Generating a Reliable Backup Plan

PROJECT NAME
žž Project Bishop 1 & 2
Generator Retrofit

PROJECT LOCATION
žž Catawaba County, North Carolina

PROJECT TEAM
žž Owner: Confidential Customer
žž General Contractor: Turner
Construction Company
žž Subcontractor: McKenney’s, Inc.

SPECIALIZATIONS
Design/Assist

MARKETS
žž Mission Critical

T
he McKenney’s team installed including enclosure lifts and piping replace- THE RESULTS
new scrubbers for generators at ments to minimize downtime. In order to quickly get the emission output
a massive data center campus. under EPA levels, the McKenney’s team
THE SOLUTION worked with the customer to condense the
THE CHALLENGE The team, including two pipefitting foremen construction schedule from 11 to seven
To comply with new emission standards, a with extensive rigging and welding experience, months—saving the customer considerable
technology giant needed to replace scrubbers devised an assembly line style plan to pick up labor costs. All through the project, the team
for its emergency backup generators at one and move each generator enclosure to expedite was able to keep the backup generators oper-
of its data center complexes. The facility had new scrubbers, piping and installation work. The ational and allow the facility’s maintenance
only N+1 redundancy, so the McKenney’s plan involved heavy rigging and coordination staff access—giving them the ability to
team had to finish the installations quickly— between the foremen and the crane contractor. address day to day issues.
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