Projects
East Side Access, MTA Capital Construction
The East Side Access (ESA) project is one of the largest transportation infrastructure projects currently underway in the United States, and the construction cost is expected to be approximately $12 billion. The ESA project will provide Long Island Rail Road service to the east side of Manhattan, via a new 8-track terminal and concourse below Grand Central Terminal.
ELECSYS staff are presently serving the ESA project as the overall Systems Manager, as well the Package Manager of the CS179 Systems Contract. The ESA project is considered the largest “systems” project in the country, and ELECSYS staff are playing the most vital role on such an acclaimed project by managing all systems work.
Responsibilities include overall technical delivery, as well as management of scope and budget for construction phase services of the systems contracts. In addition to serving in these very significant management roles, ELECSYS staff are also serving as the technical engineering leads for all medium voltage, generator, SCADA and systems integration applications on the ESA project.
Croton Water Treatment Plant, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
The Croton Water Treatment Plant is the first clean water treatment plant built by the NYC DEP. The project is the largest NYC DEP project in the last twenty years and is a 290 MGD underground water filtration plant, capable of handling up to 10% of New York City’s drinking water demand.
ELECSYS staff formerly served as the lead electrical engineer with overall responsibility for design and construction phase services, including field coordination with other disciplines, design build implementation of change orders and contract work without lengthy submittal process, startup and commissioning assistance with all major electrical equipment, including medium-voltage variable-frequency drives up to 2,500 hp, main substation with four 15-kV Con Edison feeders, four 7.5/11 MVA cast-coil transformers, 5-kV distribution switchgear, emergency generators, as well as interface with a plant-wide control and monitoring system. Work included coordination and design input for all auxiliary systems, including fire alarm, paging, data/VOIP, security, DCS, process instrumentation and in-building radio. The electrical contracts under management of ELECSYS staff were valued at over $200 million.
Amtrak Life Safety On-Call Services, Amtrak
ELECSYS staff formerly served as lead electrical engineer responsible for modeling entire electrical distribution system in power system analysis software, and providing protective device settings as part of project to replace all 15kV switchgear protective relays in Amtrak’s New York Penn Station PPDS Substation. In addition, ELECSYS staff was previously responsible for providing fan motor starting analysis and fan protective device settings at various Amtrak ventilation facilities in NY and NJ for tunnel emergency ventilation fans.
Watervliet Arsenal Substation Replacement, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ELECSYS staff formerly served as the lead electrical engineer for replacement design of 13.2kV sectionalizing and feeder station switchgear that is part of facility’s ring bus configuration, as well as ungrounded 480V and 2.4kV substations. Design services included preparation of drawings and specifications, field evaluations, construction cost estimates, and feasibility reports.
Southeast WPCP Photovoltaic Energy Generation System, Philadelphia Water Department
ELECSYS staff formerly served as electrical engineer responsible for preparing design drawings and specifications for bid for a new 250kW solar photovoltaic energy generation system that included ground-mounted PV modules installed in an area of approximately 60,000 square feet, combiner boxes, grid-tie inverter, monitoring system and electrical connection to plant’s existing electrical distribution system. ELECSYS staff was also responsible for providing design services during construction.
Jamaica WPCP, Phase 1 and 2 Improvements, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
ELECSYS staff formerly served as the lead electrical engineer responsible for supervising a team of five electrical engineers and providing electrical design services during construction for the 100 MGD water pollution control plant. The project involved the complete replacement of the electrical power distribution system, including four 26.4kV Con Edison service feeders, as well as power transformers, switchgear, reactors, secondary unit substations, variable frequency drives, distributed control system, motor control centers and other miscellaneous electrical distribution equipment and controls. ELECSYS staff was also responsible for reviewing shop drawings, preparing construction change orders, and responding to design-related field questions from contractors and the construction manager. Construction cost of overall project is approximately $350 million.
Effluent & Wet Weather Pumping Stations, Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission
ELECSYS staff formerly served as the lead electrical and I&C engineer responsible for preparing bid drawings and specifications for electrical upgrades of the effluent and wet weather pumping stations. The design included replacement of liquid rheostat speed controllers and resistor bank drives with new 5kV variable frequency drives for four 3,000 hp effluent pumps and one 2,500 hp wet weather pump, replacement of 5kV synchronous motor controllers for two 1,250 hp wet weather pumps, replacement of resistor bank drives with new 480V, 18-pulse variable frequency drives for three non-potable water pumps, and replacement of miscellaneous distribution equipment including secondary unit substations, medium and low voltage switchgear and motor control centers, and instrumentation and controls systems. Role on project also included serving as lead electrical and instrumentation & controls engineer, providing design services during construction. Construction cost of project is approximately $20 million.
McMillan Water Treatment Plant Filter Valve Upgrade, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ELECSYS staff formerly served as lead electrical engineer responsible for preparing bid ready drawings and specifications for the filter and valve upgrade at the McMillan Water Treatment Plant including upgrades to feeders, valve controls and lighting.
McMillan/Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plants Security System Upgrades, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ELECSYS staff formerly served as lead engineer responsible for preparing bid ready drawings and specifications for security system upgrade at the McMillan Water Treatment Plant, Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant and several remote pump stations. Security system upgrades included updated access control system and CCTV.