dasny kingsboro psychiatric center boiler controls upgrade

brooklyn, ny

AIE is providing design services for the upgrade of the campus heating plant boiler control system. The existing heating plant was built around 2002 and consists of three Cleaver-Brooks dual fuel fire-tube boilers (one 350 HP and two 500 HP) that are controlled by the original standalone Preferred Instruments boiler control system. The facility has indicated that replacement parts for the control system components are obsolete and no longer available from the manufacturer. AIE is designing the new control system, including associated modifications to the existing boiler burners necessary for energy-efficient operation, and controls integration with the campus Building Automation System (BAS) for system monitoring and data collection. AIE also utilized terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to document the existing conditions of the boiler room. Using a Leica BLK360 laser scanner with AutoDesk Recap Pro connected on an iPad, AIE completed 15 scans of the room in approximately 1-1/2 hours. The scanner verified the size, quantity, and location of control panels, electrical and mechanical pipe routing, and other equipment throughout the space. The scanner produced a comprehensive 3D point cloud of the entire boiler room. From this, AIE was able to create CAD backgrounds for their design drawings as well as have an accurate, permanent record of the room for future measuring and verification without having to make additional return trips to the project site

Highlights 

  • Client: DASNY
  • Duration: 2018-Present
  • Project Scope:
    • Campus heating plant boiler control system design
    • Controls integration with the campus Building Automation System (BAS)
    • Mechanical engineering
    • Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS)