Education

George Mason University Krasnow Institute Addition

Fairfax, VA

13,000 sq ft, 3 story addition to the Krasnow Institute building on the main campus of GMU. The addition includes a vivarium on the basement level and laboratory space on the first and second floors. Encon designed and facilitated the construction of the HVAC, mechanical and plumbing building systems serving the addition. The HVAC design included an air system consisting of 3 air handling units, utilizing N+1 redundancy. Multiple exhaust systems were required including redundant exhaust systems for both the vivarium and laboratory fume hood systems. The mechanical design included a new chiller, boiler, clean steam generator and steam to water converter in order to provide the required utilities. The plumbing design included an acid waste system to a neutralization tank serving the laboratories, as well as compressed air and vacuum systems.

Bullis School

Bethesda, Maryland

Founders Hall Classroom Renovations: 15,000-square-foot conversion of school library into classrooms.

North Hall Laboratory: Renovation of existing chemistry laboratory and offices.

Portable Classrooms Fire Alarm System: Fire alarm system upgrade for portable classrooms and interface to existing system.

Georgetown University

Washington, D.C.

ICC: French Department Faculty Offices
ICC: Graduate Department Faculty Offices
ICC: Spanish Department Faculty Offices
ICC: Government Department Faculty Offices
Poulton Hall: Faculty Staff Offices

Renovation and upgrade of approximately 20,000 square feet of existing offices.

ICC: French Department Conference Center: Feasibility study and design for a conference center with special audiovisual systems.

Reiss Science IT Department: Renovation and upgrade of approximately 10,000 square feet of office and lab spaces.

Glenelg Country School

Glenelg, Maryland

Renovation and upgrade of existing classroom and office heating and cooling systems.

Jefferson School

Gaithersburg, Maryland

10,000-square-foot addition including multi-media room, pre-kindergarten and elementary classrooms and associated toilet rooms.

Montgomery County Maryland School System

Design and construction cost budgeting to provide reliable power to the data center. The design involved distribution modifications to the existing UPS and the installation of a new generator.

West Elementary School

Washington, D.C.

Renovation and upgrade of existing heating and cooling system.

Browne High School

Washington, D.C.

Renovation of the heating and cooling system.

Belvedere Elementary School

Fairfax County, VA

Entire School renovation.

Centerville (Green Trails) Elementary School

Fairfax County, VA

New School, ice storage cooling system.

Diamond Elementary School

Montgomery County, Maryland

New School

West Elementary School

Washington D.C.

Renovation of the heating and cooling system.

University of The District of Columbia

Washington, D.C.

UDC Security office – 1800 sq ft renovation of the Lower level of Building 39 on the main campus of UDC. The project required the complete upgrade of the available mechanical, electrical and plumbing system to meet the security needs of the campus. The existing space served as part office and part storage for the UDC staff.

UDC Childcare – 4100 sq ft renovation of the existing childcare center on the main campus of UDC. The project required the meshing of the existing building system with new independent equipment designed to suite the varying needs of an extended hour facility.

UDC Childcare – 15000 sq ft renovation of the service center of bldg 39 on the main campus. This project was an office tenant improvement project. The scope included the complete removal of all HVAC, electrical, plumbing and fire protection within the area of work