MILITARY PROJECTS

1.      Munitions and ordinance facilities:  SEI is the AE of Record and Gerald Spencer is the MEP Engineer of Record (EOR) for several projects related to Munitions and other ordinance manufacturing at the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant at Texarkana, Texas, and at the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant at Karnack, Texa as follows:

1.1.            REPAIR ELECTRICAL - MUNITIONS STORAGE BUILDINGS Project No. MPYJ-93-1623 - 2002 - Replaced Electrical service and power in 108 munitions storage buildings at Lackland AFB, Medina Annex, Texas

1.2.            ACID STORAGE BUILDING - RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT - 1983 - $450,000 - This project involved a new warehouse for the storage and handling of all types of acids.  We were consultants to Dunaway and Jones Architects.

1.3.            BUILDING 1174 ADDITION - RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT - 1983 - $450,000 - This project involved a new building for the electronic testing of military missiles.  The test area of the building was constructed to be completely Radio Frequency Shielded.  We were consultants to Dunaway and Jones Architects.

1.4.            Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant - Base wide Fire Alarm System - 1986 - $400,000

1.5.            CAMP BULLIS, TX - armory & STORAGE facILITY - 1995 - $378,000 - U S ARMY - CESWF - ROAMER (817) 3301 - NEW BUILDING

1.6.            LONGHORN ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT - Karnack, TX - 1994 - $105,655 - U S ARMY - CESWF - SHANKE (817) 2374 - ADD COVERED STOrage for EPA COMPLiance

2.      BARRACKS DESIGN:  SEI is the AE of Record and Gerald Spencer is the MEP Engineer of Record for military barracks renovation design for the following projects:

2.1.        U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - modernization of ueph buildings 128 & 129, at wsmr  new mexico - $5,750,000 - SEI designed a modification to convert barracks buildings 128 & 129 to Dormitory Type occupancy for Morale Improvement. This design completely gutted the two existing open bay squad room buildings and remodeled them into new semi-private dormitory rooms for un-accompanied enlisted personnel housing. Remodeling projects are generally much more difficult to design than new construction of the same dollar value.
The Corps of Engineers discovered concrete floor slab hairline cracking in the building 128 after the mastic adhered ceiling tiles were removed from the bottom of floor slabs, and the mastic adhered floor tiles were removed. John Elam, P.E. conducted and documented field load testing in accordance with the UBC procedures. This test verified that the existing structure had the load carrying capacity required for the proposed occupancy. Mr. John Elam designed solid masonry in-fill shear walls to reinforce the existing structure to meet the seismic force resistances required. Mr. Elam then verified that the existing structure was adequate to resist the seismic forces after seismic resistance modifications were installed.
SEI also designed new HVAC system to provide individual room temperature control for each dormitory room.

2.2.    U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - IMPROVEMENTS TO 3-STORY DORMITORY #2791 FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS - Replaced damaged finishes, upgrade of interior electrical, revised doors, hardware and partitions to comply with NFPA 101.

2.3.          U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - AIR CONDITION 14 EXISTING COMPANY SIZE BARRACKS - $4,127,000 - FT. HOOD, TEXAS  Provided 1800 ton central chilled water plant with underground chilled water distribution system as required to serve 14 existing barracks buildings.  Provided air handling equipment in each building to serve the occupied space.  Installed EMCS system to control central plant.  Designed 12KV electrical primary distribution system and sub-station to serve the central plant.

2.4.        U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - AIR CONDITION 3 EXISTING BOQ BUILDINGS FT. HOOD, TEXAS - Provided 400 ton central chilled water plant with underground chilled water distribution system as required to serve 3 existing BOQ buildings.  Provided air handling equipment in each building to serve the occupied space.  Designed 12KV electrical primary distribution system and sub-station to serve the central plant.

2.5.       U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - AIR CONDITION EXISTING ENLISTED WOMEN'S QUARTERS - SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS - Provided 150 ton central chilled water plant with underground chilled water distribution system as required to serve the existing EW quarters building.  Provided air handling equipment in building to serve the occupied space.  Designed 12KV electrical primary distribution system and sub-station to serve the central plant.

