Bank of the West Corporate Office Campus

Morrissey Engineering designed the mechanical and electrical systems for the new Corporate Headquarters Facility for Bank of the West (formerly Commercial Federal Bank). This 265,000 SF building was designed to bring together the company’s Operations and Technology components into one facility.

The building includes the following mechanical, electrical, and technology system features :

1100 tons chilled water system
11000MBH hot water boiler system
Air handling units on each floor
Variable air volume (VAV) system
Perimeter fan powered boxes with heating water coils
Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) Units for raised floor Data Center
Redundant piping configurations for Data Center to use stand alone glycol cooler or building chilled water system for 24/7/365 operation
Graphic based Energy Management System with monitoring and control capability for all HVAC systems, Generators, UPS Systems, Lighting, Fire Alarm, Security
3 – 480/277 Volt Electrical Services §3000KW of installed generators providing 100% backup power
Closed transition generator paralleling for “no-blink” transfer from live sources
300KVA redundant (600KVA installed) UPS in distributed redundant configuration, capable of upgrade to 900KVA, installed UPS in ring bus configuration
Redundant power sources to each equipment cabinet within the data center
Indirect office lighting with daylight control, motion/occupancy sensing control and load shed control
LED emergency lighting for energy efficiency and lamp maintenance
Telecommunications design including CAT 6 cabling, fiber backbone cabling, redundant service entrances, and redundant risers
Access control with integrated CCTV (surveillance cameras)
Sound masking system with integral paging throughout
Lightning protection system