The West Campus Substation was developed to relieve loading on the existing Ohio State University substation and provide geographic source diversity for the OSU Medical Center's power supply.
We provided detailed design and engineering services for the new substation and the transfer of approximately 28 to 30 MVA of existing load from the original OSU substation to the new West Campus facility.
The project included major substation equipment, three-winding transformers, switchgear enclosures, capacitor banks, feeder reactors, and nearly two miles of east-west interconnecting duct bank with road and river crossings.
The design also included routing and interface details for medium-voltage underground duct banks connecting the new substation to existing circuit pairs, helping balance and stabilize the campus electrical distribution system.
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RINA provides a variety of services for institutional facilities, such as administration and office buildings, research and development laboratories, healthcare institutions, and educational facilities. We understand the need for campuses to operate safely and efficiently while improvements are being constructed, and to obtain input and buy-in from stakeholders during project development. We understand that reliable, redundant power is critical for ongoing facility operations, and ease of maintenance is a practical concern. RINA prioritizes system modifications to work within budget constraints and schedules, while offering flexibility for future upgrades to enhance the campus-user experience and sustain ease of maintenance.
Asset & Facility ManagementThe Waterman Farms utility upgrades extended electrical and gas services to support development in The Ohio State University's Waterman Farms area.
We served as the design-build engineer and contractor for the extension of medium-voltage distribution and circuits to buildings within the area, providing a backup power source for affected facilities.
The project included approximately 4,000 feet of new underground electrical ductbank and approximately 1,500 feet of new 6-inch natural gas main under the same contract.
Our services included field investigation, electrical engineering, gas pipeline design, civil engineering, project management, construction, and permitting coordination with ENGIE, the University, the City of Columbus, the State of Ohio, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers where required.
Construction was completed safely within an active university campus environment.
Central Michigan University needed a web-accessible GIS solution to better visualize and manage campus space across more than six million square feet of building area and 115 facilities.
To support this goal, we assessed CMU's data and system readiness for deployment of Esri ArcGIS Indoors.
Our CAD team converted floorplan and space data from CAD, BIM, PDF, and other static formats into the ArcGIS data model.
The implementation also included extract, translate, and load (ETL) tools to help automate updates as floorplans change over time.
We configured ArcGIS Indoors standard applications, including Indoors Viewer, Indoor Kiosk, and mobile tools, and developed navigable points of interest based on CMU priority destinations and asset locations.
After completing a study of Jacksonville University's potable water system, we were awarded a sole-source design-build project to replace critical campus water infrastructure.
The first phase included design and construction of a 1,000-foot-deep well and associated piping and electrical infrastructure to connect to the existing plant.
The new well produces more than 750 gallons per minute of raw water, which is stored in the campus's existing water tanks.
The next phase replaced two 50-year-old above-ground storage tanks, three distribution pumps, a generator, piping, chlorination system, and electrical infrastructure.
Because campus water service had to remain active during construction, the design and construction approach required close coordination among civil, structural, construction, and mechanical teams, as well as staged demolition and tank replacement.
Across the Georgetown University campus, aging electrical equipment at five locations required replacement or modification to improve reliability and maintainability.
We provided design services for the replacement of medium-voltage switches, transformers, low-voltage network protectors, and switchgear within multiple campus buildings.
Several locations required careful planning for equipment ingress and egress, while outdoor replacements involved tight clearance conditions and structural considerations for vaults and pads.
We also designed modifications to newer medium-voltage equipment to accommodate an additional feeder and increase reliability.
Because outage time was a primary concern, we worked with ENGIE and Georgetown to evaluate construction sequences that would reduce disruption as much as possible.
