Good Samaritan Hospital Modular Chiller Plant – 3,000 Ton
San Jose, CA
A modular option was selected for a replacement chiller plant at Good Samaritan, including a series of chiller modules with an integrated platform above for the support of cooling towers in a region of very high seismicity. Dan Junker worked hand-in-hand with the equipment manufacturer and project design team to redesign the chiller plant for structural integrity and code compliance. A full structural design package utilizing Revit was provided for the system to ultimately deliver a successful project from initial concept. Dan demonstrated that the structural systems of the modular chiller plant met the requirements of the California Building Code for non-building structures to be installed in a Risk Category IV facility. Structural scope consisted of full structural engineering services, including conceptual and engineering design, design drawing development, coordination, and and approval through OSHPD.
Lockheed Martin Air Rotation Unit Seismic Design and Certification
Palmdale, CA
JGEG engineers provided a structural evaluation and design of an Air Rotation Unit to certify that it conforms to building code. The structural analysis and design demonstrated that the equipment has a high level of structural integrity and meets or exceeds seismic demands determined by current building code.
Ford Modular Chiller Plant
Sharonville, OH
Dan Junker provided a modular construction structural analysis of the chiller plant and cooling tower structures. The analysis demonstrated that the structural systems established a complete load path and met the loading requirements of the local governing code. The team provided a full structural design package to analyze the structure and confirm its compliance with building codes.
Modular Data Center
Globally Located
Dan Junker served as the certifying structural engineer for a new modular data center design concept by a major IT/Technology provider (undisclosed). The certification included wind, seismic, and snow environmental loading for a structure of variable configurations, features, and geometry. This effort required intimate coordination of the structural systems with the IT, electrical, and mechanical cooling systems in order to meet the performance criteria potential customers would demand. Dan Junker and team worked with the client through concept design to product completion for market, providing structural guidance as required to ensure sufficient structural integrity and code compliance.
Modular Data Center
Globally Located
This project similarly consisted of structural design for a pre-engineered, packaged modular data center product to be installed worldwide as the global need for data storage and transfer increases. The JGEG team provided the manufacturer with structural design input throughout the product design and manufacturing stages to ensure the resultant product has sufficient structural integrity to resist environmental loading in mission critical applications.
NB-100 Play Structure for Amusement Park
(Undisclosed Location)
To capture all effects of various load combinations on the complex geometry of this structure, our team of engineers led the design for an intricate three-dimensional finite element analysis model which not only facilitated the structural design, but allowed for the extraction of data for designers of other features and allowed the team to see the effect of design changes in real time.
NB-200 Play Structure for Amusement Park
(Undisclosed Location)
In a cost-saving effort to shrink the steel tonnage of the structure, our team created an in-house 3D analytical model to study the effects of reducing structural sections on the overall performance of the model considering, strength, stiffness, and the performance requirements imposed on the amusement structure vendor for their most typical
projects. Our efforts helped client see a 29% reduction in steel tonnage.
APX Water Park Structure
(Undisclosed Location)
Our team did a detailed structural analysis on the complex loading imposed on this water park structure from both the patrons and the water features. Large dynamic loading
was present in the design as a result of the many moving parts and water flow, requiring our engineers to develop a detailed knowledge of the mechanical design and ensure
careful consideration of the long-term effects of these loads such a fatigue. Our efforts led to a savings of close to 15% on steel tonnage.
