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UPMC Mercy Pavilion

UPMC Mercy Pavilion

The UPMC Mercy Pavilion is the first of UPMC’s new state of the art specialty hospitals to be built in Pittsburgh. The 410,000 SF project broke ground in March 2019 and construction was completed in 2023. CJL Engineering provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering and design services for this new specialty hospital.
FNB Financial Center, Lower Hill District

FNB Financial Center, Lower Hill District

CJL Engineering designed the mechanical and electrical systems for the new 24-story, $200 million FNB Financial Center. The sustainable mixed-use project will contain over 387,000 SF of Class A office space, over 20,000 SF of multi-level retail space and a two-story parking structure. The green space adjacent to FNB Financial Center also will be named The Plaza at FNB Financial Center, where the Company plans to host various community events. Upon opening, FNB will occupy more than 160,000 SF of office space with additional options to expand to accommodate future growth, and nearly 2,000 SF of street level retail space which will be occupied by a state-of-the-art FNB technology branch.
WVU Medicine, Children’s Hospital

WVU Medicine, Children’s Hospital

Our expertise in healthcare engineering including central plants and system planning for hospitals allowed CJL to skillfully design the mechanical and electrical systems for this new 300,000 SF Hospital. The new 9-story, full-service hospital houses operating rooms, emergency department, cardiac catheterization lab, GI lab, PICU beds, private NICU rooms, acute care, postpartum, compounding pharmacy, full radiology suite, LDRP, clinics, oncology floors – infusion, epilepsy monitoring unit, central sterile processing, offices and building support, and a space for enhanced research. The 10th Floor hosts the Family Resource Center, a unique space for family therapy and gathering.
Duke LifePoint Healthcare – Conemaugh Ebensburg Outpatient Center

Duke LifePoint Healthcare – Conemaugh Ebensburg Outpatient Center

Our extensive knowledge of medical office buildings and the specific MEP/FP needs associated with them allowed CJL to skillfully design the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems for this new Outpatient Center.

This 41,505 SF, one-story outpatient center includes building includes primary and specialty care services, along with lab, X-ray, computed tomography scanning and other diagnostics, along with Conemaugh’s corporate care and MedWELL urgent care centers. Physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy services occupy a large area of the building that includes a therapy fitness center. There is also a community room. Conemaugh Ebensburg features a women’s diagnostic center with ultrasound, 3-D digital mammography and bone density testing. The dedicated suite allows women to receive all diagnostics in one area without traveling between departments.
UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex

UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex

CJL Engineering designed the mechanical and electrical systems for the mixed-use sports complex that is the official practice space of the Pittsburgh Penguins®. The new UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex is the official practice space of the Pittsburgh Penguins®,the local NHL franchise.

This new 185,000 sq. ft., $70 million facility is comprised of 54,000 sq. ft of clinical space, a Sports Medicine Clinic with 24 private patient rooms, a physical therapy gym overlooking the Penguins practice rink, Aquatic Therapy, on-site MRI and X-Ray imaging, two NHL-size (85 ft. x 200 ft.) hockey rinks with approximately 1,500 seats, 14 locker rooms, a hockey skills training area with a RapidShot system, and a dedicated sports performance space, including a sprinting track and batting cages. The facility also features a Café and retail space. The complex opened in August 2015.
Allegheny Health Network, St. Vincent Hospital Master Plan

Allegheny Health Network, St. Vincent Hospital Master Plan

The comprehensive Master Plan and Implementation Strategy for St. Vincent Hospital was developed by CJL Engineering. The Master Plan includes, renovations to the existing nursing units, a new 120,000 sf. infill building addition which includes the emergency department, pre-admission testing and MRI renovations and upgrades to the existing facility infrastructure.
Carnegie Music Hall – Air-Conditioning of Historic Concert Hall

Carnegie Music Hall – Air-Conditioning of Historic Concert Hall

Built in 1895, Carnegie Music Hall and adjacent historic Foyer is flanked by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Carnegie Museum of Art in the heart of the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. CJL Engineering was hired by the Museum to conduct a Heating/Cooling Plant Master Plan to develop an approach for the upgrade of the 3,000-ton Chilled Water System. As an added scope, the Museum requested that CJL investigate and then design the incorporation of air-conditioning (AC) into the 120 year-old Carnegie Music Hall. The original heating and ventilating system including fans and ductwork all dated back to the original construction.

Given its original layout and the fact that the Museum generated its own power and heating, at that time there was little regard for the cost of heating. As such, both the Music Hall and Foyer were set up as a 100 percent outside air systems. This arrangement had been the stumbling block in numerous previous attempts at adding AC capability to the Music Hall. CJL was brought in to engineer a creative solution in support of a comprehensive interior upgrades. This year long restoration of the beautiful hall both increases accessibility and enhances the experience of attendees. This revamp ensures future generations can enjoy all the space has to offer year-round and into the future.
Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex Steam Tunnel Repairs

Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex Steam Tunnel Repairs

As a registered design professional for the Department of General Services, CJL Engineering was awarded the design contract for this project. We provided mechanical, electrical, civil and structural engineering and design services for the repairs of the existing Capitol Complex Steam Tunnel. The repairs included several areas that are spalling, cracking, crumbling and leaking ground water in the tunnel. The scope of the project was to repair all the damaged areas in the concrete structure, remove abandoned piping, investigate and repair the hollow areas of the floor. Also included was the prevention of future damage by adding additional structural support as necessary.
New Canon-McMillan Middle School

New Canon-McMillan Middle School

CJL Engineering designed the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems for the new 214,183 SF middle school. The facility is designed to accommodate around 1,050 students in grades 7 and 8. The three-story facility includes, Classroom Wings on all three floors, a Central Office, School Office, Kitchen/Cafeteria, Gym, Music, Auditorium, Art, Library, Tech Ed rooms and a full size athletic field with full field lighting.
Saint Francis University – Saint Margaret Hall

