AlfaTech Qualifications
AlfaTech is a consulting engineering firm offering a range of complementary services and expertise in multiple markets. Our services include: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Design, Technology, Architectural Lighting Design, Commissioning and Energy Solutions, as well as Sustainability.
ALFATECH LOCATIONS San Jose, California – HQ | San Francisco, California | Monrovia, California | Orange, California | San Diego, California | Atlanta, Georgia
INNOVATIVE IDEAS | SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS | INTEGRATED PARTNERSHIPS
2022
Vela Tech Holdings, Inc. established for AlfaTech and other business units. Verity Commercial joins. Mumbai office opens.
2020
S&K Engineering of Monrovia and LFA Lighting of Ventura join our growing firm. Opens San Diego Office
COMPANY PROFILE
2019
Growth of leadership team. Further expansion into international markets with new and existing clients.
2018
Through RSBG: adds strength of 65+ offices throughout Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Africa.
AlfaTech was established in Silicon Valley in 1987 as a mechanical, electrical, and technology (low voltage, security, and A/V) design engineering firm. Responding to client needs, we expanded our service offerings to include architectural lighting design, sustainability, Smart Building, and project management services. In addition, we expanded into five California offices, including San Jose (Silicon Valley), San Francisco, Monrovia, and San Diego. AlfaTech is gaining ground through organic, merger, and acquisition growth. Establishing Vela Tech portfolio with parent company RSBG, our services reach the West Coast to the Midwest and the East Coast from partner offices in Seattle, Chicago, Reston, and Edison. We also have an international presence with offices throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. AlfaTech has a solid reputation forged by a corporate commitment to enduring client relationships and service excellence. We provide complete design, design-assist, and design/build project delivery services. Our project experience includes core and shell, tenant improvements, upgrades, repositioning, and restacks. Each AlfaTech project aims to achieve maximum energy performance, resource conservation, and pollution reduction, resulting in the highest energy savings and sustainability at all design phases while creating a balance of preservation, constructability, schedule, and budget. Given the dynamic nature of what we do, our AlfaTech teams are active listeners, and together with their focus on client and partner relations, are true team players.
2017
Expands offices in Los Angeles and Japan. Celebrates 30 Years Success!
2015
Develops partnerships in India, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
2014
Merges with Timmons Design. Expands San Francisco office to One Post Street Location
2012
Develops Architectural Lighting Design group. Creates Ireland and Thailand partnerships.
2010
Develops Sustainability / LEED and Energy Solutions groups.
2008
Ranked as one of the Top Five Engineering Firms in Silicon Valley
2006
Merges with MCT. AT-PD founded. Reports annual volume $150M
2003
Named one of the Top 100 Largest Private Companies in San Francisco.
2000
Named one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Silicon Valley.
1996
Merges with S&H and MPL. Opens San Francisco office.
1989
Creation of an in-house Technology Group focused on voice, data systems, and overall technology
1987
Jeff Fini, PE, founds AlfaTech MEP Design in Silicon Valley
LOCATIONS ALFATECH is part of Vela Tech Holding portfolio of companies
VELA TECH HOLDING
SISTER COMPANIES
ALFATECH USA San Francisco, California San Jose, California - HQ Monrovia, California Orange, California San Diego, California Atlanta, Georgia ALFATECH ASIA Singapore AT-PD San Jose, California - HQ VERITY COMMERCIAL Seattle, Washington
EUROPE London, England
MIDDLE EAST Doha, Qatar Bagdad, Iraq Abu Dhabi, UAE Al Ain, UAE MadiantZayad, UAE Dubai, UAE Riyadh, Saudi Aribia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
ASIA Mumbai, India Pune, India Bangkok, Thailand Singapore Gandhingar, India New Dehli, India Dehradun, India Rajkot, India Visakhapatnam, India Dhaka, Bangladesh Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
Warwickshire, England Saint-Cannat, France Essen, Germany
Frankfurt, Germany Munich, Germany Bochum, Germany Berlin, Germany Hamburg, Germany Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany Rostock, Germany
Amman, Jordan Istanbul, Turkey
Wiesbaden, Germany Stralsund, Germany Vienna, Austria Kornberg, Austria
NORTHERN AFRICA Cairo, Egypt
Chicago, Illinois Reston, Virginia Edison, New Jersey
ALFATECH ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING STUDIO We provide the most advanced, professional engineering services that ensure buildings thrive. We partner with clients to turn their visions into a tangible reality. As one of the leading MEP consultants in the Western U.S., AlfaTech strives to improve the life of hundreds of thousands of Americans every day through the buildings we design. Coining the expression “Innovation & Excellence,” we provide the most advanced, professional engineering services that ensure buildings thrive. We partner with clients to turn their visions into a tangible reality.. To us, conscious design elements are indispensable in meeting the escalating expectations emerging within vibrant and diverse typologies. We believe the highest-efficiency buildings transpire from mirroring the sustainable features inherent to the world around us. Propelling cutting-edge solutions requires a thoughtful design that can interact with the physical environment. Elements like smart buildings, reduced reheat, and synergies before waste initiate perpetual savings. Eager to do our part, we pride ourselves on designing state-of-the-art facilities that reach unprecedented levels of integration. We think that sustainable design is more than just a phrase. It is a perspective. We are committed to rock-solid partnerships with our clients by delivering on our promise always to excel.
