Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange
Local hospital opens 1950s-style diesel power plant
And still not a single solar panel at South Georgia Medical Center.
Yes, I know that won’t work for emergency power during the night,
but it would do fine for peak load during the afternoon.
Plus, did anybody see a request for bids for that new power plant?
South Georgia Medical Center’s Engineering Department hosted an open
house for the hospital’s new $10 million emergency power plant on
July 16. During the opening ceremonies,
SGMC CEO Randy Sauls
recognized guests and gave a special thanks to the construction
teams for confronting the challenges and bringing the project to
fruition. Mr. Sauls also commended Valdosta Electric and the SGMC
Engineering Department for the 12 minutes of downtime in 530 hours
of cutover time. Cutover activity involved moving the backup power
supply from the original power plant over to the new one.
Trav Paulk with Valdosta Electric thanked the
Hospital Authority of Valdosta & Lowndes County, Georgia
for
using Valdosta Electric and a
host of other local contractors to complete this big task. Paulk
reminded everyone of the almost daily rainfall that was experienced
last winter and spring and how his crews would spend the morning
pumping water out of the construction site only to have it refilled
by the afternoon rains. By looking at the beautiful building and
landscaped surroundings today, you would never know those problems
existed.
The power plant was designed and built to provide emergency power
for the SGMC Main Campus including the new Dasher Memorial Heart
Center and Patient Tower. The power plant houses 42 miles of cables
and conduit. When the big diesel generators are fired up the system
uses 180 gallons of diesel fuel per hour to operate key systems
within the hospital.
The original power plant was opened in the 1950s with upgrades to
equipment in the 1980s. The new power plant is one of the most
sophisticated of its kind.
For more information, contact Community Relations at 229-259-4421.
Eames Yates posted SGMC PR for WCTV Friday 19 July 2013 verbatim including
the title, plus a smoking smokestack image,
State-Of-The-Art Power Plant Opens At SGMC, while
WALB posted a slightly shortened version,
S. GA Medical boasts brand new power plant.
Here’s the SGMC PR;
I’ve added a few links:
South Georgia Medical Center’s Engineering Department hosted an open house for the hospital’s new $10 million emergency power plant on July 16. During the opening ceremonies, SGMC CEO Randy Sauls recognized guests and gave a special thanks to the construction teams for confronting the challenges and bringing the project to fruition. Mr. Sauls also commended Valdosta Electric and the SGMC Engineering Department for the 12 minutes of downtime in 530 hours of cutover time. Cutover activity involved moving the backup power supply from the original power plant over to the new one.
Trav Paulk with Valdosta Electric thanked the Hospital Authority of Valdosta & Lowndes County, Georgia for using Valdosta Electric and a host of other local contractors to complete this big task. Paulk reminded everyone of the almost daily rainfall that was experienced last winter and spring and how his crews would spend the morning pumping water out of the construction site only to have it refilled by the afternoon rains. By looking at the beautiful building and landscaped surroundings today, you would never know those problems existed.
The power plant was designed and built to provide emergency power for the SGMC Main Campus including the new Dasher Memorial Heart Center and Patient Tower. The power plant houses 42 miles of cables and conduit. When the big diesel generators are fired up the system uses 180 gallons of diesel fuel per hour to operate key systems within the hospital.
The original power plant was opened in the 1950s with upgrades to equipment in the 1980s. The new power plant is one of the most sophisticated of its kind.