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Yuasa-Exide
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SUMMARY |
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| Location: |
Reading, PA |
| Completed: |
August, 1996 |
| Square Footage: |
50,000 sf |
| Total M/E Construction
Cost: |
$5,900,000 |
| Architects: |
AEM Architects
Reading, PA |
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Special Features:
HVAC system designed to
accommodate 24-hour a day laboratory operation.
Hydrogen
detection system.
In-floor acid waste system.
In-floor data and power system. |
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Yuasa-Exide
built a new
50,000 square foot addition and connected it to their existing office
building. The new addition contains a high-bay testing laboratory on
the first floor and office space on the second and third floors.
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Consolidated
Engineers provided the design of the HVAC, plumbing, fire protection,
electrical, and data cabling systems. |
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The testing
laboratory required special features. The laboratory is used 24 hours a
day to test batteries. This required a control system that could isolate
that part of the building and allow the first floor to run separately
from the rest of the facility. The laboratory also required special
safety features such as a hydrogen detection system and extensive acid
waste system which allows any acid spills to run into the floor drains
and which are connected to a special holding tank. |
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The offices featured
an open floor plan with modular furniture units which required in-floor
electric and data cabling. |
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