OCCUPANCY
DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION
END OF USE
SUSTAINABLITY
PROCESS ENGINEERING DESIGN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY COMMISSIONING / ENERGY SOLUTIONS
RETRO COMMISSIONING
LIFE OF A BUILDING
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN Lighting and Lighting Controls Lighting Calculations Customized ROI Calculations Sustainable Lighting Design Energy Savings Analysis Custom Lighting Fixtures Custom Lighting Fixtures Design
COMMISSIONING & ENERGY SOLUTIONS Early Quantifiable Energy Study Incentives Energy Star® Assessments Retro-commissioning (RCx) Monitoring Brand Continuous Commissioning (MBCCx) ASHRAE Level 1, 2 and 3 Energy Audits Measurement and Verification (M&V) of installed projects Energy Modeling SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability Planning (Organizational and Infrastructural) LEED / Green Building Consulting Masterplanning Life Cycle Cost Assessment Occupant Wellness and Comfort Façade Engineering CFD / Wind Studies Wind Studies Thermal Stratification Studies Energy Concept Studies Net Zero Energy Budgeting HVAC/Chilled Water Plant Optimization
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN Power Systems Emergency & Standby Power Lighting and Lighting Controls Security Systems 24 / 7 Power Systems (UPS) Power Monitoring Systems Toxic Gas Monitoring Graphic Control and Alarm Panels Grounding and Bonding Industrial Hygiene Systems Low Tolerance Temp Control Title 24 Analysis and Design Heat Recovery Systems Central Utility Plants Air Handlers HVAC System Controls PLC Programming Fire Protection and Plumbing MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN HVAC Heating Systems Water and Gas Cooling Systems / Chilled Water Dehumidification Systems Contamination Sensitive Areas
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING AND DESIGN
Low Voltage Design Audio Visual Design
Security Systems Design Architectural Acoustics Wireless Design & Modeling
Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) Integrated Building Management Systems BMS Network Integration Telco Facilities and Services Voice Systems and Applications Relocation & Data Center Migration Services Strategic Planning and Analysis Project Management Management Consulting
Energy Management Energy Conservation Fire Alarm Systems Public Address Systems Plug Loads Control
ALFATECH TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY STUDIO AlfaTech’s Technology Studio provides smart building design solutions for some of the world’s most complex and high performing buildings. Our Technology Studio services combines consulting, design, and software creation, and we work with clients worldwide. AlfaTech Smart Building Services help building owners and stakeholders with office strategies to roll in more Artificial Intelligence (AI) machine learning and cloud-based data and analysis in facility operation to optimize various building systems and keep maintenance low. The Smart Building Technology will also be beneficial to post-pandemic return to the office. To implement the latest and greatest technology, the essential operational technologies, including a unified user interface and reporting system that monitors and structures all various systems (BMS, Lighting Control, Shade Control, Security, Access, Conference room scheduling, and others) data in place will be required. This will be accomplished through a web-based user interface integrated building management system known as Smart Building Technology..
OUR SERVICES
INTEGRATED BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (IBMS)
Strategy sessions with stakeholders to understand smart building expectations and requirements. Develop matrix outlining all systems which should be included in Intelligent (SMART) Building System. Provide smart building design expertise to ensure all required systems for integration are connected to building technology network (BTN) and communicate via open protocol like BACnet IP. Develop a Master Systems Integration (MSI) RFP outlining system requirements and specifications for the provision of open MSI System of hardware and software components either on dedicated on-prem private network or hosted off-prem in the cloud .
Integration through open protocols or (API) Collective monitoring, reporting, analysis, and automation Optimizing operational and energy efficiencies Improve strategic facilities and space planning Enhance employee experience/productivity Reliability with an integrated systems approach Consolidate facilities management platforms
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
MIGRATION SERVICES Requirements Gathering Business Impact Analysis
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ANALYSIS Technology Refresh Efficiency & Optimization Corporate Office Relocation Data Center Strategy Development Data Center Programming (OPR Development, Capacity Planning, Site Selection, Conceptual Design, Colocation
LOW VOLTAGE DESIGN MDF / IDF / MPOE DESIGN Lab / Server Room / Data Center Pathways and Building Riser Systems Campus Outside Plant (OSP) Design Copper / Fiber Backbone Cabling Copper / Fiber Horizontal Cabling Design Team Coordination Product and Vendor Selection Contract Documents
Inventory / Audit Documentation Technical Design Coordination Capacity Planning Migration Strategy and Planning Equipment Database Development Migration Documentation Technical Staff Augmentation Migration Project Management
Lease Negotiations) Budget Development Schedule Master Planning PROJECT MANAGEMENT Project Program Development Project Plan and Schedule Budgeting Vendor Selection Contract Negotiations Vendor / Contract Management
Bidding and Negotiations Construction Administration
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING Technology Standards Development Product / Vendor Evaluation Competitive Cost Analysis Technology Trends and Benchmarking Facilities & IT Collaboration
AUDIO VISUAL DESIGN Audio Visual Solutions (Conference Rooms, Executive Board Rooms, Café Spaces, Lobby Spaces, Digital Signage, Training Rooms, All Hands Spaces, Theatre / Auditoriums, Collaboration Spaces, Recording / Broadcast Studios, Network /
Project Communication (Meetings / Meeting Minutes, Risk Mitigation, Communications Plan, Project Performance Metrics)
Security Operations Centers) Product and Vendor Selection Contract Documents Bidding and Negotiations Construction Administration
