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UHS Vestal Medical Office

Vestal, NY

The three-story UHS Vestal Medical Office Building is home to four key specialties: pediatrics, cardiology, gynecology, and the UHS Breast Center. Professional services for the UHS Vestal Medical Office Building included Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Protection and Plumbing Design. RAN performed fire protection engineering consulting services for the hydraulic design of a sprinkler/standpipe system. The fire protection design also addressed specific requirements, such as the use of non-ferrous sprinklers and copper piping within MRI rooms, and detailed the installation of piping, valves, and other fire protection products.

Size: 84,000 sqft | Construction Cost: $138,000

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Rochester General Hospital
Samaritan Medical Center
Saratoga Medical Center
St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center
Syracuse VA Medical Center
NYS Nurse Association

Rochester General Hospital

Rochester NY

RAN Fire Protection Engineering’s president provided code consulting and development of design criteria for the smoke management system of the atrium.

  • The scope of services provided include:
  • Code research to address general building requirements
  • Code analysis for basis of design criteria
  • Meetings with design team to discuss approach and identify potential cost saving options
  • Performance of preliminary smoke management calculations
  • Identification feasible design concepts
  • General oversight of the systems that will require coordination (such as HVAC, Architectural, etc…) with the smoke management system

It was discovered early within the design phase that the application of the prescriptive building code requirements would result in a “windtunnel” condition within the atrium. The prescriptive building code requirements would also result in the expensive installation of equipment that would not meet the intent of the code. A report was generated which outlined the preliminary code analysis, criteria for the design fire, and exhaust rate. The report summarized the basic design criteria for the smoke management system which was used to evaluate system design options. The final design incorporated application performance-based criteria for the smoke management system specific to the building conditions. It resulted in a 50% cost savings and a functional smoke control system.

Samaritan Medical Center

Watertown, NY

RAN Fire Protection Engineering was retained to provide consulting services. RAN provided evaluation services to indicate the status of the existing fire pump and to investigate possible issues associated with the fire pump’s performance and water supply. RAN also evaluated the existing storage arrangement and identified alternative storage configurations that may lower water demand. A design for the replacement of the fire pump to meet the new storage arrangement was performed.

Size: 81,000 sqft | Construction Cost: $85,000

Saratoga Medical Center

Saratoga Springs, NY

The two-story medical office building needed the building systems to be designed for future tenant fit-out connections. RAN Fire Protection Engineering provided HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, and electrical engineering design drawings on this project. These fire protection engineering drawings included a fire sprinkler system design that included the sprinkler layout and water service entrance for the base of the building.

Size: 12,800 sqft | Construction Cost: $56,000

St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center

Ogdensburg, NY

RAN engineering was responsible for providing safety panels at the Children and Youth Building 202 for the Office of Mental Health in St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center. This project seeks to install solid panels within the cased opening to prevent accidental injury to children. Code analysis was performed on the existing sprinkler system, standpipe system, fire alarm, and fire detection within the building and a formal report was written where suggestions were made.

Size: 4,444 sqft

Syracuse VA Medical Center

Syracuse, NY

RAN Fire Protection Engineering was retained to conduct a comprehensive code analysis of the Syracuse VA Medical Center parking garage. Following the analysis, RAN developed a new fire protection system design that included an automatic dry sprinkler system, an auxiliary supply for the sprinkler system, and a manual dry standpipe system. A key consideration of the design was to replace and upgrade the failing sprinkler infrastructure while ensuring minimal impact on the garage’s safety and operational continuity.

Size: 280,000 sqft | Construction Cost: $672,000

NYS Nurse Association

Albany, NY

RAN Fire Protection Engineering performed consulting services for support of the tenant fit out of the NYS Nurses Association area located at 155 Washington Avenue. RAN’s engineers provided fire protection engineering support for bid services for best value analysis, performed code research for the required fire protection system installation based on the proposed construction and the architect’s alterations classification, and provided a memo outlining the required level of fire protection for the building.

Size: 32,000 sqft; Construction Cost: $81,000

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