NORTH BUILDING:
Features
- Four-story, 182,972-sf office building, interconnected to the South Building by a third-floor
sky bridge that contains a walkway and conference rooms. The North Building has similar
glass panels to the South Building, but is interspersed with thermo terrazzo panels on
concrete block.
- The floor sizes range from 54,866 sf to 61,382 sf.
- Surface parking on three sides of the building.
- The offices are configured with a LifeSPACE (by Haworth) wall system (modular, movable
walls) that allows reconfiguration with minimal construction.
- Furniture is available with the premises:
- Office furniture is manufactured by Geiger; product line is Petri/ECO.
- Workstations are manufactured by Herman Miller; product line is Ethospace.
- Column Spacing: 30’ x 30’
- Window Mullions: 5’
HVAC
- Two York air-cooled chillers ( 247 tons each ) feed chilled water to 10 air handlers in
the North Building. The two chillers and four air handlers were installed in May 2012.
- A York 10-ton RTU AC system serves the café seating area and was installed in May 2012.
- 1O oil-fired Hydrotherm boilers feed heat to the North Building through the VAV boxes.
Life Safety
- The building sprinkler system fire pump was upgraded in 2011 and serves the entire campus.
- A new Notifier Fire System was installed in 2010 for the North Building and all devices
were replaced.
- The systems are maintained by AFA.
Emergency Power Backup
- The North Building can access emergency power via a Mitsubishi 1200 KVA generator,
supplied by a 6,000-gallon diesel tank. There is an emergency electrical hook up
and a diesel-oil connection for an emergency roll-up generator in case of failure.
- The campus data center is dual corded and backed up by a 225 KVA Liebert UPS.
- The North and South Building generators also provide emergency power to the Data Center.
Building Automation System
- The Andover Controls building automation system was upgraded in 2005.
- The building HVAC and lighting controls are operated by an Andover-based BMS system
to reduce energy costs. All floor temperatures are monitored and controlled through the
BMS system.
General Building Systems
- 2 oil-fired hot-water heaters serve the 2nd floor kitchen and were replaced in 2007.
- 1 electric hot-water heater was replaced in 2009 and serves the North Building bathrooms
with supplemental instant hot-water heaters.
Electrical
- There are six electrical closets in the North Building, each supplied with individual split
AC systems.
- The main electrical distribution room is located on the Plaza level.
- There are four telecom rooms located on the 2nd floor, each supplied with individual split
AC systems. The main telecom room is located on the Plaza level.
- All wall washer lights have been updated to 26 watt CFL bulbs from 100 watt halogen.
- All lighting fixtures have been changed from 32-watt to 25-watt fluorescent bulbs.
Elevators
- The four elevators were upgraded to new digital controllers in 2005.
- New cab panels were installed in all elevators.
- Lighting in elevators was upgraded from 20-watt halogen to 3-watt LED bulbs.
The building has a dedicated freight elevator ad loading dock.
SOUTH BUILDING:
Features
- Four-story, 103,904-sf office building, with fixed pane smoked, thermal glass panels.
- The building and garage were constructed in 1999.
- The building overlooks a pond and is interconnected by a sky bridge to a three-story
180,488-sf office building in the same architectural style
- The floor sizes range from 23,180 sf to 29,257 sf.
- Column spacing is 30’ x 30’.
- Window mullions are 5’.
- A four-level parking garage is adjacent to the building.
- The offices are configured with a LifeSPACE (by Haworth) wall system (modular, movable
walls) that allows reconfiguration with minimal construction
- Furniture is available with the premises:
- Office furniture is manufactured by Geiger; product line is Petri/ECO.
- Workstations are manufactured by Herman Miller; product line is Ethospace.
Data Center
- 1,400-sf Data Center on 18” raised floor (security card access) with telecommunications rack
that provides fiber uplinks for LAN/WAN connectivity. This room has 250-amp service with
38 open breakers and an FM 200 gaseous fire-protection system.
