Dustin Construction has awarded Grounded Electrical Construction the electrical subcontract for the construction of East Middle School in Westminster, MD. Construction of this new 127,510 square foot, 2-story middle school is anticipated to start in August 2021 and be completed in December 2023. The existing East Middle School was opened in 1936 and served as a high school for 35 years, and a middle school for almost 50 years. The new facility is designed to be highly sustainable and contain 6th-8th grade classrooms, special education classrooms, music rooms, media center, cafeteria/multi-purpose room, gymnasium, administrative spaces, parking and playfields.
Grounded Electrical Constructions scope of work includes (but not limited to) the following:
- Dry site utilities
- Temporary power and lighting
- Site lighting
- Interior lighting
- Exterior Lighting
- Digital and analog lighting controls
- 180KW Generator w/ associated automatic transfer switches
- Generator docking stations
- Gear
- Fire alarm
- Area of refuge
- Wiring devices
- Telecommunications
- Audio/Video
- Security (access control, closed circuit television and intrusion detection)
- Paging
- Clocks
- Distributed antenna system
- Equipment connections
- Lightning protection
- Coordination, short circuit and arc-flash studies
- Acceptance testing