CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT EXPANSION
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas
The Central Utility Plant for the campus of Texas A&M University Corpus Christi was expanded to eventually provide 3,000 additional tons of cooling capacity, bringing the total capacity to 7,500 tons. This project brings 1,500 tons online now and makes spacial and infrastructure provisions for the remaining 1,500 tons to be installed at a future date. The completed plant design comprises six centrifugal chillers, one million gallons of chilled water storage, four heating boilers and six field-erected, cooling-tower cells.
The architectural expansion comprises new exterior masonry walls with 12" CMU backup walls. Coursings modules, opening sizes and cast stone caps match and complement existing conditions.
The project was designed architecturally, structurally and mechanically with Autodesk® Revit software. Cleary Zimmermann was responsible for a fully-coordinated team of architects, structural and civil engineers, security and cost consultants.
