Insulet Corporation is a leader in tubeless insulin pump technology. With the aim at returning manufacturing to the US, this medical equipment supplier invested 500 million dollars into a project located on a 25-acre lot in Acton, MA. Avid Engineers was the engineer of record for all project phases including: a 90,000-SF fully automated and validated, cGMP, clean manufacturing build-line, 20,000-SF quality assurance laboratory area, a 195,000-SF facility for senior executives, complete with customer call-center, training/classroom areas, commercial kitchen and cafeteria sized to accommodate over 300 employees, a 35,000-SF warehouse, as well as a 4-level structured parking garage. MEP-FP design features included a 3,000-Ton Chiller plant, cooling towers, fire pump, 13.8-kV medium-voltage distribution, standby generator and UPS. Sustainable design measures coordinated with servicing utility company, Eversource. Measures employed to coincide with eligible incentive programs for mechanical equipment selection, VFD’s, lighting and lighting control. Interior lighting COMcheck compliance 52% better than 2015 IECC requirements.
Project Highlights
Team
Avid Engineers, Ci Design, Inc - Client, Eversource
Location
Acton, MA
Size
180,000