- Data Center is backed up by a 225 KVA Liebert UPS and has emergency power from the
South Building generator.
HVAC
- Two Carrier air-cooled chillers (206 nominal tons each) feed chilled water to 5 main air
handlers serving all common areas of the building supplied by 2 primary and 2 secondary
chilled water pumps that operate on variable frequency drives for energy efficiency.
- All HVAC and lighting controls are operated by an Andover-based BMS system to reduce
energy costs. All floor temperatures are monitored and controlled through the BMS system.
- 9 package boilers operate on #2 fuel oil to supply heating to the fan-powered VAV boxes and
air handlers.
- 2 new Buderus dual fuel boilers (oil & gas) feed the primary and secondary heating loop to
supply heating to all fan-powered VAV boxes and 5 air handlers through new pumps
controlled by variable frequency drives to reduce energy costs.
- 4 new stand-alone PVI Turbo-powered domestic hot-water heaters – 2 oil fired and 2 gas fired
for redundancy feed hot water to all bathroom sinks, fitness center showers, slop sinks, and
laundry room.
- The AC for all electrical and telecom rooms are supplied by the house chilled-water plant and
are only 2 years old.
Life Safety
- The South Building has an Edwards Fire system installed in 1999.
- The building sprinkler system fire pump was upgraded 2 years ago and serves the entire
campus. It is located on the Plaza level of the North Building.
Emergency Power Backup
- The entire South Building is supplied with emergency power via a Mitsubishi 1250 KVA
generator located in the 1st floor parking garage. It is supplied by a 2,500-gallon diesel tank.
There is an emergency electrical hook up and a diesel oil connection in place for a another
emergency generator in case of failure.
- The South Building is also backed up by a 225 KVA Liebert UPS system with new batteries.
Building Automation
- The building HVAC and lighting controls are operated by an Andover-based BMS system
to reduce energy cost. All floor temperatures are monitored and controlled through the
BMS system.
General Building Systems
- There is one Telecom room located on the 2nd floor serving the entire building.
- All bathrooms have new electronic flushometers installed and the sink faucets are
6 months old.
- All wall washer lights have been updated to 26-watt CFL bulbs from 100-watt halogen
- All F32 T8 Light bulbs are being replaced with 25-watt lights when needed.
Electrical
- There are two electrical rooms serving each floor, one for the north end and one for the
south end.
Elevators
- The building has two passenger elevators and one dedicated freight elevator, plus a
loading dock.
- Elevator lighting upgraded to 3-watt LED bulbs from 20-watt halogen.
- New elevator cab panels were recently installed.
CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE:
- Redundant feeds from two separate central offices: Armonk and White Plains.
- Verizon SONET Ring (OC12 capacity) provides physical redundancy for all digital circuits
and a readily available facility for provisioning new telecommunications lines for data
and voice.
- Internet access to 1GB (upgradeable to 10GB) via LightPath connectivity.
- In-building cellular amplification system provides signal boost for T-Mobile and AT&T.
- Wi-Fi throughout the campus provides readily available public internet access.
- There are security cameras at all points of entry as well as throughout the campus.
The Water Treatment Plant capital project was completed in 2009. The plant provides better quality water for consumption and cooking and makes the complex operate more efficiently with a reduction in expenses. In addition to the chlorination of the water, the following equipment has
been added to the plant:
- The plant was expanded with 2 additional wells for a total of 5 wells in the system.
- (3) 23,000-gallon water storage tanks that can sustain the facility for approximately 6 days
in the event of an emergency.
- Water softening system.
- .5 & .1 micron filters to remove the smallest of mineral deposits.
- Ultraviolet disinfection system to kill all bacteria in water.
- Hardness meter to determine how much water softening is required.
- PH meters to test the acidity and treat before delivery for consumption.
- UPS system to allow the plant to run while Utility power is down.
- The buildings are constructed of steel structural frame with reinforced concrete floor slabs
on metal decking.
- Zoning: DOB – 20A (Designed Office Business District)