Service GroupWorks in Progress
The Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory (GSPEL) of the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan ($6,000,000)
The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) broke ground August 17 on a new 30,000-square-foot facility for testing military ground vehicles. Called the Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory (GSPEL), the facility will evaluate an array of military vehicles, from light transports such as HMMWVs to heavy combat vehicles such as military tanks with hybrid-electric and fuel-cell configurations.
The GSPEL will be a one-of-a-kind research and testing laboratory complex. Eight different labs will be housed in the 30,000-square-foot facility and they are being designed as the cornerstone for the Army's next generation of power and energy initiatives. The facility will provide scientists and researchers with the ability to integrate hybrid-electric and fuel-cell technologies into advanced military vehicles.
When completed, the eight-labs-in-one complex will have capabilities unlike any other facility in the world, including the ability to test both entire vehicles and individual vehicle system components in a wide variety of environmental conditions
Ann Arbor, MI Waste Water Treatment Plant:
Residuals Handling Improvements Project ($18,500,000)
DE-CAL is performing all of the mechanical scope of this improvement project that will provide the City with up-to-date residuals handling facilities. In addition, the project will help the City of Ann Arbor achieve its goals for enhancing efficiency, reducing maintenance, and extending the viability of the WWTP to provide continued reliable, cost-effective wastewater treatment service to the community.The scope of work includes:
- Demolition of existing equipment including dewatering plate and frame presses and biosolids incinerator
- Installation of centrifuges for biosolids dewatering and gravity belt thickeners to separately thicken secondary biosolids
- Rehabilitation of an existing gravity thickener for thickening primary biosolids and conversion of two existing gravity thickeners to covered tanks for blending thickened primary and secondary biosolids
- Rehabilitation and modification of the Solids Handling Building to accommodate new equipment, meet current building code requirements and to install a building addition for loading trucks with processed biosolids and receiving chemical deliveries
- Installation of a new boiler to service all facilities within the WWTP
- Installation of odor control equipment to reduce WWTP staff exposure and off-site nuisance odors from residuals handling equipment and facilities
DaimlerChrysler Detroit Jefferson Assembly Plant Trim, Chasis & Final Asssembly Shop Equipment Installation: ($2,150,000)
Utility piping for new tooling, automation and robotics. Interconnecting of new machinery. Various process piping for weld and material handling robots and sealer system. Reconfiguration of water Test booths.
Wayne County Gaurdian Building
Detroit, MI: ($4,100,000)
Construction is underway for to relocate all Wayne County offices to the Gaurdian Building in Detroit, MI. DE-CAL is completing the plumbing and mechanical systems for over 20 floors including tenant improvements and upgrades to the core and shell. This historic landmark was originally built in 1928.
Dearborn CSO Basins #6 and #8: ($13,400,000)
Construction of two new Combined Sewer Overflow basins (CSOs) to detain overflow from the existing sewer systems during a storm event. The CSOs will allow collection of massive amounts of water stored in deep structures that cover a relatively small surface area and then be sent on in a controlled release that will not overwhelm the water treatment plant. The project is one of the largest sinking caisson applications in the world. Huge concrete shafts 120 feet in diameter will be allowed to sink under their own weight to a depth of 140 feet below grade. DE-CAL will install all the piping and mechanical systems including mixing piping at the bottom and ejector pumps.
Call (586) 754-4370 or click to reach De-Cal, Inc. Mechanical Contractor.