NASA Instrument Development Facility

Project Details

The NASA Instrument Development Facility is a newly constructed building located in the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. It is a 54,200 square foot, multi-story laboratory and office building with a roof level mechanical penthouse. A Class 10,000 Clean Room, the same designation used in pharmaceutical manufacturing, was included in the construction of the laboratory section. The $31.1 million facility was constructed to relocate both the Science and Exploration Directorate’s and the Planetary Environments Laboratory Scientists’ branches. The installation included over a mile of black cast-iron pipe and over 2 miles of copper pipe. The project was designed to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification.

• Furnished and installed HVAC Equipment:  6 – Air Handling Units, 8 – Fans, 1 – Air Curtain, 3- Humidifiers, 2- Chilled Water Pumps, 2 – Hot Water Pumps, 2 – Plate Heat Exchangers, 2 – Shell Tube Heat Exchangers, 9 – Fan Coil Units, 117 – VAV Boxes, 2 – Steam Generators.
• Furnished and installed Plumbing Fixtures / Equipment: 10 – Water Closets, 2 – Urinals, 12- Lavatories, 13 – Lab Sinks, 3 – Pantry Sinks, 2 – Domestic Water Heaters, Floor Drains, Roof Drains.
• Piping Systems installed: Domestic Water, Sanitary Waste and Vent, Storm, Lab Waste, AC Condensate, Chilled Water, Heat Hot Water, Clean Steam, High Purity and Medical Gas.