Relevant Project Experience
Miami Dade Thermal Storage North Plant Expansion, Miami, Florida
Jorge was the design engineer and EOR for the Miami Dade North Cooling Plant Expansion. He provided the electrical design (power, lighting, and systems) for the north plant expansion and managed the electrical portion of the project. His design supported the installation of an additional rooftop cooling tower along with the replacement of two other cooling towers. He also provided new medium voltage (4160v) electrical gear and infrastructure to support the addition of 12,000 tons of cooling, installation of glycol chillers, and multiple chilled water pumps over 150HP.
He developed a preventative maintenance program for Miami Dade and personally oversaw the maintenance and upgrade of the existing electrical infrastructure.
Miami Dade Central Plant Upgrade, Miami, Florida
Jorge was the design engineer and EOR for the Miami Dade Central Plant upgrade. He provided the design and managed the electrical replacement of medium voltage (13.2kv, 4,160v) and low voltage (480v) equipment. His design helped the plant replace aging equipment and provide new infrastructure to serve new chillers and (4) rooftop cooling towers. He also designed new lighting and load monitoring infrastructure to help Miami Dade control the Central Plant.
Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, New York
Jorge was the design engineer and EOR for the Northport VA Central Energy Plant Upgrade. This project was the result of a cataphoric failure of the critical systems that resulted in the facilities chiller plant being taken offline. Jorge provided onsite coordination and direction for emergency electrical connections for temporary plant equipment to include (4) air cooled chillers and associated pumping system. He also provided the electrical design (Power, Lighting and Systems) for (4) new 700 Ton cooling towers, (6) 100 HP condenser and chilled water pumps, new heat trace, heat exchanger, water treatment system, and chiller plant controls. Jorge also designed an upgrade to existing 480-volt normal branch and equipment branch motor control centers as well as providing a systematic approach for replacing obsolete Federal Pacific equipment. He was also instrumental in evaluating existing 4160V switchgear and providing systematic P.M. measures to ensure equipment reliability. The entire project was completed while maintain full service to the facility and their patients.
Baptist Hospital, Miami, Florida
Renovation of existing hospital campus to feature new women’s services department/3,500 sf/$1.5 million
Dietary/Bistro renovation including kitchen and main dining, lobby area, new Bistro Café and outdoor terrace/57,346 sf/$15 million/2006 Healthcare Renovation/Expansion Merit Award, Southeast Construction Magazine
All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
New nine-story, children’s hospital featuring 240 all-private patient rooms, 96 neonatal intensive care unit beds, new obstetrics, prenatal intensive care unit, surgery department, radiology, oncology, outpatient care center, new state-of-the-art operating rooms, helipad, new central
energy plant, 1000-car parking garage and Infrastructure Master Plan/670,000 sf/$188 million New freestanding three-story central energy plant featuring three 1,500-ton chillers, three 400-ton high pressure boilers, six 2,000-kw generators (5KV), three 40,000-gallon underground fuel tanks and one 30,000-gallon boiler fuel tank for a total capacity of 220,000 gallons of fuel, built-in
redundancy including one chiller and one generator designed to power-up in 10 seconds. Electrical pathway design for all power and low voltage systems including, IT Network, Nurse Call, Security, CCTV, Fire Alarm, and Audio Visual Systems.
Controlled by a direct digital computer controlled building management system/Network and CCTV/underground infrastructure to accommodate future expansion/60,000 sf/$45 million budget.
Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
Fuel oil piping replacement plus a Two-story surgical suite expansion featuring (12) new state of the art
open heart operating rooms and renovation of connecting corridors, (19) Pre-Op/Stage III recovery, (6) CVICU, (15) PACU rooms, and associated support and control spaces/6,500 sf renovation/10,000 sf new construction/2006 Best Health Care Addition/Expansion Award, Southeast Construction
magazine/2006 Eagle Award, Associated Builders and Contractors Central Florida Chapter/$8.6 million New 4000 amp main service entrance switchboard, 24 new operating room isolation power
panels, 6 new automatic transfer switches raging in size from 100A-1200A. Replacement of the existing
750kw generator with a new 1250kw exterior mounted generator installed within a sound attenuated exterior enclosure.
Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, Florida
New emergency room and renovation of the existing medical center/17,950 sf/8,400 sf ER, 8550 sf Existing, Central energy plant renovation to include new 450-ton centrifugal chiller, cooling tower, pumps, low voltage systems and 1000KW emergency generator/2,000 sf/$1 million
Doctors Hospital, Coral Gables, Florida
Extensive expansion and renovation of existing facility including relocation of current pharmacy and lab, build-out of thirty inpatient rooms, relocation of endoscopy and nursing departments, new two-story relocation of emergency department and intensive care unit, and first floor renovation featuring new imaging department, new chapel and additional office space/77,961 sf/$19 million.
New 3000 amp main-tie-main service entrance switchgear. 2 new 1500kw diesel generators feeding a new 3000A (main-tie-main) paralleling switchgear. 10 new automatic transfer switches raging in size from 150A-1600A.
Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, (Previously Sand Lake Hospital), Orlando Florida
New five-story, 96-bed patient tower expansion and new central energy plant, featuring 48 private prenatal care unit (PCU) beds and 48 ICU beds, four new catheterization lab, pharmacy, six operating rooms/plan includes existing hospital infrastructure renovations, new five-story parking garage with connecting walkway/CEP will feature four 1,400-ton centrifugal, water-cooled chillers, four cooling towers, three 400-hp boilers, with backup power provided by four paralleled 1,500-kw generators/435,000 sf/$136 million. Systems include all power distribution and low voltage for IT/Security/Audiovisual systems.
Florida Hospital Altamonte, Florida
New five-story, 82-bed patient tower, emergency department expanded to include 48 private patient bays, eleven intensive care bays, new front entry/admissions area, cardiology services expansion, new radiology department, new fiber optic communications systems, five new elevators, central energy plant expansion, and two floors of shell space for future operating room expansion/$38 million/250,000 sf
Florida Hospital Apopka Medical Office Building, Apopka, Florida
Replacement of existing fire alarm system/$ 1 million
Two-story medical office building, attached to hospital by a 4,800 sf lobby, registration area and café, 28,000 sf shell and core, 40-car parking area/49,000 sf total, all systems pathways and conduit, grounding for low voltage/technology.
Florida Hospital Deland, Deland, Florida
New two-story doctors’ office building shell and core featuring a ground floor ambulatory surgery center and tenant fit-out on the second floor/45,000 sf/$4.5 million. Chapel, kitchen renovation and dining addition/13,273 sf/$3 million. Replacement of existing air-handling unit AHU-1 located over existing central energy plant to serve the South Tower. Central energy Plant upgrades to include, (2) new 4000A service entrance switchboards, (2) new 1250kw diesel generators with installed infrastructure for a third 1250kw generator, serving a new 6000A paralleling switchgear. 5 new automatic transfer switches ranging in size from 150A-800A. Radiology department renovation to include a new MRI, and (2) new
X-Ray rooms.
Florida Hospital East Orlando, Orlando, Florida
New five-story, 80-bed patient tower featuring a new main entrance and lobby, a state-of-the-art MRI, expanded cardiovascular services, new three-story 430 space parking garage, comprehensive imaging department, new radiology department, shell space for future vertical expansion to accommodate eighty additional beds, new cafeteria, and central energy plant expansion including 800-ton chiller and 900-kw generator/$41 million/200,000 sf
Florida Hospital Kissimmee, Kissimmee, Florida
Expansion and renovation of three existing observation rooms into licensed med-surg rooms adding twenty-three new patient beds and conversion of twenty existing private patient rooms into semi-private patient rooms/PRIME
Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
New two-story addition and renovation creating the new Cardiac Center of Excellence featuring an upper level of cath labs, ancillary space and shell space. Security and mechanical/electrical rooms on the lower level/25,000 sf/$20 million
Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head, South Carolina
Conference room renovation/2500 sf. Three-story surgical suite expansion with (2) operating rooms, (9) PACU recovery stations/spaces for central sterile storage and surgical lounge and locker rooms/21,000 sf. New Cath Lab unit located in the medical office building/5,600 sf
