Boingo Wireless MTA and LIRR Penn Station Head End Room

Contract: EJ-220156C

Contract Value: $300,000

Contractor: EJ Electric

Completion: November 2024

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Project Scope

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• For this project, Stirling Mechanical furnished, installed, and commissioned a redundant Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) System to regulate the Boingo wireless head-end room temperatures at Penn Station. These specialized STULZ units operate using facility-supplied chilled water.

• Flow and BTU meters were installed and integrated into the Penn station Building Management System (BMS).

• Stirling interfaced with a new Inergen system and provided controls and equipment to purge the room in the event the system is ever activated.

Key Achievements

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• This particular scope took extreme coordination to align all stakeholders' needs and modify the controls as necessary to accommodate integration of both the existing and new systems.

• The completed room provides the LIRR ridership continuous access to WIFI while our equipment ensures that the room is able to operate 24-7 for many years to come.

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