Glumac provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, audio visual, IT, overhead paging and telecommunication infrastructure, and energy modeling services for the Discovery Lab project on the Antelope Valley College Campus in Southern California. The new 27,000 square foot building includes welding, manufacturing, electronics, and advanced materials labs, and provides hands-on learning for students.

The mechanical systems include dust collectors, ambient air cleaners, dedicated exhaust for VOC containment, and a balance of both fixed and portable devices. Portable devices are used for flexible teaching spaces for advanced manufacturing where the equipment is required intermittently. Air handling units and VAV’s with controls that adapt depending on the specialty equipment used serve as the primary heating and cooling method for the building.

The electrical system is distributed in a way that will allow the system to be a didactic tool for the electrical technology lab and electronics lab. Working with a construction manager throughout the project also helped Glumac determine a cost effective approach for balancing a central electrical distribution and distributing the load centers throughout the building.

In addition to designing low flow fixtures throughout the building, Glumac also provided a central compressed air system used for the manufacturing spaces as well as to reduce maintenance at the dust collectors for constant self cleaning of the dust collector’s filters.

Voice/Data System drawings include telecommunications equipment rooms (TSER’s, TER’s and TR’s), rack and wall field elevations, cable tray and conduit systems design, one-line diagrams, schedules and cable and outlet locations for wireless access points and for inter and intra-building copper and fiber backbone systems.

Security System drawings include location of control panels, card reader/keypad locations, motion-sensing or audio-sensing devices, digital video recorders (DVR) and camera locations and fields-of-view. Design will include rack and wall-field elevations, conduit and cable tray systems design, cable routing and termination diagram, camera-mounting details, and system interconnection and operation details.

Audio/Visual System drawings include data projectors, screens, plasma and/or LCD displays, audio and video conferencing, and associated cabling. Design will include AV pathways and spaces including AV equipment rooms, control rooms, conduits, floor boxes, table penetration/activations and interconnection of equipment to the data network.

Size: 27,000 sf
Start/End Date: 2017 / 2022
Construction Cost: $29M
Delivery Method: Design-Bid-Build
Architect: DLR Group
Owner: Antelope Valley Community College District
Services: Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Technology Integration