Saint Francis University – Saint Margaret Hall

CJL Engineering designed the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection systems in the building and also provided site/civil design for the exterior. This project consisted of fully renovating the St. Francis University’s Boiler House Building and St. Joseph’s Hall. The buildings were connected and turned into a single renovated building to support the Occupational Therapy program and included Physician’s Assistant classrooms. A second floor was added to the Boiler House and a connection bridge was provided between Padua Hall and St. Joseph’s Hall.
Providence River Pedestrian Bridge

Providence River Pedestrian Bridge

Winner: American Architecture Award, Bridges & Infrastructure 2020 and IES Illumination Award of Merit 2020

CJL Engineering was contracted to do the lighting design of a new pedestrian bridge in Providence, RI on the existing piers from the I-195 relocation project. The bridge connects Brown University to downtown Providence and has spurred commercial redevelopment and revitalization of the surrounding community. The challenge was to create a safe, welcoming environment with lighting fixtures integrated into the bridge architecture, and within budget constraints, energy code allowances, and dark sky compliance.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

The 120-year-old Carnegie Museum of Natural History, a National Historic Landmark Building in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Oakland section, housed an outdated and inefficient chilled water system capable of failure at any time. CJL Engineering was hired to conduct a Heating/Cooling Plant Energy Master Plan to develop an approach for the upgrade of the Chilled Water System. CJL provided a replacement design for the two 39 year-old chillers using new energy efficient equipment, and later did the commissioning on this facility.
Roxian Theatre – Pittsburgh

Roxian Theatre – Pittsburgh

Winner: IES Illumination Award of Merit 2020

CJL Engineering was contracted to do the lighting design of the Roxian Theatre in Pittsburgh. The project involved the renovation of a vaudeville theatre that sat vacant for 16 years before it was revitalized and transformed into a live music venue, blending original architectural detailing with new state-of-the-art systems. The 32,000 square-foot renovated venue serves as a beacon to the community, jump-starting a broader local revitalization of the surrounding areas. This project won a 2020 IES Illumination Award of Merit.
Hunt Armory – Pittsburgh

Hunt Armory – Pittsburgh
Confidential Financial Data Center

Confidential Financial Data Center
Electrical Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations

Electrical Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations

Adelphoi Village, Latrobe, PA

Akron Children’s Mahoning Valley Campus, Boardman, OH

Duquesne Light Company (DLCO), Pittsburgh, PA; Over 40
EV Charging Station Projects

FNB Tower, Pittsburgh, PA

Frederick County, Public Safety Training Facility, Frederick, MD

James Creek Marina, Washington, DC

Lovettsville Square South, Frederick, MD

Marshall University School of Business, Huntington, WV

North Knoxville Medical Center, Knoxville, TN

Pennsylvania Departments of General Services, Human Services
and Office of Administration, Harrisburg, PA

Pittsburgh Lower Hills Garage, Pittsburgh, PA

PNC Moon Township Branch Bank, Pittsburgh, PA

PNC St. Clair Branch Bank, Pittsburgh, PA

PNC Tower Charging Stations, Pittsburgh, PA

2 PNC Tower Charging Stations, Pittsburgh, PA

3 PNC Tower Charging Stations, Pittsburgh, PA

Potomac Green Condominium Association

UPMC East, Monroeville, PA

UPMC Mercy Vision Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

UPMC Presbyterian Bed Tower, Pittsburgh, PA
Confidential Healthcare Data Center

Confidential Healthcare Data Center
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

CJL Engineering designed the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems for this tenant fit-out project. This project involved the 140,000 SF fit-out of two full and two partial floors for Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney’s (BIR) headquarters in Pittsburgh’s historic Union Trust Building. Completed in 1917, the Union Trust Building was once known as the Union Arcade. In 2014, nearly 100 years later, the building shell was carefully renovated to highlight its Flemish-Gothic details, stained-glass windows and 10-story open Atrium. The BIR fit-out captures the spirit of the Atrium immediately upon walking into the Main Reception, through the clever use of LED light panels mimicking the atrium ceiling.
SunTrust Bank at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
SunTrust Bank at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
CJL Engineering provides full Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering services for ground up new branch banks and major renovations of existing facilities for SunTrust Bank. Working in conjunction with SunTrust, CJL maintains the branch bank prototype and standards development for MEP systems. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA the bank footprint extends throughout the Southeast.

CJL DESIGN SOLUTIONS

HVAC design solution utilizing a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems in conjunction with an energy-recovery unit dedicated to providing conditioned outside air to the VRF indoor units.

Lighting design for interior and exterior fixtures utilizing LED technology, including all exterior
signage.

Lighting control system incorporating daylight harvesting, occupancy/vacancy sensing, and time-of-day capabilities.

Building automation control systems to monitor HVAC, lighting, power and domestic water usage.

