. The MEP Engineer for this project was Carastro & Associates, Inc.

Type of construction: New, Renovation

Delivery method: CM at Risk

Professional Services:

Construction Management

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Preconstruction

Lean practices

Design-Assist

Fast-track construction

Minimal Disruption while operating