SECURITY SYSTEMS DESIGN Security Solutions (Access Control, Video Surveillance, Intrusion Detection, Monitoring and Alarm, Anti-Tailgate Solutions, Biometric Solutions)
DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS Cellular DAS Design ERRCS DAS Design Predictive Modeling – iBwave Software Multi-Carrier Survey Analysis and Reports Antenna Placement DAS Infrastructure Design
INTEGRATED BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IBMS Architecture Development Application Use Case Programming Sub-Systems Definition Integration with Traditional Platforms (BMS/BAS Systems, Lighting Control Systems, Audio Visual Systems, Security Systems) Open Source API Validation Network Integration Cost and ROI Analysis Platform and Vendor Selection TELCO FACILITIES AND SERVICES Copper and Fiber Facilities Design MPOE and OSP Pathway Design Coordination with LEC/CLEC Requirements and Capacity Planning Negotiations and Order Administration Service Delivery – Systems Integration Telco Audit and Evaluation Cost Reduction and ROI Analysis Physical Inventory and Documentation Contract Review and Negotiations
Site Risk Assessment Site Threat Assessment Product and Vendor Selection Contract Documents Bidding and Negotiations Construction Administration
RCP Coordination Vendor Selection
VOICE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Voice Over IP Solutions
WI-FI SYSTEMS DESIGN Fluke Networks AIRMAGNET Software Utilize CAD or PDF Drawings Predictive Modeling (Bandwidth Modeling, Interference Modeling, Mounting Heights, Transmission Power) Survey Analysis and Reports Access Point Placement RCP Coordination
Digital Telephone Systems Voice Processing Systems Call Center Solutions Audio Conference Systems Paging Systems Vendor Management
Active Survey and Validation Performance Troubleshooting
SECURITY DESIGN To complement our technology design and engineering services, AlfaTech has developed comprehensive security design services that specialize in providing our clients with advanced solutions to meet their growing needs. Our security design and engineering staff has extensive industry experience in commercial real estate, educational facilities, data centers and hospitality applications.
Perimeter Access Control Interior Access Control Intrusion Detection Door Intercom Systems Blue Phone Systems Anti-Tailgating Turnstiles CCTV Video Surveillance Security Operations - SOC Program and Design Bid and Award Construction Administration Standards Development
We understand that employees and visitors have an expectation to feel safe in your building. To meet that expectation we have worked with clients globally in a variety of facilities in all aspects of planning, design and construction management. AlfaTech works closely with our clients to define the necessary requirements to meet their physical security objectives. AlfaTech has developed security systems for a wide variety of corporate enterprise environments and specialized applications. Many clients have existing security platforms that need to be integrated with new or renovated building projects, while others require the evaluation and selection of new platforms for access control and/or video surveillance. AlfaTech has worked with many of the leading security manufacturers to provide cost effective solutions. AlfaTech has delivered security design and engineering services for many corporate clients for both campus/headquarters and remote/field office environments including domestic and international locations. In many cases, we have assisted clients in the development of security systems standards, including documentation, cost estimating and delivery strategies. To ensure we deliver leading solutions to our clients, we continually work with leading product manufacturers to understand their product roadmaps and best practices for design and implementation. AlfaTech provides design, procurement and implementation project management services. We are not a security integrator, and therefore offer independent and objective solutions focused on the client’s needs and overall best interest.
AUDIO VISUAL DESIGN To complement our technology design and engineering services, AlfaTech has developed comprehensive audio visual design services that specialize in providing our clients with advanced solutions to meet their growing needs. Our audio visual engineering staff has extensive industry experience in corporate applications, education, theater, studios and auditorium applications. All Hands/Auditorium Spaces Conference Rooms Audio and Video Conferencing Technologies Media Presentation Capabilities Installed Sound Systems Audio Visual Automation and Controls Control Room / Studio Spaces Executive Board Rooms Educational Facilities/Classrooms Training Room Environments In today’s corporate environments we are seeing more advanced technologies being used to promote collaboration and to enhance the employee experience. Companies are relying heavily on conferencing capabilities for applications ranging from individual employees to global all hands events. AlfaTech has established extensive experience in a wide variety of audio visual applications including conference spaces ranging from simple presentation to very complex audio and video conferencing capabilities. Training Rooms and All Hands spaces that often utilize video wall or large format projection technologies and more advanced automation and controls. Our experience with content delivery and collaboration capabilities include digital signage, lobby / reception spaces and casual meeting spaces. In larger format venues like theatres and auditorium spaces our capabilities include advanced audio, lighting and presentation technologies.
AlfaTech has delivered audio visual design and engineering services for many corporate clients for both campus/headquarter and remote/field office environments including domestic and international locations. In many cases we have assisted clients in the development of audio visual systems standards including documentation, cost estimating and delivery strategies. To ensure we deliver leading solutions to our clients, we continually work with leading product manufactures to understand their product roadmaps and best practices for design and implementation. AlfaTech provides design, procurement and implementation project management services. We are not an AV integrator and therefore offer independent and objective solutions focused on the client’s needs and overall best interest.
