Izzak Perez, Y22 December 6th, 2011 MAE 1104/Tues.

09:30 1000794018 Chilled Water Pipeline Upgrades The University of North Texas is ranked fourth in Texas in enrollment, with over thirty-six thousand students. A large population means energy consumption; lots of it. SMART1 is the campuss new three-year savings project. The overall cost for the project will be forty-two million, saving 2.1 million per year after all the upgrades are installed. The cost and saving estimates are for a twenty-year program. The project itself, taking three years to complete, is being undertaken by Teague Nall and Perkins and Schneider Electric. The project will consist of over five miles of double HDPE2 pipeline; with each pipe having a 24 inch diameter. The system is known as a double 24 inch pipe loop, double because one pipe will serve as a supply line, whilst the other will be a return line. The two pipes will be running parallel alongside each other. These pipes are placed underground without the use of a trench, a method known as a trenchless installation. Instead, the pipes will be installed using a boring system, where a hole is drilled, or bored, under all pre-existing pipelines and other systems. The hole, or tunnel, is bored out to a diameter where the pipes can be slipped in, thus eliminating any major damage to the landscape. These pipes were cut to size using a common chainsaw and fused with a specialized fusion machine. The methodology for completing this large of a task was a complex one. Schneider Electric provided Teague Nall and Perkins the conceptual route for the pipes, and then drawings were
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recorded as-built. The next step was to visit the actual site and have meetings on how exactly the pipe could be installed, this is where the contractors employed decided to use trenchless installation. Next, bore locations were identified, and then the preliminary alignments were refined and adjusted based on the site visits. After, the survey, listing SUE3 areas, was acquired. Meanwhile, meetings with contractors and UNT staff were ongoing to ensure the safest and simplest areas to bore. Once the SUE areas were identified, test holes were used to confirm these spots. In total, there were 123 test holes drilled. At the forefront of the project was safety, and how to keep all student and faculty safe from the bore pits, which were needed for the type of installation of the pipes. Teague Nall & Perkins motto is Go deep. This referred to how deep to make the pilot hole. This new pipe system had to be drilled as deep as possible, on account of the systems already in place underground. These pits were anywhere from fifteen to twenty feet deep. Double fencing was incorporated to maintain safety and traffic control. Some of the challenges with this project were the safety of the public, the noise the machinery made, existing utilities and the phasing design. This project was divided into several parts, or phases; a total of five, with phase four and five effectively being combined. Phases one and two are completed, and phase three is currently sixty percent completed. Phases four and five are staked for construction, and all designs are completely finished. Currently, drilling for twenty buildings is finished, with thirteen of them actually running on the new system.

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