AAA Data Center UPS Upgrade

Knowing that help is only a phone call away provides peace of mind for 13.6-million customers—across  more than 20 states—that rely on one of the nation’s leading providers of emergency roadside-assistance and a host of other insurance and banking services. Channeling complex and criss-crossing requests is the 24/7 job of a dynamic state-of-the-art Data/Call Center located in Costa Mesa, CA that serves as the central hub for information flow.

Recognizing that any power outage at the more than 10,000-sf facility—regardless of duration—was unacceptable and could prove catastrophic to service, this industry giant took a proactive approach to ensure continuous operations by shoring up its mission-critical electrical systems. Calling on the expertise of general contractor  KCS West to lead the charge, this client is now able to assure its members that they can continue to count on premier round-the-clock service by providing a major uninterrupted power supply (UPS) upgrade.

One Berg—One Mission

Supporting electrical engineer  Syska Hennessy Group in a design-assist role, Bergelectric was responsible for installing a new 1 MW UPS power system featuring an upstream Automatic Transfer Switch and furnishing a new 2 MW genset.

“Carefully choreographed coordination and intricate timing was essential to a successful transfer of power,” noted Bergelectric Vice President Doug Crumby. “Experts from several offices and divisions—united Bergelectric as one driving force to make it all possible,” Crumby added.

Berg crews clocked more than 14,000 hours over a compressed four-month timeframe working both day and night shifts to deliver the nuts and bolts of the installation, which included a 3,000A extension to the existing generator paralleling gear, new generator isolation board and roll-up generator connection box. Our on-site team, worked tirelessly researching existing conditions and translating each power requirement to the new installation, which ensured that all equipment would be properly linked to redundant power sources.

Size
10,000-square feet

Electrical Construction Cost
$3.4 Million

Duration
August 2012 – August 2013

Delivery Method
Design-Bid-Build

Other Team Members
KCS West, Inc.
Syska and Hennessy Group

Berg Regional Office
Orange County