Executive Briefing Center Digital Signage Solutions Large Format Image Displays Video Wall Technologies Standards Development .
ALFATECH PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts
Los Angeles, CA
TYPE: SIZE:
New Construction 360,000 SF
The Lucas Museum was conceived with the bold ambition to challenge the way our societies appreciate art museums. Inspired by its resolute mission, the engineering design blasted off with the vision to deliver a lasting, centenarian building in harmony with its site. The carbon zero design harnessed heat and cooling from the soil beneath the museum with over 700 vertical bores. This constituted the deep earth, pulsating aorta of the geothermal field. A second element of nature was introduced by way of a thermally active water pond, which increased the site’s innate cooling capacity. These features were modulated by the high-efficiency, heat recovery central plant that provided all-electric, simultaneous heating and cooling (and no gas-fired boilers). Environmental quality for prime spaces – galleries, state of the art theaters, and lobbies – were controlled with underfloor air-distribution and radiant floors. Smart controls gently nudged temperature and ventilation parameters to adjust to visitors’ comfort. The superstructure lifted off with an exterior façade that self-shaded the thermal shell, effectively reducing cooling demand. Curved onyx glass organically traced the rooftop which formed the solar PV field. At 365 kW capacity, the renewable energy source reduced an estimated 10-15% of the electricity demand and swung the carbon footprint negative. Ahead of its time, the Lucas Museum will open the doors as an eco-friendly, ‘net zero energy’-ready museum that gives back to the surrounding community.
Awarded Savings by Design Incentive
Uber Mission Bay 1 & 2
San Francisco, CA
TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDITATION:
New Construction, High-Rise, Design-Bid-Build, Core and Shell 423,000 SF LEED Platinum / WELL Gold
Awards • 2022 CMAA Northern
AlfaTech recently completed Uber’s innovative new sustainable San Francisco headquarters which is a ground up office building in the Mission Bay district. AlfaTech provided design/bid/build style Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) engineering, lighting design, and Technology (low voltage, security, audio/visual) services, throughout the entire project. AlfaTech is part of the construction administration effort and served as the engineer-of-record for mechanical and electrical installations. AlfaTech assisted the architectural design team with optimizing performance by assessing various utility, façade and wind studies. Life-cycle cost analysis, energy benchmarking, and computational fluid dynamics were critical tools to inform the design effort. The project was designed as an innovative, ultra-high performance building that focuses on an occupant-centric workplace and includes an elaborate IT infrastructure, a façade that responds to programmatic needs, an under-floor air distribution system, a two-building atria system incorporating natural ventilation, and a central treatment system for collecting graywater and rainwater. The interactions between the occupants, the buildings, and the ambient, were at the heart of the architectural and engineering systems; targeting lower environmental metrics of 1,100,000 kWh in reduced energy use and 2,100,000 gallons in reduced water use. AlfaTech provided engineering strategies and Smart Building System Matrix outlining all systems that should be included in the Intelligent Smart Building System.
California Best Project Under $100M & Project of the Year • 2022 IES Illumination Award of Merit for its meritorious contribution to lighting design • 2021 Best of Year winner for Tech Office • 2021 Fast Company Innovation by Design Real Estate Finalist • 2019 Architizer A+ Awards Winner, Unbuilt Commercial
Uber Mission Bay 3 & 4
AlfaTech (AT) provided comprehensive engineering, lighting and technology design for two 11-story high-rise buildings for Uber’s impressive new sustainable headquarters on the Chase Center campus. AT provided design services for full design, MEP, Technology, and lighting system design for the tenant improvements. These buildings were designed to foster creativity and innovation featuring both lively and quiet zones, a gym, terrace balconies, full-service two-floor kitchen / cafeteria, coffee and smoothie bars, and many other amenities for occupant comfort. Scope also included library, makers room, event lounge, conference center, training rooms, and retail space. Mission Bay 3 features a new 11,400 SF wellness fitness center on level 3, including a 4,200 SF exterior terrace for employee use. Tenant Improvement, High-Rise, Core and Shell 586,000 SF Total (MB 3: 310,000 SF/11 stories, MB 4: 276,000 SF/11 stories) LEED Gold, WELL Platinum San Francisco, CA TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDITATION:
Certifications: • WELL v2 Platinum • LEED v4 Gold • WELL Health-Safety Rating
Uber, 190 Mathilda
Sunnyvale, CA
TYPE: SIZE:
Tenant Improvement, Design-Assist 134,000 SF
AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing engineering and technology design services for the tenant improvement of the Class A, 5-story building office building in downtown Sunnyvale, CA. The space includes café, coffee bar, training, presentation, conference rooms, library, and open/closed offices. Technology standards were developed in partnership with Uber IT for the low voltage, audiovisual and security systems and components.
