July 2015

Focus: 

Award Winners 2015

and
Life Sciences Facilities
N E W E N G L A N D FA C I L I T I E S D E V E L O P M E N T N E W S

July 2015

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Held for EMD-Millipore
Biomass Plant
3D perspective of EMD-Millipore Biomass Building / prepared by H.L. Turner Group, Inc. / page 30

INDUSTRY EXPERT ARTICLES

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Stephanie Goldberg

Patrick Prince

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Brian Kuhn

Inside this Issue:

CBC Announces Winners at 2015 Project Team Awards Banquet
IFMA Boston Winners of 2015 Awards of Excellence
Bowdoin Completes Fit-Out of Expanded Office Space for Endurance
MPA Designs for NeuroMetrix
Westwood Station Breaks Ground
Fraser Engineering Celebrates 65 Years of Success
CHC Wins MHC Preservation Award / Design by Dietz & Co.
South Coast Improvement Co. Wins Bid on MIT Project

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Colm Allen

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Plus: Corporate, Green, Education,

Healthcare, Philanthropy, Multi-Residential,
Mixed Use, Municipal, Northern New
England, People, and More
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Cover Story
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held for EMD-Millipore Biomass Plant
Jaffrey, NH June 4 saw the ribbon
cutting of the new energy-efficient, 20
MMBtu Biomass Central Heating Plant
at EMD-Millipores Jaffrey campus, a
project that had been in planning since
2007. Designed and managed by RDK
Engineers, the $9 million projects focus
on sustainable energy has revolutionized
the Jaffrey facilitys cost-effectiveness.
As the largest plant of its type in New
Hampshire serving an industrial facility,
the Biomass Central Heating Plant really
is, as EMD Millipores Kate Cingolani
puts it, a model to look to in the state.
Led by RDK principal and project
manager, Dan Wall, PE, LEED AP,
the project involved replacing the 14
oil-fired boilers for steam, heating, and
process loads, and transitioning them to
a biomass system for sustainable energy.
The biomass plant saves on both heating
and cooling, controls emissions, and
enables future on-site turbine-generated
electricity production. The project also
greatly improves firm, fixed capacity to
ensure uninterrupted manufactory.
According to Mark Leach, president of
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3D perspective of EMD Millipore Biomass Building / prepared by H.L. Turner Group, Inc.

fueling the future

Biomass Energy Cogeneration (CHP) Material Handling Fuel Storage
Dust Collection Boiler Retrofits Process Piping Emission Control
Heat Recovery Engineering Service & Parts Metal Fabrication

www.AFSenergy.com
Providing Turnkey Biomass Energy Solutions Since 1990
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(l-r) Dan Wall and Gi Martin, RDK principals / Mike Sears / RDK Engineers

AFS Ultra-Grate Biomass Boiler / Mike Sears/RDK Engineers

AFS Energy Systems (the manufacturer of

the biomass boilers), the new system can
produce steam from a number of different
fuels including green wood chips, wood
residues, wood pellets, and propane backup. It was designed to be highly efficient
while meeting very stringent air quality
standards. The system is integrated into
Millipores Building Automation System
where it can be monitored throughout the
main plant.
Gary Blanchette, PE, from H.L. Turner
Group, Inc., that provided architectural,
structural and civil engineering for
RDK, stated, We needed to design a
facility with high aesthetic and functional

qualities that Millipores medical and

pharmaceutical customers come to expect.
The Biomass Project achieved that goal
and in the process, the nearly 300,000sf
facility also eliminated the use of fossil
fuel boilers and significantly reduced
Millipores production of greenhouse
gasses.
Maura Adams, the wood heat program
director of the Northern Forest Center,
described the project as an extraordinary
investment boasting clean, efficient
heat and epitomizing the concept of
sustainable energy. The new biomass
plant is expected to save 500,000 gallons
of fuel oil annually.

EMD Millipores Kate Cingolani, business partner for operations/communications with Don
Macisaac, chairman, Jaffrey Board of Selectman / Mike Sears/RDK Engineers

Millipore Biomass Plant Project Team

OWNER:

EMD-Millipore

ARCHITECT/STRUCTURAL/CIVIL:

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER:

MEP ENGINEER:

The H.L. Turner Group Inc.

Northern Peabody, LLC

RDK Engineers

BIOMASS BOILER MANUFACTURER:

GENERAL CONTRACTOR:

AFS Energy Systems

Harvey Construction

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