Summer Hill Booster Station Upgrade

Key Accomplishments

• Furnished and installed new indoor raceways, conduit, conductors and associated electrical connections for the upgraded facility.
• Furnished and installed electrical equipment associated with the station upgrade, including low-voltage controllers, circuit-breaker and panel modifications, and surge-protection equipment.
• The electrical contract included work involving conductors and cables, grounding and bonding, raceways and boxes, electrical identification, enclosed switches and circuit breakers, low-voltage controllers and surge-protective devices as identified in the project specifications.
• Coordinated electrical construction with other work at the active booster station so that day-to-day normal operation of the facility was not interrupted. Changes to staging or scheduling required Owner approval.
• Coordinated installation of new control-panel components and wiring and modifications to the existing control-panel arrangement for the upgraded control system.
• Coordinated programming modifications for the existing RTU, OIT and HMI systems, including new I/O, control functions, graphic displays, trends and alarms.
• Integrated new alarm and control functions with the existing Win-911 alarm-handling and dial-out system.
• Coordinated pre-operational component inspection, component validation, subsystem validation and complete SCADA system validation for the new and modified systems.
• System validation included simulation of process loops as well as live pumping to the water system and pumping to open hydrants to verify system performance.
• Coordinated onsite control-system training, updates to the existing Plumstead Township SCADA O&M documentation, revised wiring diagrams and updated AutoCAD drawings reflecting new and modified control circuits.
• Furnished the required performance bond, payment bond and insurance documentation as part of the fully executed public-works contract.
• B & R Electrical Contractors, Inc. served as the Prime Contractor under Contract No. 16-2E for the electrical work associated with the Summer Hill Booster Station Upgrade in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The project involved modifications to an existing municipal water booster station, requiring the installation and integration of new electrical and control infrastructure while maintaining continued operation of the facility.