Sun Prairie West High School Solar

SOLAR PORTFOLIO

Sun Prairie West High School Solar

Sun Prairie, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Sun Prairie, WI

CLIENT

Sun Prairie School District

ARCHITECT

N/A

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$350,309

SIZE (MW DC)

N/A

The state of the art Sun Prairie West High School is truly a building of the future with a ballasted roof solar array. The racking system requires no mechanical attachments to the roof, which means minimal roof penetrations. 712 Heliene 400 watt solar modules cover two roof areas. Three SolarEdge inverters, located in the electrical room, feed solar generated energy directly into the schools electrical system.

Baraboo High School Solar

SOLAR PORTFOLIO

Baraboo high School Solar

Baraboo, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Baraboo, WI

CLIENT

Baraboo School District

ARCHITECT

N/A

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$294,545

SIZE (MW DC)

140

A 140 kW ballasted solar array was completed at Baraboo High School in 2022. The solar array offsets electrical usage by the high school and provides real-time production information that shows students the value of renewable energy.

Madison West High School Solar

SOLAR PORTFOLIO

Madison West High School Solar

Madison, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Madison, WI

CLIENT

Madison Metropolitan School District

ARCHITECT

N/A

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$179,059

KW SIZE

124. 32

Madison West removed two older systems – a solar electric and a solar hot water system – to make room for a new 124 kW ballasted solar array. Conduit installation was tricky and required routing through several maintenance closets to the electrical room.

Dane County Operations Center Solar

SOLAR PORTFOLIO

Dane County Operations Center Solar

Madison, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Madison, WI

CLIENT

Dane County

ARCHITECT

N/A

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$70,944

Size (MW DC)

N/A

Dane County Operations uses solar power to supply maintenance and materials for Dane County lakes and parks. 98 solar panels are attached to the garage roof. Three SolarEdge 14.4 kW, 208 volt interters are mounted on a custom uni-strut rack built near the electrical switchgear. Westphal was selected as the installation contractor through an RFP process.

Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center Solar

SOLAR PORTFOLIO

Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center Solar

Windsor, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Windsor, WI

CLIENT

Dane County

ARCHITECT

N/A

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$59,861

Size (MW DC)

N/A

84 Solar modules are attached to the standing seam roof of the Law Enforcement Training Center. Ironridge flush-mounted racking using S5! Standing seam attachment clips eliminate the need for any roof penetrations. Three SolarEdge HD Wave inverters convert solar generated DC electricity to usable AC power.

Jack Young Middle School Solar

SOLAR PORTFOLIO

Jack Young Middle School Solar

Baraboo, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Baraboo, WI

CLIENT

Baraboo School District

ARCHITECT

N/A

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$216,175

Size (MW DC)

N/A

Westphal installed a ballasted roof array on the roof of Jack Young Middle School. 312 solar modules are supported by an Ecolibrium Ecofoot racking system. 3 SolarEdge 40 kW inverters are installed on a north-facing wall on the roof.

Monona Grove High School Solar

Monona grove solar project

SOLAR PORTFOLIO

Monona Grove High School Solar

Monona, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Monona, WI

CLIENT

McKinstry Essention/Monona Grove School District

ARCHITECT

Westphal Design/Build

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$420,800

Size (MW DC)

676 kW

1,410 solar modules are installed on 6 different roof areas. Unirac ballasted racking supports the 480 watt modules. Slipsheets placed beneath each ballast tray protect the roof from abrasion. Rigid metal conduit delivers DC power to the nine Solectria 60 kW inverters and from the inverters to the school’s electrical service. The Monona Grove installation is the largest system installed on a K-12 public school in Wisconsin.

WPL North Rock Solar

North Rock Solar

SOLAR PORTFOLIO

WPL North Rock Solar

Edgerton, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Edgerton, WI

CLIENT

Burns & McDonnell

ARCHITECT

Burns & McDonnell

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$4.55M

Size (MW DC)

65 MW DC

This 65 MW solar farm was built over 473 acres as a part of Alliant Energy’s clean energy blueprint near Edgerton, WI. The project featured bifacial panels, a single-axis tracker system, and central inverters.

