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Bay Logistics Cold Distribution Center

Story

This project was a 211,000 SF cooler facility, that was protected with six wet systems with an ESFR storage design, with over four and a half miles of pipe installed and almost 2,500 sprinklers. This also had a 1,500 GPM diesel vertical turbine fire pump that draws from an underground tank. Some unique challenges on this project were coordinating over 180 beam penetrations with the steel crew and setting the concrete tank and sump for the fire pump to draw from.

Facts

Submitter: Brigade Fire Protection

Size: 211,000 SF

Title: Bay Logistics Cold Distribution Center

Location: Coopersville, Michigan

Date contract completed: August 2023

Final contract value: $862,000

Project manager’s name: Andy Jacobs

Superintendent’s name(s): Aaron Penland

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%

WINNER: Dematic – Rack Storage System

Story

This project involved installing a new six inch riser and a two-level fire protection system in the 10,000 SF rack storage. The sprinklers had to be added within a very tight window of clearance to allow the automated racking system to function.

Facts

Submitter: Dependable Fire Protection

Title: Dematic – Rack Storage System

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Date contract completed: January 2024

Final contract value: $105,000

Project manager’s name: Frank Gallegos

Superintendent’s name(s): Brad Ferguson, Adam Springsteen

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%

Gerald R. Ford International Airport – Elevate Concourse A Expansion

Story

Nearly 18,000 FT of sprinkler pipe and over 1,400 heads were used for the renovation of three existing fire protection systems, as well as the design & installation of two new systems for the Concourse A Expansion at Gerald R Ford International Airport.

Facts

Submitter: Total Fire Protection, Inc.

Size: 156,000 SF

Title: Gerald R. Ford International Airport – Elevate Concourse A Expansion

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Date contract completed: February 2024

Final contract value: $503,000

Project manager’s name: Erich Nelson

Superintendent’s name(s): Mike Wilcox

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%

Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center

Story

Kalamazoo County’s new Downtown Justice Facility is a high tech, small blueprint building in the heart of Kalamazoo. The multiply room layouts and congested mechanical systems above the ceilings were challenges we overcame when designing and installing the fire protection, consisting of multiple systems, roof hydrants, a fire pump, and 20,000 FT of pipe.

Facts

Submitter: Total Fire Protection, Inc.

Size: 173,000 SF

Title: Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center

Location: Kalamazoo, MI

Date contract completed: November 2023

Final contract value: $630,000

Project manager’s name: Erich Nelson

Superintendent’s name(s): Mike Wilcox

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%