FACILITY DESIGN & DESIGN BUILD



Ken Diehl, P.E.
Ted Wilson, P.E.

Howard Beck, R.A. - NCARB - Project Manager / Lead Facility Architect
Paul Parks, P.E. - Lead Civil / Site Engineer
Dan SenGupta, P.E. - Lead Structural Engineer
Ken Diehl, P.E. - Director, MEP Group, LEED
Ted Wilson, P.E., Lead Electrical, LEED
Raj Ghosh, P.E. - Project Electrical Engineer / Associate
Jaydip Sen, P.E. - Project Mechanical Engineer / Associate

The firm has considerable experience in the following building types:

  • Design Build (Complete A-E Services)

  • Renovations / Alterations
  • Education / Recreational
    Gymnasiums / K-12 / University projects.

  • Correctional / Institutional
    Federal Bureau of Prisons throughout the North Central Region.
  • Industrial / Commercial
    Warehouses / Office Buildings / Vehicle Maintenance Centers

  • Governmental / DOD Facilities
    Armories & Army Reserve Centers
    Force Protection - HOMELAND SECURITY
    Barracks Building Renovations
    Historical Building Renovations
    Child Development Centers
    Vehicle Maintenance Facilities
    Ft. Riley, KS. Unit Operations Facility (Design Build)

 

SELECTED PROJECT EXAMPLES
GSA “On-Call” A-E Design Services Contract (2004-2009)      

TapanAm has been the Prime Engineering Consultant for the "on-call contract.
Selected Task Orders Completed Include: Frank Carlson Building. Topeka, KS. Energy Management & Lighting Control System Design. TAI has completed over 50 task orders from 2005 to date.

Work Order #1: Renovation Design at U.S. Courthouse, Wichita, KS. Lighting, power, electric lock, security camera & key-pad entry system design. Cost: $400K.
Work Order #2: 18 nos. Restroom Renovation, Bannister Federal Complex. Related Electrical Design. Cost: $1.6M.
Work Order #3: Study and recommendation to improve ventilation and stack effect on the U.S. Marshals prisoner holding cells.
Work Order #5: Replacement Design of building EMCS and Fire Alarm System. Cost $1.4M.
Work Order #10: Robert Dole U.S. Courthouse, Kansas City, KS .
Work Order #11: Expand U.S. Attorney’s 3rd Floor Space (U.S. Robert Dole Courthouse), Kansas City, KS. Lighting & Power Design.
Work Order #12: Powering and Control of New electrically operated Vehicle Barricades at R.B. Federal Building in downtown Kansas City. Related Electrical design and controls.
Work Order #14: Bannister Federal Complex, KCMO. Designed new heating and cooling equipments, including a 90-Ton chiller and Steam Heating System for a 24,000 sq. ft. payroll processing facility.
Work Order #22: Replace EMCS & Fire Alarm System Frank Carlson U.S. Courthouse, Topeka, KS.
Work Order #23: USDA Office & Warehouse Tenant Improvements MEP at Bannister Federal Complex.
Work Order #25: Electrical design for computer room additional equipment including UPS and normal power distribution upgrades.
Work Order #28: KCK Federal Courthouse Power Quality Design and Emergency power generation.
Work Order #29: Second Floor alterations US Courthouse 4th & Market, Wichita, KS.
Work #38: HVAC Evaluation for Building 1&2 at Bannister Federal Complex.
Work Order #39: Power Quality Analysis and Design for Emergency Power Generation at the Federal Courthouse 500 State Ave, KCK.
Work Order #41: NARA (National Archives & Records Administration New Facilities.
Work Order #43: Electrical design the new Grain Inspection Facility of the USDA, and Construction Management under Work Order #45 Construction Administration of the project described under work order #25.
Frank Carlson Building, Topeka, KS. - Work Order #22
National Archives (Existing) - Work Order#23

National Archives (Existing) - Work Order#24
KCK Federal Courthouse - Work Order#28
Summary


Project Size:
Varies : Average 24,000 sq. ft. multistory

Date:
2005 – 2008 Ongoing, Over 50 different projects
Various Projects Bannister Federal Complex
 
 
 
 
 
   
   

Bartle Hall Expansion and Renovation      

TapanAm’s role as a consultant to HNTB for the Bartle Convention Center Complex improvements included the responsibility to provide structural design and construction phase services for the interior renovation of the 180,000 sq. ft. convention and meeting space within the existing convention center. This work included the structural design of supports for large (2 to 4 tons each) moveable partitions and fixed walls.

“TapanAm’s engineers demonstrated the ability to provide innovative solutions for the support moveable partitions, fixed walls, soffits and rigging anchorages where support framing was difficult due to existing construction.”

-- Mr. Michael W. Shelton, P.E.
Associate V.P
Bartle Hall - Kansas City, Missouri
HNTB Design team received an Award of Excellence.
Summary


Project Size:
180,000 sq. ft. interior space

Date:
2006

TapanAm's Sub-Project Cost:
$10 million

  
 
   
   

 

 

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