Awarded Saving by Design Incentive
Confidential Client, Central & Wolfe Campus
Sunnyvale, CA
TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDITATION:
Tenant Improvement 752,000 SF
LEED Platinum
AlfaTech has provided full MEP engineering and low voltage technology design services for the tenant improvements for this confidential client. This campus consists of: three interconnected, 6-story office buildings with two levels of podium parking on the ground totaling 752,100 SF; 25,000 SF cold core and shell café building with full service commercial kitchen with variable flow system; six-story parking garage; open and collaborative environment with furniture systems; private offices; software/light-hardware labs in buildings 1 and 2 totaling 36,000 SF; server room with cooling redundancy; fitness center and wellness center, 10,000 SF each, in office tower 1 on level 3. The project achieved LEED Platinum, the buildings themselves are designed to be net-zero energy ready and was awarded design incentives provided by saving by design.
Visa Metro 1, 2 & 3
Foster City, CA
TYPE: SIZE:
Tenant Improvement, High-Rise 440,000+ SF
Project Highlights • Smart Building • Cafeteria • Auditorium • Health/Wellness Center
AlfaTech is providing MEP engineering design services for the multiple phases of tenant improvements for Visa Metro Campus in Foster City. Buildings 1 and 2 each are 12-story office buildings with attached 4-level parking garages. The design included several floors of office space, specialty rooms, restrooms, prayer rooms, meeting rooms, copy/work rooms and amenities spaces including a tech connection bar, 4,000 SF health/wellness center, cafeteria, and auditorium/lobby. There is an interconnecting staircase between the floors and a bridge connecting the two buildings. Services included mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering; fire protection design; technology design, lighting design and construction administration. AlfaTech/IBIS also provided Smart Building Technology Services for this project.
• MDF/IDF Rooms • Lighting Design • Energy Modeling
Technology Design Services • Low Voltage
Visa, Mission Rock San Francisco, CA
TYPE: SIZE:
Tenant Improvement, High-Rise 316,000 SF
AlfaTech is providing mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering, technology and lighting design services for the tenant improvements at 1051 3rd Street, commonly known as Mission Rock Parcel G in San Francisco, CA. The building has 13 floors with approximately 283,135 SF of interior space and 33,000 SF of multi-level terraces and roof garden. The building is configured as a multi-tenant facility with retail space at ground floor level, but the rest of the building space is exclusive to Visa. The tenant spaces including open offices, conference rooms, breakroom, communal stair between floor 4 and 5, Visa University, Innovation Center, elevator lobby, and others.
Energy Star Certified Property
Okta Headquarters, 100 First Street
San Francisco, CA
TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDITATION:
Tenant Improvement 245,000 SF LEED Gold
AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering design for multiple floors of Okta’s Headquarters at 100 First Street a 27-story high-rise building in San Francisco. The 8 th floor training room is approximately 1,400 SF and included conversion of an existing open office, flex room ad small conference rooms into a new training room. On the 13 th floor project included open office workstations, meeting rooms, break rooms, phone rooms, IT rooms and support areas, on the 16 th and 17 th floors and half of the 12 th floor , approximately 48,500 SF project included open office workstations, meeting rooms, break rooms, phone rooms, IT rooms and support areas. And on the 24 th floor project included MEP engineering and technology services totaling 8,600 SF and included open office workstations, meeting rooms, phone rooms, huddle rooms, pantry/café and MDF/IDF rooms to support all IT infrastructure. The firm also provided MEP sustainability services to facility certification of the project site as LEED and WELL (approximately 245,000 SF)
BART Headquarters, 2150 Webster
Oakland, CA
Tenant Improvement, High-Rise, Design-Build 244,000 SF Targeting LEED Gold
TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDITATION:
AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering, lighting and technology (low voltage, audiovisual, and security) design for BART Headquarters, which is a beautiful 10-story 244,000 SF high-rise facility located in Oakland, California. The newly renovated project includes open and closed offices for 1,300 employees with other conveniences such as a community break room, conference spaces, building maintenance rooms, and other amenities such as a modest roof-top deck/workspace, with tenant-design ready ground floor street activated café and coffee shop with Plumbing, HVAC, and sprinklers stubbed to suite. BART Headquarters looks to set a standard for public transportation in the Greater Bay Area. This project is pursuing the LEED Gold Accreditation. Original retrofit was also done by AlfaTech.
