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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)