Low flow and flush water fixtures used throughout the branch.
Trine University, Thunder Ice Arena

Trine University, Thunder Ice Arena

CJL Engineering was contracted to provide a forensic evaluation of the Trine University, Thunder Ice Arena. In particular, the evaluation focused on the reported problems with the HVAC and rink refrigeration systems performance as well as very high utility bills. The new 46,200 sf., 700-seat Thunder Ice Arena is located on the campus of Trine University. The arena includes an NCAA-compliant ice rink, club and visitor’s lockers, weight and training rooms, concessions, a pro shop, a VIP lounge and press box. This arena is home for the men’s and women’s hockey teams of Trine University.
White Township Recreation Complex, S&T Bank Arena

White Township Recreation Complex, S&T Bank Arena

CJL Engineering provided full engineering design for a replacement ice sheet at the S&T Bank Arena, located at the White Township Recreation Complex. The retrofit was installed within a standard regulation 200 ft. ice arena. The facility offers a variety of community based programs and services including public ice skating, ice skating lessons, learn to Play hockey lessons, and many more. The facility houses a turf arena, full ice arena, batting cage, and meeting/party rooms. Indiana Youth Hockey Association, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Indiana Ice Minks, Kiski Prep, Indiana Area Soccer Boosters and The Indiana Lacrosse Club.
Akron Children’s Hospital Beeghly Campus

Akron Children’s Hospital Beeghly Campus

CJL Engineering provided mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services as well as commissioning services for a 50,000 sf. Medical Office Building (MOB) addition to the Akron Children’s Hospital Beeghly Campus. The new MOB addition connects directly to the existing campus hospital. The addition includes a new central utility plant that back feeds chilled water, heating hot water and providing power to more than half of the existing campus. It also includes a Data Center that serves as an off-site mirror for the main data center.
Wooster Community Hospital Outpatient Cancer Center

Wooster Community Hospital Outpatient Cancer Center

CJL Engineering was contracted to provide Wooster Community Hospital with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering design services for their new addition. The addition houses the Hospital’s Outpatient Cancer Center, as well as radiology services, ambulatory care and physician office space. The 40,000 sf. building project required extensive coordination of all the building systems.
Forum Health, Northside Medical Center Master Plan

Forum Health, Northside Medical Center Master Plan

The comprehensive master plan and implementation for Forum Health’s Northside Medical Center includes: a new 100,000 sf. ‘Heart Hospital’ expansion, an upgraded chilled water plant, boiler plant and electrical on-site generation, HVAC systems, plumbing and electrical systems, plus a new 547-vehicle parking garage. CJL upgraded the systems to meet the Medical Center’s demand and increased the plant’s efficiency by 17 %.
Frick Environmental Center

Frick Environmental Center

CJL Engineering provided LEED® commissioning services for the design, construction, and warranty phases, and enhanced commissioning for the Frick Environmental Center (FEC), a net-zero energy and water facility in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park. The shared project between the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and the City of Pittsburgh received the Living Building Challenge (LBC) Certification, the world’s most rigorous proven performance standard, by the International Living Future Institute. The FEC is the first Living Building in the U.S. that is municipally owned and free and open to the public. The building was also named LEED Platinum in November 2017.
CMU Baker Hall Adamson Wing

CMU Baker Hall Adamson Wing

CJL Engineering was contracted to provide Carnegie Mellon University mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection consulting engineering services for the renovation to the Baker Hall, Adamson Wing. The Adamson Wing in Baker Hall consists of classrooms and computer labs. These University classrooms offer resident audio and visual technology. The technology found in these classrooms include: single or dual displays, document cameras, Blue-ray players touch panels, input connection for laptop/mobile devices and video conferencing.
CMU’s Hamerschlag Hall Makerspace

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CMU’s Hamerschlag Hall Makerspace

Hamerschlag Hall anchors the main quadrangle on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) occupies the building that serves 450 undergraduate and 300 graduate students. CJL Engineering was hired to implement upgrades to HH-1107, the Undergraduate Computer Cluster and Distance Learning Lab. The firm has also provided upgraded ventilation and improvements to faculty offices throughout the building.
Clarion County YMCA

Clarion County YMCA

CJL Engineering was contracted as the Professional Engineering Consultant to design and specify the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems for this new $15 million-dollar, 40,000 sf facility. The Clarion County YMCA triples the size of the old facility, and includes a pool, a full-size gymnasium, an indoor track, a wellness center, a weight room, multiple purpose rooms, and locker facilities for men, women and families. The new YMCA also includes a family warm water pool providing lap lanes, recreation, exercise, swimming lessons, aqua aerobics, and other activities.
Confidential Data Center

Modern web network and internet telecommunication technology, big data storage and cloud computing computer service business concept

Confidential Data Center
Energy Center Pittsburgh – Uptown
Energy Center Pittsburgh – Uptown
This new plant is designed to serve the chilled water, steam and emergency power requirements of UPMC Mercy Hospital. CJL Engineering’s design solutions included:

Chilled Water – 5500 tons operating capacity with another 2750 tons of stand-by capacity.

Steam – 100,000 LBS / HR operating capacity with another 50,000 lbs / HR of stand-by capacity. Steam pressure is at 150 PSIG

Emergency Generators – 5 MW operating capacity with another 2.5 MW of stand-by capacity.

Design of the chilled water lines sizes for 30-inch HDPE (high density polyethylene) to exiting plant and 24-inch HDPE after the split.

Experience with the Energy Center Pittsburgh – Uptown project includes underground vaults associated with the steam installation as well. Vaults included both precast and poured in place installations.