Awards • ENR California's 2022
Northern California Regional Best Interior/Tenant Improvement Project
Adobe Headquarters
San Jose, CA
TYPE: SIZE:
Tenant Improvement, High-Rise Three new buildings, 1,000,000 SF total; Building One: 18-story; 440,000 SF Building Two: 15-story, 275,000 SF ; Building Three: 18-story, 266,000 SF
Now considered a landmark on the San Jose skyline, the Adobe headquarters campus houses more than 2,500 employees. Each of the three buildings has its own parking garage, public lobby, data center, and will provide open workspace, Executive level offices, conference rooms, breakout areas, cafés, a wellness/fitness center, a roof deck, pedestrian bridge, a new Customer Experience Center. Building Two also features retail space at street level. Additionally, each tower included a data center. The data center design consisted of a 7/24 full generator/UPS backup system for HVAC, lighting and power within the room with 100% redundancy. Technology design services included the design of the intra-building and inter-building low voltage cable plant for the facility, pathway systems for distribution of structured cabling infrastructure including both Outside Plant (OSP) between buildings and interior pathways within the office tower, pedestrian bridge and parking levels, design of the MDF and IDF rooms to support all IT infrastructure, design and coordinate the rack and cabinet layouts and elevations for the telecommunication rooms, coordination of Telco and Network connectivity for building systems including BMS, MEP, Security and Life Safety systems, and the design of the audio visual systems for the facility including conference rooms, breakout areas, cafes, roof deck(s), Customer Experience Center, all hands space and common area locations that require av capabilities, the design of the DAS system for both Cellular and ERRCS platforms, Wi-Fi predictive modeling for quantity and placement of wireless access points (WAPs)
Analog Devices Inc. (ADI)
Santa Clara, CA
TYPE: SIZE:
Tenant Improvement 356,000 SF
Project Highlights • Executive Board Room • Customer Experience Center • Fitness Center
AlfaTech provided MEP engineering and technology (low voltage and security) design services for the tenant improvements of Analog Devices (ADI) newly relocated corporate headquarters into two recently completed warm shell buildings in Santa Clara Square. This 356,000 SF project encompasses nine of the twelve floors. The flexible 280,000 SF office space accommodates 950 seats as well as amenities, various lab and specialty program spaces including: 40,000 SF of light electronic labs; 10,000 SF electronic test lab with Class 100,000 clean room; 700 SF of wet labs; 1,200 SF data center; 11,000 SF customer experience center; an executive board room; logistics / shipping / receiving area; and a raised style 60-person auditorium.
• Auditorium • Data Center • Labs
• Class 100,000 Clean Room Technology Design Services • Low Voltage • Security
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS • San Francisco, CA
Charles Schwab Multiple Locations
• San Ramon, CA • Santa Rosa, CA
• Dallas, TX • Austin, TX
TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDIATION:
Data Center, Mixed Use 1,750,000+ SF LEED Gold
• El Paso, TX • Boston, MA • Paramus, NJ • White Plains, NY • Charlotte, NC • Charleston, SC • Orlando, FL • Richfield, OH • Phoenix, AZ • Denver, CO • Indianapolis, IN
AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing engineering services as well as technology design for several projects totaling over 1.75m SF for this client. These projects included campuses, tech and data center evaluations, TI’s, feasibility studies, computer room upgrades and retail branches, at locations across the country. The newest retail branch location achieved LEED Gold certification for its sustainable features such as PV as a renewable energy source, low-flow water fixtures, and low VOC finishes.
Proofpoint
Technology Design 34,000 SF Weavers Court Business Park, Belfast, UK TYPE: SIZE:
AlfaTech provided low voltage design, audio visual and security infrastructure design services for the Proofpoint office at Weavers Court Business Park in Belfast, United Kingdom. Proofpoint occupies approximately 34,000 SF of this 4-story building. Services included design of the Low Voltage cable plant for the facility, pathway systems for distribution, MDF & IDF rooms to support all IT Infrastructure, design of the audiovisual systems for specialty spaces including a divisible Conference and Training Room and security access control and video surveillance requirements for the building.
ARM Semiconductor
San Jose, CA
AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing fire protection engineering and technology (low voltage, audio visual and security) design for 156,000 SF complete interior renovation for a 2 building campus for the industry leading microprocessor supplier’s US headquarters in San Jose. Facility includes office spaces,, conference rooms, phone/huddle rooms, MDF/IDF rooms, customer collaboration facility, fitness center, a full-service café and a new secure exterior multipurpose amenity space. The firm also provided Title-24 Energy Modeling services. Technology services included design modifications for the low voltage cable plant for the facility and pathway systems for distribution of structured cabling infrastructure, and coordination of Telco and network connectivity to building systems including BMS, MEP, security and life safety systems. Interiors are designed to be certified WELL Platinum (pending) and were certified LEED Gold. Tenant Improvement Building 120: 2-stories, 59,300 SF; Building 150: 2-stories, 92,450 SF LEED Gold / WELL Platinum (pending) TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDITATION:
Divvy Headquarters
Tenant Improvement 100,000 SF 13705 S 200 W, Draper, UT TYPE: SIZE:
AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and acoustical engineering, technology (low voltage, audio-visual, security) and architectural lighting design services for this 100,000 SF tenant improvement for Divvy, a financial services firm, located in Draper, Utah. The first floor consists of common and amenity spaces, featuring a 2-story central gathering area, fitness and bathroom facilities, a large break room, beverage bar, training rooms, interview rooms and multiple lounge areas. The remaining floors feature an open-office concept with numerous conference rooms, huddle areas and solo rooms. Divvy HQ is equipped with a 2,000 SF flexible Training Center, a Mother’s Room for nursing parents, Nurse’s Station for private medical care, and Neighborhood Service where we bring onsite services, such as haircuts and car detailing The ground floor will have an all hands meeting space, large break room/lunchroom, fitness area, interview rooms, training rooms, bike storage/repair and locker room.