2.6.          U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - BARRACKS MODERNIZATION BUILDINGS 147, 149 & 250 FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS - Replaced open bay squad rooms with 1 to 3 person rooms for privacy, new and remodeled latrines, dining rooms.

2.7.       U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - BACHELOR OFFICERS QUARTERS - FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS - 5-story building with reinforced poured-in-place concrete frame and floors with space for 200 bachelor officers.

3.     Military Family HOUSING DESIGN:  SEI is the AE of record for 6547 new military family housing units.  We are also the AE of record for the remodeling of 4697 military family housing units.  We are the AE of record for energy conservation (ECIP) modifications to 17,254 existing military family housing units.  We have extensive military family housing design experience.  We have designed projects to comply with the U S Army Family Housing Planning guide “WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.  We strive to create an environment that is conducive to improvement of the morale of the military service personnel and dependents to the point that they will want to stay in the service instead of leaving the service for civilian employment.  Dependents have a great influence upon the Military Service Personnel decisions to stay in or to leave the military service.  We believe that an environment that resembles a civilian neighborhood as closely as possible is the environment that the majority of Military personnel and dependents prefer.  There is economic benefit to the government by reducing the training costs associated with high personnel turnover.  This is especially true for personnel with the expensive Military Occupational Specialty training. 

Fort Bliss, Texas - New Military Family Housing - 105 Units - U. S. Army Corps of Engineers - Fort Worth, Texas - July 1998. - SEI prepared plans for asbestos, lead paint, chlorodane and other hazardous materials removal plus demolition of existing housing & other wood framed structures to clear the existing government property as required for land re-development to include 105 new military family housing units. SDJ&S prepared a comprehensive RFP document for contractor design-build proposals, and evaluated contractor proposals. Hazardousmaterials removal and mitigation was a separate $450,000 contract, which brought the total construction costs to slightly over $10M. This project is a Military Military Housing Project constructed to seismic zone 1 requirements.

4.  GROCERY STORE AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION:  Refrigeration systems used in food retailing today are changing to meet the requirements for energy efficiency and environmental concerns.  New installations are using new HFC refrigerant blends to replace the older CFC refrigerants -- R- 12 (medium temperature) and R-502(low temperature).  New medium temperature systems are using R-134a, and low temperature systems are using blends of two or more of the following: R-134a, R-125, R143a, and R-32.  The recommended blends available for low temperature at this time include three ternary blends and one binary blend -- R-407A, R-47013, R-507, and R-404A.  A compromise is to use R-22 for all temperatures, understanding that R-22 will be banned in 10 years.  R-22 would not be recommended for new, but where it is already existing in a good system, it should be considered as a part of a phase out program.

4.1.            Because the condensing temperatures of these new blends are typically higher than that of the older R-502 for air cooled systems, design pressures of system components and vessels has to be rated for 4OO psig in lieu of the 350 psig of R-502 systems.  For this reason, water cooled condensing becomes more economically feasible.  This opens up opportunities to integrate a common condensing water loop for air conditioning and refrigeration.  If the heat pump technology is used on the air conditioning, there are tremendous opportunities for complementary performance when the systems are linked in this manner.  This is an emerging concept that has great potential.

4.2.            For conversions of existing systems, the solutions are not easy.  There is no simple inexpensive process that will convert existing CFC and HCFC to the long-term alternatives.  Oil selection alone is a big problem, pipe sizing often is inadequate.  The number of system types, the ages of equipment, operating efficiency, and installation quality all vary.

4.3.            Air conditioning in a food retailing environment is critical.  It is imperative that humidity be controlled.  Without direct humidity control, refrigeration systems will cool the store, causing the air conditioning back off, causing humidity to zoom out of control.  For every IO% rise in relative humidity within the store, the load on cases increases 5 0%.  Additionally, coil frosting increases significantly, requiring defrost cycles, which are devastating to energy costs.

