The Keawaula Cable Station is a 13,994 sq.ft. facility located on the west coast of Oahu. The facility is part of a trans-Pacific ring Network used to transmit telecommunications traffic between North America, Asia and Australia. The cable ring and associated facilities are managed by a Major Telecommunications Carrier and owned by a consortium of international telecommunications carriers such as Telstra and AAG. Due to the high volume of traffic carried across this Network, continuity of service is of utmost importance.
The Keawaula AAG project was initiated to provide additional Network equipment space for current and future growth at this facility. The Design and Construction portion of the project involved the replacement of the existing main utility service and switchgear, standby plant and portable generator tap box – essentially doubling the capacity of the electrical system while maintaining the same physical footprint. Mechanical scope items included the addition of a fourth air-cooled chiller and associated pumping, along with air distribution upgrades in the new first floor power and switch equipment rooms. Fire protection work involved modification of the existing pre-action sprinkler and fire detection systems and included the addition of FM200 clean agent fire suppression zones into the facility.
