Baraboo, WI
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, WI
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.
Edgerton, WI
Covering 473 acres near Edgerton, Wisconsin, this 65-megawatt solar farm was built as part of Alliant Energy’s renewable energy expansion. The site includes bifacial panels, a single-axis tracker system, and central inverters.
Westphal & Company handled the installation of all electrical components and cabling, along with testing and commissioning for the entire site.
For more details on this project, visit Alliant Energy.
Verona, Wisconsin
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.
Madison, Wisconsin
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.
DeForest, Wisconsin
The overall project includes a 68,860 sf office building with 43,730 sf of underground parking, plus a 207,226 sf fabrication facility located on 50 acres in DeForest, Wisconsin. Both buildings are designed to highlight the expertise and professional capabilities of Hooper/GHAC, with features such as a 60-well geothermal bore field, water-cooled modular chiller, in-floor radiant heat, an in-ground snow melt system and much more.
Highlights of the office building include zones for private offices, open workstations, and collaboration spaces over two floors. The first floor has an impressive two-story lobby with an open stair that encourages movement and accessibility to offices, conference and training rooms and a second floor fitness center. Opposite the main entry on the first floor, the café area features a lounge with fireplace, staff kitchen, and access to an outdoor terrace with views of the wooded site. Interiors maximize daylighting with large windows, exposed timber decking, painted steel and glulam beam ceilings.
The fabrication facility is designed from the inside-out to maximize efficient operations and to manage the flow of raw materials and finished goods. Constructed of insulated precast concrete wall panels, the fabrication facility also features ample daylighting through windows and skylights, an outdoor patio and other design elements similar to the Hooper/GHAC corporate office. Best of all, a unified location for plumbing, fire protection, piping, custom metals, and sheet metal production will not only improve access and centralize receiving, but also increase efficiencies across all disciplines.
The data scope of work includes installation of 150,000′ of Commscope CAT6 plenum cable and connectivity throughout the facility. Installation of new single mode and 50mm multimode fiber with 25pr copper backbone cabling throughout the campus to the new MDF and IDF closets.
The security scope of work includes adding the new campus to their existing unified access control, camera, and burglar alarm systems that is used nationwide. On this project we added 68 doors of access control and 62 cameras.
Dubuque, Iowa
This project comprises the construction of a 248,000 square foot new Senior living facility containing 116 independant living apartment units. The scope of work includes installation of 140,000′ of Commscope CAT5E cable and Leviton connectivity throughout the facility, installation of new 50um OM3 and singlemode fiber optic cable, along with 100pr copper backbone cabling from the MDF to (2) new IDF closets. Additional scope includes installing new security cabling to new CCTV and access control locations throughout the project.
Madison, WI
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.
Verona, WI
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.
Dubuque Iowa
Catalent, Madison, WI
Photo Credit: WSJ
This 133kW DC Solar Array is installed on the rooftop of the building’s new addition. The scope of work includes all design aspects including structural analysis, procurement, installation, and commissioning. The array is fully ballasted requiring no roof penetrations for securing the system to the roof. We assisted with procuring Focus on Energy incentives for this project.
BVM-PHS Senior Housing, Inc., Dubuque, IA
Mount Carmel is home to retired Sisters of Charity for the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) and Presbyterian Homes & Services, who are in need of different levels of care. This Design/Build project is a new 250,000 sq ft. senior living housing facility. This building is the second major project in a multi-phase effort to reshape the campus and better serve the growing older adult population in the Dubuque community. The facility is being designed and built to resemble the existing Motherhouse that was established in 1833 and includes 116 independent living apartments, new common areas, four passenger elevators, and a pool with a spa. The electrical scope of the project includes new interior lighting, site lighting, emergency power, fire alarm system, and voice data system, CATV, CCTV, and building access control/security.