4.4.            To solve the humidity problem, there are several solutions'.

4.5.            Use standard vapor compression systems with reheat.  Reheat may be gas, electric, or refrigeration reclaim.  This will work in dry climates.

4.6.         Use specialized vapor compression equipment with high latent coils, by-pass air arrangements, and reheat.  Reheat may be gas, electric, or refrigeration reclaim.  These systems are the majority of that employed in quality installations in humid climates.

4.7.         Desiccant dehumidification combined with vapor compression cooling.  These systems provide desiccant dehumidified air into cold isles and around cases.  These systems do an excellent job and are energy efficient, but there is a high first cost.

4.8.          Water cooled heat pumps.  May use a common condenser water loop with refrigeration systems.  Cooling, outside air pre-treating, and reheat, are all independently controlled and use the condenser water loop.

4.9.          The following is a list of refrigeration projects where SEI was the Refrigeration System EOR.

4.9.1.          U S Army - Fort Polk - Bldg 4366 Central Cold Storage Facility - Replace All Refrigeration Systems 350 tons - Miscellaneous Repairs - $1,796,000

4.9.2.          Fort Hood, Texas - Three Post Exchange Buildings with Refrigerated Vegetable Storage, Dairy Product Storage, and Frozen Food Freezer.

4.9.3.           Lackland AFB - Enlisted Men's Dining Facility - Refrigerated Vegetable Storage, Dairy Product Storage, and Frozen Food Freezer.

5.      MILITARY EDUCATIONAL facility DESIGN:  SEI is the AE of Record and Gerald Spencer is the MEP Engineer of Record for educational facilities as follows:

5.1.           U S AIR FORCE INTEGRATED INTELLEGENCE FACILITY - 2001 - LACKLAND AFB, TEXAS - 10,000 SF teaching/training facility.  1500 SF Secure (SCIF) Data Processing Facility.

5.2.            U S NAVY ASRAM TRAINING CENTER - 1997 - CORPUS CHRISTI NAVAL AIR STATION, TEXAS - 27,000 SF teaching/training facility.  SDJ&S was consultant to Brown & Root, Inc. for MEP design. 

5.3.            U S NAVY FLEET MINE WARFARE CENTER - 1996 - INGLESIDE NAVAL STATION, TEXAS - 87,000 SF teaching/training facility.  SDJ&S was consultant to Brown & Root, Inc. for MEP design.  6,500 SF secure Data Processing Facility.

5.4.         MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING AND CLASSROOM FACILITY - KELLY AFB, TEXAS - 1985 - Designed HVAC, Electrical and Plumbing to serve the facility.  Installed EMCS system to control central plant.  Designed 12KV electrical primary distribution system and sub-station to serve the facility.

5.5.         U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - 10 BRANCH HEADQUARTERS AND CLASSROOM BUILDINGS - FT. HOOD, TEXAS - 1968 -  1 Story, steel framed, masonry exterior walls, ventilated and drained crawl space, steel stud GWB partitions, air conditioning.

5.6.          U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - KING ABDULAZIZ MILITARY ACADEMY - AUDITORIUM - 1981 -  MEP Consultant

5.7.       U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - KING ABDULAZIZ MILITARY ACADEMY - 1981 - AGRONOMY BUILDING - MEP Consultant

5.8.            SAUDI ARABIA - GIRLS COLLEGE AT JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - 1982 -  MEP Consultant

5.9.         GYMNASIUM BUILDINGS FORT HOOD, TEXAS 1971 - 1-story, folding grandstand seats, practice courts, handball courts, steel framed, masonry exterior walls, zoned air-conditioning.

6.      RELIGIOUS FACILITY DESIGN:  SEI is the AE of Record and Gerald Spencer is the MEP Engineer of Record for for the following projects: 

      6.1      ADAHL CHAPEL ADDITION - 1995 - $750,000 - Kelly AFB, Texas - One Story Classroom Addition

7.      warehouse design:  SEI is the AE of Record and Gerald Spencer is the MEP Engineer of Record for warehouses as follows:

7.1.            U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - ACID STORAGE BUILDING RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT TEXARKANA, TEXAS - Ventilated building with acid resisting floors, drainage trenches, grates, exterior spill storage, fork-lift floor load.

