Y1NB--Central Utility Plant (CUP) Construction-VA Dallas 549-820E

Design-Bid-Build Construction Contract for the Central Utility Plant (CUP) at the Dallas VA, North Texas Health Care System. Project Description: VA has a requirement to construct a CUP at the Dallas Campus of the VA North Texas Health Care System. Building 70 (Energy Center) and Building 37 (Cooling Towers) work includes but is not limited to Central Utility Plant Upgrade. Work is to include an additional new 1,500-ton chiller; and associated related work, equipment and piping within Building 70. Also, to be included are provisions for underground connections from this equipment to the cooling towers. The Building 70 footprint is to remain the same as it currently exists. The work includes removal of four existing field erected cooling towers. It also includes the addition of six new pre-packaged stainless-steel cooling towers and installing them on existing and extended concrete basins. (There will be three new concrete basins added.) The work includes the provision of sluice gates to allow them to connect with each other. Also included is the addition of basin sweepers with centrifugal separators for the new cooling tower cells, and are other related provisions for pumps, piping, etc. within and near Building 70. ASBESTOS TESTING Asbestos surveys were conducted for Building 70 (Energy Center) and Building 37 (Cooling Towers), however, inspection of and sample collection from the electrical components [electrical components specifically for four existing chillers and for four existing cooling towers to be impacted by activities within the current project] were excluded because the systems were energized during the time that asbestos surveys were being conducted. All samples collected from previous asbestos survey did not identify the presence of asbestos-containing materials, therefore no evidence of ACM is presently found. The CONTRACTOR must have the electrical components for these specific items inspected for the presence of suspect asbestos-containing materials (ACM) and samples tested after the affected systems have been de- energized and before the components are disturbed.

Division 03 -	Concrete, Cast-in-Place Concrete, Precast Concrete Specialties.
Division 04 -	Masonry, Unit Masonry.
Division 07 -	Thermal and Moisture Protection, Dampproofing and Waterproofing, Thermal Protection, Weather Barriers.
Division 22 -	Plumbing.
Division 26 -	Electrical, Instrumentation and Control for Electrical Systems.
Division 31 -	Earthwork, Clearing and Grubbing, Earthwork Methods.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Water Utilities, Sanitary Sewerage Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities, Electrical Utilities, Communications Utilities.
Division 42 -	Process Heating, Cooling, and Drying Equipment.