National Nuclear Security Administration Plant

Owner
CenterPoint Zimmer, LLC

Contract
$90 million

Services

  • Central chilled water and heating water plants
  • Air-handling systems with clean steam humidification
  • Class 100, 10,000 and 100,000 clean rooms
  • Constant temperature and low-humidity rooms
  • Variable-flow laboratory exhaust systems
  • Manufacturing and laboratory process gas piping including high purity systems

GOVERNMENT

National Nuclear Security Administration Plant
Kansas City, MO

The enormous new complex will house the National Nuclear Security Administration and support manufacturing of non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons and refurbishing the existing nuclear arsenal. The three-year project includes approximately 1.2 million square feet of manufacturing space and 400,000 square feet of office space.

The manufacturing areas include:

  • Machining and mechanical assembly
  • Electrical fabrication and assembly
  • Paint and heat-treat processes
  • Chemical research and testing laboratories
  • Physical test cells and laboratories

The system requirements include:

  • 9,000-ton central chilled water plant
  • 130-million BTU/h heating water plant
  • Central air compressors with distribution piping
  • Approximately 200 air-handling units
  • Clean steam humidification systems
  • Process water and industrial waste distribution
  • Industrial waste treatment
  • Process gas distribution including argon, helium, gaseous and liquid nitrogen, carbon dioxide, natural gas, reverse osmosis and deionized water systems
  • High purity gas filters and distribution piping
  • Variable air supply and exhaust systems throughout including laboratories
The facility is scheduled for completion in May 2013