CCSD Rex Bell Elementary School, Las Vegas NV
Project Description:
TMCx Solutions, LLC was contracted by Clark County School District to provide Construction Phase commissioning for the CCSD Bell Elementary School replacement project. This project is a 107,253 square foot 2-story space located at 2900 Wilmington Way, Las Vegas, NV 89102. It is designed to accommodate 850 students with 53 classrooms.
Scope of Work:
TMCx provided Fundamental Commissioning services for the construction phase. We conducted functional testing and pre-functional test verifications of Fluid Cooler System, Heating System, Air Handling System, Ventilation, Terminal Units, Plumbing, Electrical. In addition, we witnessed major equipment start-ups; assisted with test and balance report verification; and organized and developed project documentation as required to document the Commissioning process. TMCx provided ongoing commissioning of the systems using Automatic Fault Detection and Diagnostics software
Project Snapshot
- Owner: Clark County School District
- Project Size: 107,250 sq. ft.
- Construction Cost: $33M
- GC: Martin Harris Contracting
- Year of Completion: 2017
Systems:
- Fluid Cooler System – Fluid Cooler, Loop Water Pump
- Heating System – Boiler, Injection Heating Water Pump
- Air Handling System – Roof Top Unit, Outside Air Unit, AC Unit
- Ventilation – Exhaust Fan, Kitchen Exhaust Fan
- Terminal Units – Air Conditioning Unit, Heat Pump – Watersource
Challenges and Successes
- Issue: Initially the mechanical piping in the mechanical room, mechanical yard and piping of the watersource heat pumps were missing the labelling Resolution: The mechanical contractor completed the pipe labelling per the specifications.
- Issue: There was an issue with the BACNET connection from the boilers to the BAS system which caused communication problem and initially the boiler could not be monitored on BAS. Resolution: The controls contractor worked with the vendor until the communication issues were resolved.