Our scope of work included the installation of all electrical components and cabling, along with testing and commissioning of the site.

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

BIOSCIENCE PORTFOLIO

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

Verona, Wisconsin

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Verona, WI

CLIENT

Vogel Brothers Building Co

ARCHITECT

EUA/DPS

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$31M

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals specializes in genetic treatment of diseases. They develop medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them.

Their new 13-acre  Verona campus will consist of two buildings: building 1A which is 142,000 square feet of half laboratory space and half office space, and building 1B which is 146,000 square feet of a cGMP laboratory. Westphal & Company was selected due to our past work with Arrowhead facilities and other pharmaceutical cGMP facilities, both laboratory and manufacturing. 

The Arrowhead campus in Verona is a greenfield site. Westphal was tasked with providing a campus-wide medium voltage distribution system and full campus power backup via (2) 2.5MW and (1) 2MW generators. Westphal will also be a design-build partner on Building 1A responsible for the design of normal and life safety branch power, lighting, lighting control, site and parking lot lighting for the entire campus, and fire alarm system including a smoke evacuation system.

Site Utility Electric Distribution Renovation and Replacement

Government

Site Utility

Electric Distribution Renovation and Replacement

Madison, Wisconsin 

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Madison, WI

CLIENT

Terra

OWNER

The State of Wisconsin

ARCHITECT

Affiliated Engineers, Inc.

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$1.4M

SYSTEM INSTALLATION

Component #1: Over 26,000′ of electrical duct bank from the Walnut Street Switching Station to two existing manholes within the utility corridor located in Observatory Drive. All the PVC will be 5” SCH 40 with 20′ #4 bare copper concrete encased electrode.

Component #2: Installing four sets of conductors through existing underground ducts from the Dayton Street Switching Station to the Athletic Operations Switching Station, creating two new paralleled heavy tie feeders to connect the switching stations together. The medium voltage cable is 1/C #350kCMIL 15kV Copper and there is about 47,622’ and #350MCM Copper XHHW-2 ground at about 15,847’ total. 

UW Veterans Medical Center

Healthcare PORTFOLIO

UW Veterans Medical Center

Madison, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Madison, WI

CLIENT

JCI

ARCHITECT

Flad Architects

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$1,010,670

FEATURED

Controls Technology

The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) is home to one of the leading schools of veterinary medicine in the country. The SVM project includes a new three-story building as well as an existing building remodel. The new facility will provide space for the small animal clinic, new offices, conference rooms, and shared collaboration/interaction spaces to support the teaching hospital. The clinical space will be expanded to increase access to the small and large animal isolation suites that are required to meet accreditation standards, increase the quantity of specialized surgery environments, provide imaging space, and separate patient access to medical oncology services. The existing building remodel will renovate portions of the animal hospital and raze three buildings. Westphal & Co. is responsible for the installation of the Johnson Controls building automation system.

CEVA Biomune Lab Buildouts

Bioscience PORTFOLIO

CEVA Biomune Lab Buildouts

Verona, WI

SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION

Verona, WI

CLIENT

Vogel Brothers Building Co.

ARCHITECT

GBA

CONTRACT AMOUNT

$585,300

This multi-phased project consist of new labs with clean rooms and process for the use in developing vaccines for animals of the fowl, swine and cattle families in this 55,000 square foot facility in Verona, WI. This phased project is being completed to allow the facility to continue to produce these vaccines insuring the power to freezers and test equipment stayed active during construction. There are plans to expand this facility in to green space adjacent to the current facility. The initial design was completed by GBA Architects of Lenexa, KS and Westphal assisted in making available power and control for the equipment coming from other plants.


Anticipated completion of the renovated area is December 2021.