Steve Lahti, P.E., LEED AP

Vanderweil provided MEP engineering for this private R&D company’s corporate headquarters expansion that includes the design of two new buildings and an 800-vehicle parking structure at their campus for a total of 300,000 rsf. The two buildings at the Eastview campus include approximately 140,000 sf of office space (as well as conferencing and an auditorium), and 110,000 sf of laboratory space. Vanderweil designed an air-cooled chilled water plant, which serves as a back-up in case the campus… Show more

Vanderweil provided MEP engineering for this private R&D company’s corporate headquarters expansion that includes the design of two new buildings and an 800-vehicle parking structure at their campus for a total of 300,000 rsf. The two buildings at the Eastview campus include approximately 140,000 sf of office space (as well as conferencing and an auditorium), and 110,000 sf of laboratory space. Vanderweil designed an air-cooled chilled water plant, which serves as a back-up in case the campus plant goes offline. The campus plant provides 45°F chilled water to building. Occasionally, the plant can only produce 47°F chilled water. The back-up air-cooled chiller plant has the capability of trimming the 47°F campus chilled water serving the building to 45°F. Electrical tenant improvements were designed including the installation of an emergency distribution system providing back-up power to the entire facility and the back-up air-cooled chiller plant. The emergency distribution system includes two 2,000 kW 480/277 volt paralleled diesel generators, one 1,500kW 480/277 volt diesel generator, and multiple automatic transfer switches supplying life-safety and standby loads. Show less

Provided project management and mechanical engineering for 35,000 sf of research and development laboratory, office, and vivarium. Provided base building infrastructure upgrades including a tenant generator, supplemental boilers, supplemental chiller (and blended controls), and dedicated air handling equipment.

This 180,000 sf new construction building is three stories tall. The building is “L” shaped with one wing consisting of office space. On the first floor of the office wing is a large, tiered lecture room. The other wing has laboratory programming space including a GMP level Large Scale Development Laboratory and Cell Banking. Below the laboratory wing is a lower level housing a glass washer area, miscellaneous laboratory programming and MEP spaces. The building has achieved a LEED® Gold… Show more

This 180,000 sf new construction building is three stories tall. The building is “L” shaped with one wing consisting of office space. On the first floor of the office wing is a large, tiered lecture room. The other wing has laboratory programming space including a GMP level Large Scale Development Laboratory and Cell Banking. Below the laboratory wing is a lower level housing a glass washer area, miscellaneous laboratory programming and MEP spaces. The building has achieved a LEED® Gold rating. Some sustainable design features include: perimeter lighting with dimmable ballasts for light harvesting, and air handling units and ductwork sized for minimal pressure drop - high efficiency ductwork. Show less