The Energy Center Pittsburgh – Uptown project was a design-build effort with collaboration coordination and review with all stakeholders. Piping and conduit placement review and coordination continued throughout construction to assure that design objectives were met while avoiding underground obstacles, including those which had not been detected by earlier discovery methods. This effort served the project very well, particularly at the massively congested crossings of Forbes and Fifth Avenues.
State Correctional Institute, Houtzdale

State Correctional Institute, Houtzdale

CJL Engineering most recently was awarded a second Project No. DGS GESA 2018-1 for Energy Consulting Services by the Department of Corrections, SCI Houtzdale, PA as the Certified Energy Consultant for The State of Pennsylvania, CJL Engineering sits on the Commonwealth’s side of the table as the energy consultant expected to review, evaluate, support documentation and ensure that the ESCO contract and energy conservation measures (ECMs) are in compliance.
McGuireWoods Law Firm

McGuireWoods Law Firm

CJL Engineering was hired to provide mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection consulting engineering services for a tenant fit out of 37,290 rentable square feet in Tower 260, a brand-new office building in Market Square, downtown Pittsburgh, PA. The space contains offices, conference rooms, team rooms, phone rooms, coffee bars/cafés, lobby/reception, wellness room, copy room, mailroom, paralegal and PA/Case Assistant support spaces, office services, library/records, and a computer/server room.
Hildreth-Mirza Center for the Humanities at Bucknell University

Hildreth-Mirza Center for the Humanities at Bucknell University

Winner: U.S. Green Building Council of Central PA – “Rise to the Challenge” Award 2018

CJL Engineering provided the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing design for the newly opened home for the humanities at the center of the Bucknell University campus. The hall is the result of a yearlong, nearly $8-million renovation and expansion project of a building that for decades played home to the Delta Upsilon fraternity. The construction project added a new wing to the 1941 structure and increased interior space by almost 50 percent while also making the building ADA compliant. The design includes a number of sustainability features and is expected to receive a LEED® Silver rating.
SunTrust Banks
SunTrust Banks
CJL Engineering provides full Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering services for the ground-up new branch banks and major renovations of existing facilities for SunTrust Bank. Working in conjunction with SunTrust, CJL maintains the branch bank prototype and standards development for MEP systems. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA the bank footprint extends throughout the Southeast.

CJL Engineering Design Solutions

HVAC design solution utilizing a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems in conjunction with an energy-recovery unit dedicated to providing conditioned outside air to the VRF indoor units

Lighting design for interior and exterior fixtures utilizing LED technology, including all exterior signage

Lighting control system incorporating daylight harvesting, occupancy/vacancy sensing, and time-of-day capabilities

Building automation control systems to monitor HVAC, lighting, power and domestic water usage

Low flow and flush water fixtures used throughout the branch
Des Places Hall at Duquesne University

Des Places Hall at Duquesne University

Des Places Hall is a 12-story, LEED Gold, all-suite high rise residence that accommodates 430 students. It sits atop a 49-acre urban campus that dominates a plateau that overlooks Downtown Pittsburgh. CJL Engineering design solutions included mechanical and electrical systems design for energy efficiency and sustainability, fire detection/suppression systems, 10 Kw PV system on roof, LED light fixtures for decorative cove/rope lighting and exterior site lighting, a 4-pipe console fan coil unit and central 100% outside air ventilation system, and a floor by floor metering system with display for energy usage awareness.
Scaife Hall – Neurology Research Lab

Scaife Hall – Neurology Research Lab

CJL Engineering provided Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering services for Scaife Hall 5A, a renovated 13,000 sq. ft. Neurology Research Laboratory. The project is a collaborative initiative between UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh. The existing animal laboratory was completely gutted, and a new neurology research laboratory installed that includes more than 500 linear feet of usable lab counters, 10 fume exhaust hoods, and several tissue culture rooms. A critical BSL2 Lab for infectious disease control as well as for the avoidance of contaminating tissue samples was also designed for the new laboratory space.
Chevron Science Center

Chevron Science Center

The Chevron Science Center, originally built in 1974, is a 15 story, 200,000 sq. ft facility at the center of the University of Pittsburgh campus. Over the years, many lab areas, and pieces of equipment had been added to the Science Center. These additions had outstripped the original HVAC systems’ capabilities to provide adequate ventilation to insure proper equipment and system operation. CJL Engineering provided the design of significant HVAC upgrades for this landmark scientific tower.
Culinary Institute of America

Culinary Institute of America

The world famous Culinary Institute of America contracted directly with CJL Engineering as the Prime Professional to evaluate and provide their school with a “long term” view of their facilities and to act as the owner’s representative to identify Energy Conservation Measures (ECM’s) and to develop an RFP for ESCO Contractors to bid. CJL Engineering provided energy modeling calculations and Return-On-Investment (ROI) data to help the owner decide on the most effective and efficient path to take to mitigate current and future energy costs. Gross construction costs were estimated to be $8-$10 million.
Carnegie Mellon’s Hunt Library at Christmas
Carnegie Mellon’s Hunt Library at Christmas
Hunt Library is an anchor building on the main quadrangle of Carnegie Mellon University. CJL Engineering was hired to design façade lighting to accent the aluminum architectural columns around the perimeter of the building. The building façade is lit with programmable color-changing LED fixtures, allowing the façade lighting to be customized for special events and seasons. The LED fixtures are normally programmed to produce a cool blue color to accent the building’s aluminum fins. Shown here is Christmas season lighting. CJL Engineering design solutions included:

Utilized LED color changing fixtures with DMX programmable controls

Upgraded existing site lighting to new LED pole mounted fixtures

Energy efficient lighting design – consumes 60% less energy than the ASHRAE 90.1 code baseline
Washington Dulles International Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport

Dulles International Airport, located just outside Washington, D.C., is one of the fastest growing international airports on the East Coast. Dulles serves over 15 million passengers per year with more than 4 million of those passengers on international flights. CJL Engineering design solutions for Dulles’ APM Station in Terminal B included integral custom continuous fluorescent escalator lighting, indirect concourse and platform level lighting, custom luminous vertical panels at Mezzanine, column grazing uplights.
Robertson Café at the University of Akron

Robertson Café at the University of Akron

CJL Engineering designed a full Cafeteria and Dining Hall Renovation / Retrofit for the Robertson Café, located on the campus of the University of Akron. A traditional 1970’s-style cafeteria with a separated kitchen, serving line and traditional bench seating was totally updated to a contemporary dining environment.

