West Valley Detention Center Emergency Generator

Salas O’Brien stepped up to the challenge of modernizing the West Valley Detention Center’s (WVDC) emergency generator system. Our team conducted a full assessment and designed a 20-year plan to ensure the facility’s critical support system was up-to-date.

As a 24-hour operation with 3,347 beds, the WVDC provides essential services such as inmate instruction, medical, dental, and mental health care. A reliable and modern emergency backup generator was a top priority.

Our experts discovered that upgrading to a high-efficiency pony chiller and integrating it into a new triple-1000kW backup generator system would significantly enhance reliability. We also devised a comprehensive 20-year maintenance plan, reduced site energy costs, and seamlessly integrated the generators with the existing Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system and chiller plant.

Completion Year

2015

Size

409,000 square feet

Construction Cost

$5 million