7.2.            U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - ADMINISTRATION AND STORAGE BUILDINGS FORT HOOD, TEXAS - 1-story, steel framed, load bearing masonry exterior walls, ventilated and drained crawl space, steel stud GWB partitions, zoned air conditioning.

7.3.            BUILDING 1172 REMODELING - RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT - 1983 - $450,000 - This project involved a new facility for the storage and testing of all types of military missiles.

8.      ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION & SUBSTATIONS:  SEI is the AE of Record and Gerald Spencer, P.E. is the MEP EOR for the construction, expansion, and/or modification of interior primary electrical distribution voltage systems construction and exterior primary electrical distribution voltage systems for more than 100 projects on military bases and NASA facilities.  Gerald Spencer, PE has designed modifications to the electrical overhead and underground 12.5 KV and/or 13.8 KV primary site distribution systems at NASA-JSC, Ft. Hood, Ft. Polk, Kelly AFB, Lackland AFB, Ft. Bliss, Red River Army Depot and Ft. Sam Houston.  Gerald Spencer, PE is the EOR for 29KV primary (35KV class) site distribution systems at the NASA White Sands Test Facility.  These infrastructure utility systems included pole mounted substations, pad mounted substations, street lighting, traffic control, telecomm data transmission media distribution, CATV cable distribution, and building control system data transmission media distribution. 

9.      WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS:  SEI is the AE of Record and Gerald Spencer, P.E. is the MEP EOR for the following new wastewater treatment plants and modifications to the existing U. S. Army, South Ft. Polk wastewater sewage treatment plant modification, 1993.

10.  AVIATION PROJECTS:  SEI is the AE of Record and Gerald Spencer, P.E. is the MEP EOR for the following Aviation related Projects:

1.      2001 - Bush Intercontinental Airport - Revise Electrical Distribution and Potable Water Distribution Utilities at JFK Blvd.

2.      2000 - Ellington FIELD - Study to modify control tower cab and radio room HVAC.

3.      1999 - ELLINGTON FIELD - Modify (study and correct) airfield taxiway and information sign lighting distribution & Controls.

4.      1999 - ELLINGTON FIELD - Replace Water Chilling Machines Building 510.

5.      1997 - CCNAS - Remodel Hanger 12 - MEP only.

6.      1998 - CCNAS - ASRAM Trainer. - MEP only. 

7.      1997 - Kingsville NAS - New Control Tower located adjacent to existing control tower.  Remodeled Tracon and Radio rooms. - MEP only.

8.    1995 Ellington - Aircraft wash rack to comply with EPA regulations - $101,000.00 - This project designed a system to separate the rainwater and the aircraft wash waste water from the common area of the ramp that is used for aircraft washing.

9.      ELLINGTON - AIRCRAFT TAXIWAY REPAIRS - $500,000 - for NASA-JSC

10. NASA-JSC - BLDG 9 - spacecraft parts plating shop modifications for EPA   REGULATIONS COMPLIANCE- $180,000

11.  ELLINGTON - REPAIR FLIGHT OPERATIONS hanger remodel building 135 - $325,000 - for NASA-JSC

12.  NASA-JSC - BLDG 17 - CENTRAL AVIONICS / SOFTWARE FACILITY - $1,100,000

13.  1971 - DFW AIRPORT - REGIONAL AIRPORT FAA-TRACON FACILITY - DALLAS/FT. WORTH - $5,500,000.00 - This project is the Control Tower and Air Route Traffic Control Center for the DFW Airport.  This Project included sophisticated security, Fire Alarm, Fire Suppression, closed circuit TV, and monitoring systems.  This Project included sophisticated Air Conditioning for the computer systems. - MEP only.