The project was awarded an International Illumination Award from IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) for its innovative and decorative lighting design.
University Bookstore at University of Pittsburgh

University Bookstore at University of Pittsburgh

The University Store on Fifth is a retail establishment and bookstore for the University of Pittsburgh. The exterior lighting design for the store features historic sconces and LED accent lighting for the entrance columns. The interior lighting design shown here includes volumetric fixtures for general lighting, along with LED track lighting, accent lighting, and recessed multiples to highlight the retail merchandise. Decorative LED sconces on columns and pendants at counters and seating areas further enhance the space. The University Store on Fifth was awarded an Electric League 2014 Outstanding Lighting Award.
Creative and Performing Arts High School, Pittsburgh, PA

Creative and Performing Arts High School, Pittsburgh, PA

The Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) is a vertically functional and visually exciting educational facility in the city’s Cultural District. The school’s exterior redefines many of the visual elements used in the Bitz Building, a nine-story Beaux Arts style building that adjoins CAPA. Philanthropist François Bitz donated the actual building site; six floors of his creatively retrofit building are structurally connected to the school and used for additional classroom and studio space. CJL’s electrical engineering design included lighting systems for the classrooms, studios, cafeteria, corridors, lobbies, auditorium and gymnasium power distribution system with emergency back-up fire alarm, security, and public address systems, a Panasonic Astrovision screen (30 feet high and 21 feet wide) that faces Ft. Duquesne Boulevard at the 9th Street Bridge, showcasing the best creative work of the CAPA High School students.
Fort Couch Middle School – Upper St. Clair

Fort Couch Middle School – Upper St. Clair

The Upper St. Clair School District in Pittsburgh, PA has embarked on a $22 million renovation of Fort Couch Middle School. A portion of the existing structure is being demolished and reconfigured, and the school will be significantly expanded. CJL Engineering is providing the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and LEED® Engineering Services for this 153,000 sq. ft. project.
Gateway Senior High School Auditorium

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Gateway Senior High School Auditorium

A major expansion at Gateway Senior High School included a new wing that encompassed an auditorium and music education addition to the existing facility, linked by a concourse. CJL Engineering provided the HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems design for an expansion and renovation to the school.
Logan Middle School

Logan Middle School

Logan Middle School was built adjacent to the District’s high school on a 44- acre campus. CJL Engineering designed the school’s mechanical and electrical systems, as well as its advanced voice / data / video technology network. The new 139,000 sq. ft. air-conditioned middle school consists of two inter-connected wings.
Mars Area Senior High School

Mars Area Senior High School

Part of Mars Area Senior High School’s major building addition included a new Auditorium, classrooms and renovations to the existing facility. CJL Engineering provided the HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems design for an expansion and renovation to the school.
Point Park University Dance Studio

Point Park University Dance Studio

Lawrence Hall is a 21-story tower in Downtown Pittsburgh, the anchor structure of the Point Park University urban campus. This project included a new 54,000 sq. ft. dance studio complex, central cooling plant, steam boiler plant, and significant mechanical and electrical modernization for the historic 300,000 sq. ft. structure. CJL Engineering provided HVAC, electrical, lighting, information technologies, plumbing, and fire protection, as well as green/LEED® engineering services.
American College of Sofia, Bulgaria

Attribution: Rendering by Celli-Flynn Architects and Dimtcho Tilev (Sofia)

American College of Sofia, Bulgaria

The American College of Sophia (campus building & infrastructure) dates to its original construction period in the 1920’s. The campus was occupied by the USSR from 1945 to 1991. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the school undertook a complete renovation of the Campus Centre, a new library, student and learning centers, new cafeteria and numerous other teaching facilities. CJL Engineering was engaged to create a Master Plan to separate State and private water distribution systems, a master plan for campus-wide electrical systems upgrade and present options for the rebuild of the central heating plan and campus geothermal.
Katz Café at University of Pittsburgh

Katz Café at University of Pittsburgh

The Katz Café is the result of the basement retrofit of Mervis Hall at the University of Pittsburgh. CJL Engineering designed the Mechanical and Electrical Systems for this Starbucks-like coffee bar and Internet café. Mervis Hall houses the Katz Graduate School of Business. CJL’s design solutions included abundant use of down lighting and low-voltage track lighting with dimming features – augmented by fluorescent lighting. Power provided to equipment and to data network areas, a wireless Internet receiver, as well as data outlets. Existing HVAC was modified and retrofit to café application, and load requirements.
WVU Oglebay – LEED Certified

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WVU Oglebay – LEED Certified

West Virginia University transformed its historic 54,000 sq. ft. Oglebay Hall into a state-of-the-art forensics laboratory and classroom building. Dating from 1916, the new 74,000 sq. ft. building includes DNA and molecular biology laboratories, electron microscopy, bone analysis, blood, fingerprint, and trace evidence analysis facilities. CJL’s design solutions included high performance window glazing system for beneficial daylight for reduction of thermal losses and solar heat gain.;Lighting systems that adjust to daylight levels and automatically dim and shut off, saving energy; HVAC systems providing exceptional indoor air quality and energy efficient performance. The project was designed for and achieved LEED® certification.
Catherdral of Learning – University of Pittsburgh

Catherdral of Learning – University of Pittsburgh

The Cathedral of Learning is a historic landmark in Pittsburgh, recognized as the second-tallest education building in the world – at 42-stories, it rises to 535 feet in height encompasses 600,000 Sq. Ft. of space. This imposing Gothic revival tower is also the geographic and traditional heart of the University of Pittsburgh. This infrastructure upgrade involved the replacement of and redesign of the Mechanical Systems serving the 200’s wing lecture rooms.
Carnegie Mellon – Margaret Morrison Hall

