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Water and Sewer Board approves amendment to Wright-Pierce design for electrical controls
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Summary
The board approved Resolution Amendment No. 2 to Wright-Pierce after a 60% design review found existing MCC footprints too small; the amendment will add three panels and rework cabling to bring systems to code and report to SCADA.
The City of Glens Falls Water and Sewer Board on April 7 approved Resolution Amendment No. 2 to Wright-Pierce to redesign the electrical controls at a city facility after a 60% design review found the originally sized motor control center (MCC) footprints were too small.
Staff said the design team discovered at the 60% drawing stage that the existing MCC locations did not permit required instrumentation wiring and cabling. To correct that, Wright-Pierce proposed adding three separate panels to house instrumentation and run proper wiring to the supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA). Staff also reported encountering HVAC ducts and other obstructions during early work that required rerouting.
The board approved the amendment by voice vote. During discussion staff said the amendment is necessary to bring the electrical design up to code and to the local MEC city standard so instrumentation and cabling will comply with current requirements.
The transcript records a referenced amendment cost but the spoken dollar figure is not clearly stated; staff characterized the change as an unavoidable design modification discovered during detailed engineering. The board did not attach additional conditions to the approval: staff will proceed with the redesign and continue to seek funding sources for the larger electrical upgrade program.
