Expansion

Burdette is delivering electrical design for an approximately 40,000 SF addition to ProAmpac’s Forest City, NC facility, a major production site for retailer-bound paper bags and flexible packaging. Our scope included HVAC and convenience circuiting, LED lighting design with IECC-compliant controls, building-mounted exterior lighting, and voice/data raceways.

New Construction
Inland Port Facility

Burdette Engineering, Inc. provided full electrical design services for the Inland Port Greer expansion in Greer, SC. Work included power distribution, utility coordination, generator systems, and lighting for the new 5,600 sq. ft. Terminal Operations Building, 3,900 sq. ft. Heavy Lifting Maintenance Building, and the expanded North Chassis Lot. These upgrades support a $55 million expansion that increases container yard capacity by 50%, and adds 9,000 feet of rail, enabling the port to handle 300,000 rail lifts annually and meet demand through 2040.

New Headworks Wastewater Treatment Plant

Burdette is providing electrical for this new headworks structure at the Easley Combined Utilities Middle Branch Water Treatment Plant, valued at approximately $3.5 million. Some of our scope of work includes powering new headworks equipment, providing new starters & VFD with necessary motor elementaries, replacing 15HP wash water pumps, and connecting control panels to power.

New Construction

Burdette has provided the electrical design portion of this new 5,250 SF Wastewater Treatment Plant in Enoree, SC. Scope includes primary electrical feeder and 480V main distribution panel for the new building including step down transformer and power for heaters, HVAC units, process equipment and main control panel. Interior building lighting and exterior/ emergency egress lighting will be provided for the area of installation.

Lift Stations
Renewable Water Resources (ReWa)

Burdette is completing arc-flash studies for ReWa lift stations in and around the Upstate. Most recently we are working on Piedmont 5, Grove Creek, Barnwell, Crusader Court, Mathis, and Pelham Falls #3. Final deliverable report includes pump station site plans, arc flash report, current protective device settings, short-circuit current study, electrical equipment evaluation and single-line diagrams.

Expansion of Existing Facility

The North Expansion is 24,000 square feet, to be utilized for warehousing only. The interior upfit will consist of two levels of office space, to be built and upfit as vanilla shells in previously open warehouse area. The following services were performed:  New branch panels installed in the new addition to provide power for new HVAC, lighting and power for convenience and equipment needs; Interior lighting design based on LED fixtures and lighting controls integrated with existing facility lighting controls; Exterior lighting design based on building mounted and pole mounted LED fixtures around building and at loading areas; Egress lighting provided via integral inverters for LED lighting fixtures and standalone LED battery lighting units as required; Electrical power connections for HVAC and plumbing equipment included.  Raceways for telephone/data, security system devices, Fire Alarm system design also included.

Arc-Flash Study

Burdette completed a study to determine the level of protection employees of AVX Corporation required to be adequately prepared in the event of an arc-flash incident in the workplace.  This will allow the company to comply with NFPA 70, Part 2 which requires them to provide an “electrically safe work condition” and educate their personnel accordingly. Final report included arc flash and shock hazard reports, protective device settings, short-circuit current study (Short-Form), electrical equipment evaluation, single-line diagrams, and feeder schedules.

Weighing Room & Melter Addition

Burdette Engineering, Inc. provided the electrical design for the relocation of two weighing rooms at the Nutra plant located in Greenville, SC.  Design included lighting, receptacles and miscellaneous power for the weighing room equipment.  This modification was made to allow for the addition of Melter No. 6 which included feeder design to the melter control panel and from the control panel to the associated motors.

Ethanol Plant

Provided electrical engineering for $100,000,000 ethanol plant in Raeford, NC.  Electrical subcontract was approximately $7,500,000 and included coordination with Lumbee Cooperative Power Utility to provide sufficient capacity for plant operations.  Service coordination included design of loop service and switches to bank of 3000 kVA transformers and provision of duct bank for utility use. Burdette Engineering, Inc. and Owner examined ownership of transformers versus Utility and determined plant would be best served with Utility ownership.

Press Line Expansion

Complete press line expansion to include the plant 4160 V power system.  Coordinating with Lockhart Cooperative Power to add a 1200 A, 5 KV switch in co-op substation, ran 5 KV distribution through the facility and installed new unit substations. Also performed Arc Flash and Coordination Study along with PPE labeling for gear.

New Waste Treatment Lines

Provided electrical engineering for approximately $1,000,000 electrical subcontract for new waste treatment lines requiring extensive underground distribution and grounding requirements.  Burdette Engineering, Inc. provided motor control elementaries and coordinated with instrumentation vendor for control systems for the plant.