Carnegie Mellon – Margaret Morrison Hall

Margaret Morrison Hall is a landmark structure on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University. Now the home of the Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, School of Design, the structure was named after Andrew Carnegie’s mother. This 1903-era classroom and faculty office building is accentuated by its famous portico. The structure originally housed the Carnegie Women’s College, which was later melded into Carnegie Mellon University in 1973. CJL Engineering’s solutions included mechanical and electrical infrastructure upgrades and renovations to portions of the building including classrooms, lecture room, dance studios, art room, design studios, dark room, photo lab, corridors and other spaces.
Youngstown State University – Williamson College of Business Administration

Youngstown State University – Williamson College of Business Administration

The Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University is a new 100,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art building that connects the downtown business community to the local campus. The $30 million building was designed to achieve LEED® Gold Certification. The facility incorporates high tech learning spaces, community outreach centers, business hubs, and administrative areas within a two block area. CJL designed and specified complete HVAC distribution systems, incorporating LEED Design into the building design, and provided construction administration for all MEP systems.
PNC Branch Banks

PNC Branch Banks

PNC Branch Banks are the first LEED® volume certified buildings in the U.S. ranging from Certified to Gold levels. PNC presently has over 150 certified buildings and is the largest single LEED® owner in the country. CJL’s solutions included standardizing systems to simplify and reduce PNC costs for purchasing, construction, operations, and maintenance. High performance envelope and glazing system enabling maximum exposure to daylight while significantly reducing thermal losses and solar heat gain. Efficient atrium lighting systems that automatically dim and shut off.
Phipps Conservatory “Living Building” – Center for Sustainable Landscapes

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Phipps Conservatory “Living Building” – Center for Sustainable Landscapes

A LEED Platinum certified building, the Phipps Conservatory developed the Center for Sustainable Landscapes mandating net-zero energy, waste, and water usage. It is a landmark building that produces as much energy from renewable resources as it uses from the grid on an annual basis. It will also capture, treat and recycle wastewater and rainwater onsite.
BJC Data Center

BJC Data Center

The new 30,000 sq. ft. Tier 3 primary Data Center for BJC Healthcare, St. Louis, MO is located on an existing hospital developed as a green healthcare facility in accordance with LEED® criteria. The Data Center and all future buildings will be built with high performance sustainable design principles, creating an “integrated” green site. CJL’s design incorporates high density heat containment approach to minimize cooling energy requirements and maximize environmental data equipment power and cooling loads. The Data Center cooling load heat rejection is recovered and used for various hospital heating needs, including boiler makeup water preheat, VAV reheat, and Domestic Hot Water preheat.
Pittsburgh Energy Innovation Center

Pittsburgh Energy Innovation Center

Pittsburgh Gateways, a non-profit economic development support organization, purchased the historic Connelly Trade School and transformed it to The Pittsburgh Energy Innovation Center (EIC). A LEED Platinum building, and winner of the Green Development Award from NAOIP Pittsburgh in 2018, EIC’s cutting-edge training, education, and research center supports the new green economy in Western Pennsylvania, and showcases the new and evolving green building technologies and provides start-up facilities for emerging green business ventures. CJL designed a high-performance envelop with improved insulation, high performance glazing and sawtooth clerestories, daylighting, geothermal heating/cooling, EcoClean boilers with recycled plastic pellet fuel; Microturbine Combined Heat and Power generators, using biofuels for off-grid peak demand shaving,
DaVIta Dialysis Centers – National Prototype Design for Nationwide Locations

DaVIta Dialysis Centers – National Prototype Design for Nationwide Locations

DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. is one of the largest kidney care resource centers in the USA with 2,179 locations. CJL Engineering has developed the new national prototype designs for future DaVita Clinics throughout the United States. CJL Professional Services include Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering Design as well as Site, Civil and Structural Design.
BrainSuite

BrainSuite

CJL Engineering, in partnership with an architecture firm and a system design company, created the design for BrainSuite© installations in hospitals throughout North America. BrainSuite, developed by BrainLab AG of Munich, Germany, is a workflow-optimized neurosurgical operating room that integrates image-guided surgery, intra-operative MRI, and visualization and data management technologies.
UPMC Health System

UPMC Health System

CJL Engineering and UPMC have a rich history of more than 50 years. CJL has provided MEP design for hundreds of UPMC projects ranging from basic renovations to building new LEED certified hospitals from the ground up. Throughout CJL’s partnership with UPMC, we have provided engineering services that support UPMC’s standards of excellence and contribute to the fulfillment of the UPMC mission.
Duke LifePoint Health Care – Conemaugh East Hills Outpatient Care Center

Duke LifePoint Health Care – Conemaugh East Hills Outpatient Care Center

Designed for maximum flexibility, functionality, day lighting, and energy efficiency, this retrofit project involved the redesign and reconfiguration of the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Systems in a 16,000 sq. ft. suite of cardiology offices in the Greater Johnstown Medical Park. CJL Engineering provided the engineering services required to repurpose existing space, originally designed for a high-security defense contractor, into a medical office application for the Conemaugh Physicians Group.
West Virginia State Office Building – Capitol Complex in Charleston, WV

West Virginia State Office Building – Capitol Complex in Charleston, WV

The West Virginia State Office Building #3 is a 235,000 sq. ft. 10-story limestone- faced structure that is part of the Capitol Complex in Charleston, WV. Built in the early 1950’s the structure houses a number of different state offices. The building required a comprehensive retrofit and upgrade of all Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Systems. Following its architectural and engineering retrofit, the building achieved LEED® Certification.
National Cancer Institute at Fort Detrick

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National Cancer Institute at Fort Detrick

