Sprint/Nextel 4G Lab, Herndon, VA
Sprint undertook this project to create a facility to test and evaluate equipment for the deployment of their 4G wireless network.
The project included 17,000 square foot renovation comprised of electronics lab, DC power plant, RF testing chambers and UPS room. Design challenges included: a compressed schedule requiring use of existing on-site UPS and generator facilities for the Phase 1 deployment and integrating the existing facilities into a long range plan, pre-purchase of long-lead equipment, and low ceiling heights in the lower level.
Design features include:
• New 3000-amp, 277/480-volt electric service
• 2000 kW standby generator
• 500 kVA uninterruptible power supply
• Dual-bus power distribution
• 10,000-amp DC power plant
• 200-ton air conditioning system in N+1 configuration
• Integrated Building Automation system
• High Sensitivity Smoke detection
• Pre-action sprinkler system
• FM 200 gaseous fire suppression system
• Technical grounding system
• Erickson Retirement New Broadcast Facility
• Sprint Herndon 4G Lab
• Nextel Brazil MSO II review
• Verizon Dulles Building addition
• Nextel Design Standards
• Verizon Rockville Bldg Addition
• Nextel Hanover UPS installation
• Nextel Peru MSO1 Upgrade Feasibility Study
• Nextel UPS Installation Standard
• Nextel-Nashville, TN Site Expansion
• Sprint Beltsville Switch Room Expansion
• Sprint Sterling Lab ACU Replacement
• Verizon 730 12th street Cooling Tower
• Sprint Sterling Lab Expansion
• Sprint Teterboro Control Room Relocation
• Verizon 722 12th Building Sale
• Verizon Building Additions/Upgrades
• Verizon Cameron Switchboard Replacement
• Verizon Chesapeake Pod C - Cal III Consolid
• Verizon Crystal City Building addition
• Verizon Fairfax Building Addition
• Verizon Fairfax Generator
• Verizon Germantown Bldg Addition
• Verizon Hyattsville Power Upgrade
• Verizon Poolesville Bldg Addition
• Verizon Sterling Park Building Addition
• Verizon Woodley 1st Floor Switchboard
• Verizon Woodley Chiller Plant Upgrade
• Sprint Hanover Generator and service study
• Sprint Hanover Generator Load Balance
• Sprint Silver Spring Generator Load Balance
• Sprint Herndon 4G Lab
• Nextel Brazil MSO II review
• Verizon Dulles Building addition
• Nextel Design Standards
• Verizon Rockville Bldg Addition
• Nextel Hanover UPS installation
• Nextel Peru MSO1 Upgrade Feasibility Study
• Nextel UPS Installation Standard
• Nextel-Nashville, TN Site Expansion
• Sprint Beltsville Switch Room Expansion
• Sprint Sterling Lab ACU Replacement
• Verizon 730 12th street Cooling Tower
• Sprint Sterling Lab Expansion
• Sprint Teterboro Control Room Relocation
• Verizon 722 12th Building Sale
• Verizon Building Additions/Upgrades
• Verizon Cameron Switchboard Replacement
• Verizon Chesapeake Pod C - Cal III Consolid
• Verizon Crystal City Building addition
• Verizon Fairfax Building Addition
• Verizon Fairfax Generator
• Verizon Germantown Bldg Addition
• Verizon Hyattsville Power Upgrade
• Verizon Poolesville Bldg Addition
• Verizon Sterling Park Building Addition
• Verizon Woodley 1st Floor Switchboard
• Verizon Woodley Chiller Plant Upgrade
• Sprint Hanover Generator and service study
• Sprint Hanover Generator Load Balance
• Sprint Silver Spring Generator Load Balance