Summer Consultants led the design of the new 1,115 SM (12,000 SF) Central Heating Plant for DDSP which serves warehouses on the base. The new high pressure steam plant includes three No. 2 fuel oil boilers. The new fuel farm has a total capacity of 1,137,000 liters. The boilers use RACT burners with flue gas recirculation for low NOx… Read More

Constructed in 1974, the US Tax Court Building is a modern, monumental 215,000 SF Federal Courthouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in downtown northwest Washington, DC the building houses three courtrooms, a four-story atrium, judges offices, and support spaces. By including temporary chillers, the construction was successfully completed while the building remained… Read More

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC opened to the public in 1943. Lighting manufacturer Osram Sylvania wished to commemorate their 100th anniversary by relighting the 129 foot tall, 32,000 ton stone memorial. The goal of the project was to enhance the Memorial’s visual impact with site lighting, and increase the energy efficiency of the… Read More

Summer Consultants prepared separate design-build RFP packages totaling $3.8 million for new fire alarm and mass notification systems at 18 army reserve centers in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Four separate teams evaluated the existing conditions at the 18 facilities concurrently. The renovations included demolition of the existing systems, provision for new fire alarms… Read More

Summer Consultants designed the replacement of the dry-pipe sprinkler system serving the storage and loading dock areas of the Household Goods and Transportation Office at Dover Air Force Base.  A new compressed air system with six zones replaced the autonomous in-rack sprinkler system. A new dual air/nitrogen generator provides a combined 21,000 CFH of compressed… Read More