Project Profile: National Institute of Standards and Technology Radiation Physics Building 245 Renovation
The project included the renovation of the existing building and included 74,000 sq ft and 14,000 sq ft additions.
Engineering firm: RMF Engineering
2024 MEP Giants rank: 33
2024 Commissioning Giants rank: 22
Project: National Institute of Standards and Technology Radiation Physics Building 245 Renovation
Location: Gaithersburg, MD, United States
Building type: Research facility/laboratory
Project type: Addition to existing building and system overhaul
Engineering services: Automation, controls; electrical, power; fire, life safety; HVAC, mechanical; lighting; plumbing, piping
Project timeline: May 2020 to June 2024
Challenges
NIST Radiation Physics Building 245 Renovation. Courtesy: RMF Engineering, Inc.
Interior Lab 1. Courtesy: RMF Engineering, Inc.
Built in 1964, the Radiation Physics building (Building 245) is one of the oldest buildings on the NIST Gaithersburg Campus. The Building 245 project was a significant facility modernization that expanded the radiation physics research laboratory capacity, renovated and upgrades existing building spaces to comply with current codes and completely replaced aged mechanical, electrical, plumbing and other infrastructure systems throughout the facility. The project included the renovation of the existing building and included 74,000 sq ft and 14,000 sq ft additions. The research building is vital to NIST’s mission and priorities in the areas of nuclear medicine, standards for electromagnetic radiation and radioactivity, medical imaging and advanced manufacturing.
Mechanical Penthouse. Courtesy: RMF Engineering, Inc.
Solutions
Building Exterior with Design and Construction Project Team. Courtesy: RMF Engineering, Inc.
RMF Engineering provided mechanical, engineering, and plumbing engineering on the design-build team. Phase one was the 74,000 sq ft H-Wing addition to the existing building. the heating and cooling systems are located in a mechanical penthouse, including air handling units, general exhaust fans, laboratory exhaust fans and perchloric acid hood fans. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system incorporates a high-performance networked run-around heat-recovery coil loop system along with indirect adiabatic/evaporative cooling of the exhaust air.
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