L’Oreal Headquarters
El Segundo, CA
Project Highlights: • Expansive, indoor and outdoor networking and collaboration spaces • Flexible, bookable, indoor and outdoor personal workspaces • High-speed IT capabilities • Indoor and outdoor on-site dining and catering options, operated by Wolfgang Puck • On-site health and wellness spaces, including a Mind & Movement exercise studio, wellness rooms, and Mothers’ Suites • A dog-friendly office environment • A L’Oréal company store that features products across its portfolio of brands
TYPE: SIZE:
Tenant Improvement 100,000 SF
AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing engineering and technology (low voltage, audio visual, security and Cellular DAS) design for L’Oreal’s 100,000 SF headquarters in this two-story building. Project included open office, Lux room, teaching space with technical areas containing hair styling/cosmetology stations and hair washing sinks with localized exhaust system and water heaters for sinks, workstations, boardrooms, private and executive offices, design studios, phone rooms, photo/video studio, edit bay, blogger room, company store, catering area, large staff café with full cooking kitchen, wellness room, lobby & IDF room. This headquarters also serves as home to the first-ever West Coast L'Oréal Professional Products Academy, offering world-class education and connection to the professional beauty community.
Project Highlights • Trading Rooms • Private Offices • Conference Rooms • Server Rooms
AmeriHome Mortgage Tenant Improvement 100,000 SF Westlake Village, CA TYPE: SIZE:
Technology Design Services • Low Voltage • Audio Visual • Security
AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering as well as technology design for the renovation of 80,000 square feet on the 3rd floor of office space in the former Baxter Healthcare building in Westlake Village. The project was competed in a record nine weeks. This was a fantastic team effort that was a monumental task and required several war room planning sessions to execute a project of this magnitude in record time. The project comprised of global trading rooms, MDF room, main server room, (5) IDF rooms, boardroom, executive suites, Network Operations Center, multiple staff breakrooms, private offices, conference rooms, open office spaces, 24/7 supplemental/after-hours cooling. American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation is the 10th largest retail mortgage lender in the United States and was structured as a real estate investment trust. AmeriHome Mortgage Company is a direct mortgage lender that is growing rapidly.
Twelvemonth Restaurant
Burlingame, CA
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Historic, Tenant Improvement 10,000 SF
Targeting LEED Platinum
Services: • MEP Engineering • Architectural Lighting Design • LEED Administration • LEED Energy Modeling Technology Design Services
AlfaTech is providing mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, architectural lighting and technology (low voltage, audio visual, security and Wi-Fi modeling) design services for the tenant improvement for this new high-end single-story restaurant with back of house mezzanine. The interior of the building will be fully renovated along with a structural upgrade and new MEP systems serving the new restaurant as well as various site improvements, including a community garden, a newly landscaped courtyard and a potential of a rain catchment system along with an on-site photovoltaic array. Project includes indoor and outdoor dining areas, front and back of the house cooking and food prep areas, bakery area, bar/lounge and sunrooms, front façade lighting, support space, and a chef’s greenhouse. Technology Infrastructure will include video surveillance, IT-low voltage cabling for network connectivity, audio visual monitors for display and private meetings, high speed internet and Wi-Fi throughout the space, ambient sound/music for both inside and outside areas, video conference and presentation capabilities in meeting spaces and connectivity for POS system.
• Low Voltage • Audio Visual • Security • Wi-Fi Modeling
Fort Worth, TX
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Data Center Confidential
LEED Gold
AlfaTech provided site selection support services and continues to provide overall design team project management as well as MEP, Architectural, Structural, Civil, Fire Protection, Controls, Wind Study, LEED Consulting, and Life Safety services for this extremely energy efficient Data Center project. Key design changes to this data center include a redesign of the building arrangement from single data center facilities with support office to a single facility with an office space bridging the equivalent of 2 data center facilities in past projects. In addition to the layout revisions, another major revision to the Core IT spaces was made to address current needs as well as future proofing the space for anticipated technology changes. The MEP system design includes a highly energy efficient design concept divergent from past data center cooling techniques at other project sites. Awards: Chicago AIA "2020 Design Excellence Award" Distinguished Building
Prineville, OR
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Data Center Confidential
LEED Gold
AlfaTech provided overall design team project management as well as site master planning, architectural, structural, civil, telecom and communications, paging systems, MEP, fire protection, controls, wind study, substation design, LEED consulting, and life safety services for this data center project. This mission critical data center has direct evaporative cooling and N+1 block redundant electrical topologies. This project involved the site master plan as well as design and construction of two main data center facilities on the site that include a single story with penthouse air handling equipment and outdoor standby diesel generators. The site also includes a cold storage data center facility managed and designed by AlfaTech to provide data storage services to meet the project goals to archive storage at reduced capital costs.
Equinix SV2 Santa Clara, CA TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDIATION Data Center 60,000 SF
LEED Certified
AlfaTech provided full mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection engineering, technology design services and overall design project management for tenant improvement to this existing operational collocation facility. This $41 million project includes two separate 22,000 SF build-outs with necessary utility infrastructure upgrades. Electrical design includes live conversion of 2N Data Center spaces to a 3+1 block redundant design and redistribution of existing loads. Mechanical design includes payback analysis for rooftop air handlers with air side economizer and central plant chiller upgrades to optimize system efficiency and reliability. AlfaTech acted as the LEED NC program coordinator and developed design and construction strategies to obtain it’s recently awarded LEED Certified Level status. The firm managed the entire application and appeals process without the use of a LEED consultant, including online documentation of sustainable measures implemented for certification. In order to meet the high data center demand in California’s Silicon Valley, Equinix targeted a rapid expansion/ conversion of their existing SV2 facility located in Santa Clara. AlfaTech led the design team and completed the MEP design for this fast-paced project. We were able to complete the project ahead of schedule, reduce the overall project costs, and incorporate sustainable construction practices. This project was awarded the 2008 Consulting Specifying Engineer magazine’s Gold ARC Award for renovation and the Silicon Valley Power Energy Innovator Award in the “Energy Efficiency Partner” category at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Energy Summit.
