Argonne National Laboratory

Services

Program & Project Management, Cost Management, Project Controls, Advisory Services

Sectors

Federal

The nation’s first national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne researchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state, and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific problems, from how to obtain affordable clean energy to protecting the environment. Born out of the University of Chicago’s work on the Manhattan Project (the atom bomb) in the 1940s, the laboratory works in concert with universities, industry and other national laboratories on questions and experiments too large for any one institution to do by itself.CCS has worked on more than 60 projects for their various facilities as part of a term contract in addition to independent projects. Some of the more prominent projects include:

200 Area Chilled Water

CCS worked on an expansion and infrastructure upgrade that will bring more power and cooling capabilities to the entire 200 area, which houses Argonne’s new “Energy Quad” and the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. The project involves expansion and integration of the Chilled Water lant (CWP), including utilities, foundations, building shell and fit-out.

The CWP expansion involves a new 3,000-square-foot to 5,000-square-foot building as an expansion to the existing CWP Building 528 with a partial basement that will house condenser water piping and condenser water pumps, a new cooling tower enclosure and design capacity for as many as four new centrifugal chillers (1,300 tons each). The chilled water plant capacity improvement involves four three-cell cooling towers (1,600 tons each), four condenser water pumps (3,200 GPM each), four chilled water pumps, a 10,000-cfm air handling unit and necessary modifications.

The Advanced Protein Characterization Facility

CCS was involved in the development of the Advanced Protein Characterization Facility (APCF), a new, world-class biological, pharmaceutical and biochemical research center. The 60,000-square-foot building features a BSL-2 laboratory, environmental rooms, specialized laboratories and support areas. It provides highly flexible laboratories and support areas. It provides highly flexible laboratories for up to 76 researchers, a 120-seat auditorium. Other features include lab space for robotic, automated production, purification and crystallization of proteins; lab space for structural biology procedures and systems biology; an electron microscopy suite; and computer support space. Secondary spaces for administration, building support and interactive collaboration complete the facility. The facility houses the APCF and has a physical connection portal to the Advanced Photon Source (APS) experimental hall that provides streamlined functional access between the research activities of the APCF and APS. This project achieved a certification of LEED Gold with sustainable elements that include a curtain wall system with high-performance electrochromatic glass.

Quantum Foundry

We were involved in the reconfiguration of approximately 6,000 gross square feet of space on one level. The work included specialty gas distribution and building code/safety compliance requirements.

Building 241

CCS was involved in electrical renovations involving 1200 amps of 480-volt power from the Environmental Services Building (Bldg 241) penthouse to the Quantum Metamaterials Lab (QML) in Building 241 MEM Room A140. Work involved a heat load analysis, code compliance evaluation, structural study, a lab planning report, a chilled water capacity evaluation, and a preliminary Arc Flash study to evaluate equipment purchase.

Building 201

CCS was involved in a 16,000-gross-square-foot reconfiguration of office space to house a new executive suite.

Northgate Inner Circle

CCS performed a planning study in the vicinity of Northgate Road and Inner Circle Drive. The study’s goal was to improve both vehicular and pedestrian circulation at the Building 222’s east entrance, the intersection of Northgate and Inner Circle, and the entry/exit points of Building 201’s north parking lot.

Backup Power Systems

CCS performed upgrades to the existing backup power systems. Electrical work includes a new generator cabinet for AGHCF and WMOF diesel generators, double-throw manual transfer switch, miscellaneous conduit and electrical installation, and finalization of configuration management documentation.