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida
New 214-bed acute care teaching hospital, designed for future 14-story vertical expansion, including new six-story patient tower, twenty-two operating rooms, featuring specialty operating rooms for transplantation and open heart/cardiology, new laboratory, kitchen and dining, expanded emergency department, radiology, new intensive care unit, pre-op/recovery, 194-private rooms, and twenty universal-style patient rooms, state-of-the-art voice-data, and communications systems/built to withstand category five hurricane conditions/new modular central energy plant designed to easily expand as energy demands increase, built to sustain the five days after a hurricane event/expandable to 500-bed when extended to sixteen floors/575,000 sf new construction/650,000 sf total/$254 million
North Collier Hospital, Naples, Florida
New six-story 87- bed, patient tower featuring second floor critical care unit with 16 beds, medical, surgical, 21-bed pediatrics suite, radiology, 19-bed progressive care (step down) unit, intensive care unit, surgical unit, ancillary services, chapel, gift shop, five-level parking garage, and fifth and sixth floor shell space/Expanded central energy plant includes new 700-ton chiller and 1200-kw emergency generator/112,000 sf/20,000 sf renovation/$41 million
Palm Bay Community Hospital, Palm Bay, Florida
New three-story, 40-bed patient tower featuring third floor shell for additional 40-bed future expansion, emergency department expansion with ten-observation beds, eight-bed intensive care unit expansion, relocation of the dialysis department, main entrance, existing energy plant expansion, and a second backup generator/130,000 sf/$68 million
South Miami Medical Office Building, Coral Gables, Florida
New six-story medical office building, 1st floor radiology, 2nd floor Ambulatory Surgery, floors 3-6 physicians office, nine-story parking garage with connector bridge/100,000sf/$11.2 million medical office building/$9.4 million garage
St. Joseph’s Candler Cancer Center, Savannah, Georgia
Phased renovation and expansion of dietary department/$8 million
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida
Hospital backfill renovation including new gastroenterology, sterile processing, sleep clinic, operating suite, post anesthesia care unit (PACU), cardiac operating room, Intraoperative MRI, GYN operating room, and neonatal intensive care unit/69,000 sf/$17 million
West Kendall Hospital, West Kendall, Florida
New four-story, 133-bed acute care facility built to withstand category 5 (180 mph) hurricane on a
thirty-acre medical campus featuring sixty surgical beds, twelve obstetric beds, and eight intensive care suites, CT suite, nuclear medicine scan suite, MRI suite, endoscopy unit, women’s services, and pediatric emergency suite/Baptist Health South Florida/280,000 sf/$121 million. Capacity of 5-7 day self sufficient emergency power via (3) 1500kw diesel generators and 25,000 gallon fuel tank.
Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida
Cardiac Care expansion – two new open heart operating rooms/2,000 sf/renovate existing intensive care unit (ICU) into surgical ICU and cardiac ICU/10,000 sf/$5 million
Additional facilities
HCA: Aventura Hospital
HCA: Largo Medical Center
HCA: Kendall Regional Medical Center
HCA: University Hospital
HCA: Westside Regional Medical Center
HCA: Plantation Hospital
HCA: Lawnwood Hospital
HCA: JFK Medical Center North
HCA: Brandon Regional Hospital
HCA: Palms of Pasadena
HCA: Fawcett Memorial Hospital
HCA: Osceola Regional Medical Center
HCA: Central Florida Regional Hospital
HCA: Ft Walton Beach Medical Center
HCA: Largo Medical Center - Indian Rocks
HCA: Memorial Hospital Jacksonville
HCA: Northside Hospital
HCA: Orange Park Medical Center
HCA: Ocala Regional Medical Center
HCA: Poinciana Medical Center
HCA: Southbay Hospital
HCA: St Petersburg Hospital
HCA: Twin Cities Hospital
HCA: Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, NC
Beckley VA Medical Center, WV
Asheville VA Medical Center, NC
Durham VA Medical Center, NC
Salem VA Medical Center, VA
Salisbury VA Medical Center, VA
Fayetteville VA Medical Center, NC
Memorial Regional Medical Center, FL
Memorial Hospital West, FL
Florida Hospital Deland, Deland, Florida
Florida Hospital Kissimmee, Kissimmee, Florida
Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head, South Carolina
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida
North Collier Hospital, Naples, Florida
Palm Bay Community Hospital, Palm Bay, Florida