Equinix SV5 San Jose, CA TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDIATION:
Data Center 170,000 SF data center with 40,000 SF support space. LEED Gold
AlfaTech has provided full project management and MEPT design services for this greenfield data center project. The project includes 25MW of total power 18MW of critical power as well as parallel path designs for 5,000 ton chilled water plant utilizing pre-packaged modular chiller plant and full air side economizer air handling solution and an alternate, proprietary, refrigerant based cooling system. This project achieved LEED Gold status.
Equinix LA 1 IBX Facility
Data Center 61,000 SF Los Angeles, CA TYPE: SIZE:
This $31 million project was completed in one phase and consists of approximately 51,000 SF of collocation space, and 10,000 SF of storage area. The colocation area contains a proposed 530 cabinets and was designed with stand-alone mechanical and electrical systems with interconnections to the existing 6th floor collocation where necessary for reliability or where indicated in the initial single line and flow diagrams.
Equinix NY4, Phase 1
Data Center 217,000 SF Secaucus, NJ TYPE: SIZE:
AlfaTech was responsible for the entire design and design project management for the first phase for new tenant improvements for Equinix Data center. The build out will be constructed in multiple phases, with 2 others following. Phase 1 includes approximately 50,000 SF of COLO rack space with 1440 cabinets, a new customer care area, shipping/receiving area and back of house electrical and mechanical spaces to support the COLO space. Co-location area power load for users is 5120 kW with installed cooling capacity of 2500 tons for the 1st phase. This is a fast-track project with 2.5 months allowed for design. Our design responsibilities include architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, and security.
Adobe NA1 Data Center
Hillsboro, OR TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDIATION:
Data Center Phase 1: 70,000 SF , Phase 2 100,000 SF LEED Gold
Size: 70,000 SF Adobe Systems selected AlfaTech to perform design services for its DC1 data center project located in the State of Oregon. This project is a greenfield design of a LEED Certified 70,000 SF steel and precast or tilt-up data center. The data center consists of approximately 30,000 SF of “data hall” space for IT/Server equipment, electrical, mechanical, and mezzanine rooms for critical infrastructure, office space, loading dock, and equipment storage. The design included 7,500 kW of critical IT power to the data hall, which was fed from 12kV main switchgear, new transformers and new UPS modules, new PDU’s and new distribution. HVAC is evaporative cooling plus supplemental direct expansion cooling. Design of hot aisle and cold aisle containment was also included. The construction included the complete building shell and a single 3MW POD with accommodations for expansion of the remaining 4.5MW. (Phase 2) – LEED GOLD Size: 100,000 SF The firm provided full project management services for over 100,000 SF of mission critical data center infrastructure. This includes configuration of 5+1 block redundant electrical topology with RTU indirect evaporative cooling. Phase II expansion consists of 1.8Mw block and addition of supporting IDEC units, multiple UPS units and generator.
NxtVn Data Center Park
Data Farm 250 Acres Virginia Beach, VA TYPE: SIZE:
The firm provided global mission critical strategic planning and support for this large data center park provider. The company is also currently supporting a new proposed 22-building campus in Virginia Beach with new dedicated substations, underground fiber infrastructure, new undersea cable landing station, and data halls capable of supporting 336 MW of critical load.
Digital Edge Asia
Indonesia & Philippines TYPE:
New Construction, Tenant Improvement
Overall 43 MW IT Load with 1.35 PUE SIZE:
Presently, AlfaTech has been leading the overall architectural/engineering design and overall project/construction management for the following locations in Asia. Our services include detailed schedule/budget, and each site/project is considered as tier 3+ and the most efficient data center in the world with PUE of 1.35 or less.
EDGE2, Jakarta, Indonesia Area: ~406,000 ft2 (~38k m2) No. of Stories: ~15-stories IT Load: 33MW Cooling System: SPLC
PROJECT FORT, Manila, Philippines Area: 146,959 ft2 (13,653 m2) gross Data Center: 133,000 ft2 (12,356 m2) No. of Stories: 1-story + mezzanine IT Load: 10MW Cooling System: SPLC
Symantec Data Center
Tucson, AZ
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Data Center, Office 40,000 SF Data Center / 120,000 SF Total LEED Gold
AlfaTech provided project management, architectural, MEP design, civil, and structural engineering services for the design of a new data center in an existing shell. The project included 25,000 SF of data center rack space with 4MW of IT load, infrastructure for an additional 15,000 SF future data center space, 4MW of IT load, and a 46kV electrical substation on site. This included the main equipment and components of certain systems such as HVAC for support rooms and offices, building management systems, life safety and fire alarm systems. The project included an N+1 design concept with chilled water and air handling units providing cooling under a raised floor.
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