The National Cancer Institute at Fort Detrick requested an evaluation of technical and financial requirements and the development of a master plan for the potential upgrade of two existing cooling plants. CJL Engineering via its Frederick, Maryland office evaluated the technical feasibility, construct ability issues, potential design approach, additional energy efficiency opportunities, and project phasing to reduce disruption of services, and developed preliminary cost estimates for various alternatives
Afghanistan Border Police Battalion

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Afghanistan Border Police Battalion

CJL Engineering partnered with Michael Baker Corporation on fast-track redevelopment strategies in Afghanistan. These projects include standard designs for border patrol stations used throughout the country. Each compound has 22 to 24 buildings that include barracks, an administration building, kitchen / laundry, ammunition storage, a medical clinic and a guard tower. Lighting design including site lighting, general building lighting, explosion-proof fixtures in classified areas. Power for the compounds is provided by a combination of primary and standby generators. Full site distribution utilizes underground feeds and panelboards in each building.
Stryker Brigade Readiness Centers

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Stryker Brigade Readiness Centers

The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Stryker Brigade program includes 10 new readiness centers. CJL Engineering was selected to provide the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering design for three facilities: Bradford, Hermitage, and Punxsutawney. The projects are being designed to achieve the National Guard Bureau’s Sustainable Project Rating Tool (SPiRiT) Gold Rating standard (a U.S. Military sustainability standard comparable to LEED®).
Community Arts Center – Restoration and Retrofit

Community Arts Center – Restoration and Retrofit

The former Capitol Theater in Williamsport, PA received a total retrofit and sensitive historic renovation, to emerge as the Community Arts Center. The performing arts complex seats 2,200 people. CJL Engineering designed all HVAC, Electrical and Plumbing Systems, retrofit within the recreated original interior that existed in 1928.
Byham Theatre – Restoration and Retrofit

Byham Theatre – Restoration and Retrofit

The restoration and adaptive retrofit of the historic Fulton Building provides the location for both the Byham Theatre and the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel. The 1,300-seat Byham Theatre, a totally restored performance hall which originally opened on Halloween, 1904 as the Gayety Vaudeville Theatre. The building’s hotel component has 300 luxury guest rooms, a business center, meeting rooms, wine bar, cocktail bar and restaurant. CJL Engineering designed the replacement of the entire building’s electrical systems including service entrance, switchgear, theatrical lighting / control, audio / visual system, fire alarm system, telecommunication data system and historical lobby renovation. Plumbing systems included new domestic water service assembly, domestic water heating, roof drainage and sanitary / vent system.
The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts

The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts

The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts is the premier multi-purpose venue in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. Built in 1927 as the Stanley Theater, the 2,800-seat hall is home to four of Pittsburgh’s opera and dance companies, and hosts a diverse range of touring productions. CJL Engineering provided new chillers, cooling towers, controls, pumps and associated electrical infrastructure. The new plant has two 275-ton centrifugal electric chillers; one 175-ton electrical screw compressor chiller, two-285-ton cooling towers, three VFD pumps, all new piping and chemical feed tanks and 2 refrigeration leak exhaust systems.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

CJL Engineering was hired as a technical consultant to assist the Board of Directors of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in its review of two independent design-build air-conditioning proposals for this historic Pittsburgh museum.
Pittsburgh Zoo – The Water’s Edge Exhibit

Pittsburgh Zoo – The Water’s Edge Exhibit

CJL Engineering provided the professional mechanical and electrical consulting services for Water’s Edge, an innovative new exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.

Water’s Edge, a LEED Compliant project, was designed for polar bears, sea otters, and walruses. Each aquatic species has its own indoor holding facility and outdoor pool. A vegetative green roof was installed over the building for aesthetics, as well as additional insulation. There are more than 450,000 gallons of chilled seawater in the outdoor pools, maintained between 50-55 degrees Fahrenheit. Water’s Edge opened in November 2006, and was featured on CNN.
Union Switch & Signal Building

Union Switch & Signal Building

This 73,000 sq. ft. aluminum and glass building is the United States headquarters for Union Switch and Signal, a subsidiary of Ansaldo Signal, The three-story building houses the corporate offices and the R&D division. Located at the Pittsburgh Technology Center the building is designed to take full advantage of the site’s natural locale, including public plazas, tree-lined river access paths and a river walk. CJL Engineering was engaged to provide an electrical service design with UPS, a fire alarm system, base building lighting and site lighting, telephone and data risers.
Jones Day Lawfirm

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Jones Day Lawfirm

Jones Day is an international law firm with over 2,300 lawyers and thirty offices worldwide. The 68,450 sq. ft. Pittsburgh office is located at One Mellon Center, a 54-story, 1.7 million sq. ft. commercial office tower situated in the financial district of Pittsburgh. Design includes private offices, workrooms, training / conference rooms, document storage, administrative support, law library, technology and communication rooms, pantry / servery and restrooms. CJL Engineering Design Solutions included power and technology distribution, client-specific HVAC design for private offices, supplemental cooling for large conference areas and technology rooms, architectural lighting design, Life Safety System design, base building MEP infrastructure modifications to meet Jones Day requirements, commissioning of MEP systems, and LEED® construction inspection services.
Union Trust Building

Union Trust Building

Built in 1916 by Industrialist Henry Clay Frick as the Union Arcade, and now known as the Union Trust Building, this 517,376 sq. ft., 11-story structure is one of the most recognizable architectural landmarks in Downtown Pittsburgh. This Grant Street building once featured 240 shops and 700 offices, all configured around a circular center atrium. Its new owners, Boston-based, The Davis Companies, embarked on a $25 million renovation / retrofit that restored the building into a preeminent Class A address and marketed toward High Technology tenants. CJL Engineering was contracted to implement and design a comprehensive Mechanical, Electrical, IT and Plumbing retrofit. The team of The Davis Companies, Mascaro, Perfido Weiskopf, Clista and CJL Engineering won the Engineering Society of Western Pennsylvania’s Commercial Project of the Year for 2017. In May 2019, the Union Trust Building officially attained LEED Silver Certification.
Renaissance Hotel Pittsburgh

