Provide Redundant Air Handling Units (AHU)

provide redundant Air Handling Units (AHU)

To this project San Diego Project Management, PSC will provide electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, and architectural disciplines for the D/B Design-Build Project to provide redundant Air Handling Units (AHU) with the capability of providing negative pressure to the South Bed Tower building. This redundant equipment will support the existing system in case of failure or required shut down for maintenance. Currently, there are multiple patient care areas where there is only one piece of equipment capable of providing conditioned air (including but not limited to Urology, Cardio Cat, Interventional Radiology, SICU, All Floors of SBT, etc.). These areas are exposed to this single point of vulnerability issue, whereas if the equipment fails, the site will come out of its required parameters. Also, this equipment must operate 24hr/7days which makes it extremely difficult to coordinate shutdowns to perform their required maintenance, which in turn shortens the life of the equipment and increase the maintenance cost associated with the kit. Additionally, with the new functionality, the wards will be converted to negative pressure in a pandemic.