CUPs & Data Centers
Central utility plants, or CUPS, are commonly found in large-scale developments, industrial complexes, university campuses, hospitals, and other institutional settings where there is a high demand for utilities. Their design and implementation require careful planning, engineering, and coordination to ensure seamless and reliable utility services to all the connected buildings.
Without the confinements, limitations, hazards, and distractions presented by a live construction site, the plant can be assembled and tested much faster off-site, with a higher degree of control. The modular central utility plant is then transported to the location and reassembled on-site.
Completely Customized
The LSM team ensures that a properly designed utility plant is the epicenter of the mechanical, electrical, technological, and sometimes plumbing systems for one or more buildings. EAS can create CUPs that may include chillers, boilers, cooling towers, data rooms, backup generators, water treatment systems, pumps, heat exchangers, pressure-reducing stations, VFDs, and controls. They can also be used to create redundancies that enhance the reliability and resilience of the utility supply for connected buildings.
Streamlines Construction
When engineers and contractors work with EAS to create modular CUPs, they create a more efficient process. Instead of working with a range of contractors, they have one point of contact. The workforce becomes more efficient, there is less waste and lower site insurance costs. When the CUP is constructed off-site concurrently, it can also save time.
Cost-Efficient
Though the initial investment may be significant, a modular CUP can lead to cost savings in the long run. Advanced technology integration can also reduce energy costs. Easy access reduces maintenance costs, and teams work on a single facility rather than managing multiple dispersed systems.
Environmental Benefits
By including advanced technologies, waste heat from one process can be utilized in another, reducing energy consumption, water requirements, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Superior Construction
EAS offsite construction and prefab solutions offer assembly advantages of a controlled environment, a reliable timeline, fewer trades on the end users’ construction site, exceptional quality, and customized design.