Renaissance Hotel Pittsburgh

The 1905 Fulton Building is now the site the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel. This 14-story building with a copper-clad roof was originally designed by Architect, Grosvenor Atterbury and is one of the architectural treasures of Pittsburgh’s “Cultural District”. The hotel has 300 upscale guest rooms and restaurant, plus 10,000 Sq. Ft. of meeting room space. A restored dome dominates the meticulously restored white marble lobby. The structure also houses the 1,300-seat Byham Theatre, a totally restored performance hall dating from 1904. CJL’s design solutions included the retrofit design of all electrical systems and service for the building. The systems included special lighting for the lobby, meeting rooms, guest rooms, dimming, data / telecom, fitness center, kitchen, restaurant and public areas.
Chateau Lafayette – Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa

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Chateau Lafayette – Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa

CJL Engineering provided the Electrical Engineering design for Chateau Lafayette, a five-story, 124-room luxury hotel located at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort. In addition to its European amenities, the Chateau Lafayette features a grand marble-clad reception area, the Lautrec Restaurant, the 8,700 sq. ft. Marquis Ballroom and upscale shops, all of which received unique specialty lighting applications. CJL provided the comprehensive electrical component of the hotel construction including lobby areas, guest rooms, office areas, restaurants, a kitchen. The design included all voice / data / security and point-of-sale communication systems, as well as the coordination of specialty lighting and sound systems.
Naval Air Station Oceana – Child Development Center

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Naval Air Station Oceana – Child Development Center

The NAS Oceana Child Development Center is a 29,000 sq. ft LEED® Silver facility. The complex includes Child Development Home (CDH) lending space, training and curriculum office, five infant activity rooms, four pre-toddler activity rooms, four toddler activity rooms, six pre-school rooms, kitchen, laundry, an entrance/lobby, reception and work areas, restrooms and mechanical and communication rooms. CJL provided high performance peer review incorporating energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality(IEQ), and resource conservation in accordance with the USBGC LEED® green building ratings.
Three PNC Plaza

Three PNC Plaza

CJL Engineering provided LEED® Commissioning services for Three PNC Plaza. The project achieved a US Green Building Council LEED® Silver certification. The project is comprised of 290,000 sq. ft. of office space, including 180,000 sq. ft. headquarters offices for Reed Smith law firm, and the 185-room Fairmont Hotel.
Reed Smith Law Firm

Reed Smith Law Firm

CJL Engineering was contracted to provide Reed Smith with a Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection tenant fit-out design for its new multi-floor offices at Three PNC Plaza, a 23-story mixed use office tower in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Occupying seven entire floors, Reed Smith’s Pittsburgh office includes 190,000 sq. ft. of rentable space for 200 lawyers and accompanying support staff.
Fairmont Hotel – Pittsburgh

Fairmont Hotel – Pittsburgh

The Fairmont Pittsburgh is a 185-room luxury hotel that occupies the top 10 floors of the 23-story Three PNC Plaza, one of the largest mixed-use buildings in the U.S. to be LEED® certified. CJL Engineering provided the Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and LEED® Engineering services on the project, as well as the Fundamental LEED® Commissioning.
Green Building Alliance Offices – Riverwalk Center

Green Building Alliance Offices – Riverwalk Center

CJL Engineering provided Mechanical / Electrical / Plumbing and LEED® services for the Green Building Alliance’s (GBA) new 3,850-sq. ft. office space in the River Walk Corporate Center on the South Side of Pittsburgh, PA. The project earned the first LEED® Commercial Interiors Platinum certification in Pennsylvania from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Akron Thermal District Chiller

Akron Thermal District Chiller

Akron Thermal, the district energy provider for the City of Akron, Ohio, located in center-city Akron, a new 1,000-Ton steam absorption chiller, and a 1,000-Ton cooling tower, doubling the city’s chilling capacity. CJL’s Structural Engineering Design included new concrete floor and building shell expansion to support the new chiller, associated pumps and controls. Increased electrical capacity supports the new chiller pumps and cooling tower fan motors.
University of Pittsburgh – Upper Campus – Chilled Water Plant and Hi-Pressure Steam

University of Pittsburgh – Upper Campus – Chilled Water Plant and Hi-Pressure Steam

CJL Engineering provided the mechanical and electrical engineering design for the 5,100-ton upper campus chilled water plant for the University of Pittsburgh. The massive 7,000 sq. ft. plant is 30 feet high, and houses three 900-ton and two 1200-ton chillers.

A primary, secondary pumping system utilizes a water pump for each chiller, and three secondary pumps with variable speed drives. The total capacity of the pumping system is 8,160 gpm designed for a 15 degree F. delta T.
Underground 20” chilled water piping, along with 12” high-pressure steam, 6” pump discharge, and 2” high-pressure return, were installed in a common 10’ side trench. The steam system consisted of over 1,000 ft. of high-pressure and six steam vaults.
Cambria County War Memorial Arena

Cambria County War Memorial Arena

The Cambria County War Memorial Arena is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose sports and exhibition facility. In a recent expansion and renovation, the arena gained central air-conditioning, new seating, improved public access, and ADA Compliance.

The new chilled water plant has two – 300-Ton chillers, and also serves the adjacent Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center. Central station air-handling units and a 4-pipe heating and cooling system serve the HVAC needs of the building. Rink refrigeration: low temperature ice building chiller, evaporative condenser, Ethylene Glycol pumps for rink piping, and redundant compressor/pumping arrangement.

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