U.S. Army Garrison, Kwajalein Atoll
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• 5.2 Acres Army Family Housing Site
• Laundry Room
• Covered Lanai
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• Hardened MEP Equipment
• Corrosion resistant design
• Certified LEED v.4 Silver
• ENERGY STAR appliances and fixtures
Located on U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the atoll is part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, formerly known as Kwajalein Missile Range. Kwajalein Atoll hosts the Space Fence radar, which tracks satellites and orbital debris. The test site is also used for ballistic missile and missile-interceptor testing, and for space operations support. The existing forty abandoned housing units in seven buildings at the Army Family Housing site were demolished and twenty-four single-family dome-shaped housing units were constructed on the site. Each housing unit consisted of a master bedroom with its own bathroom, two or three additional bedrooms with a shared bathroom, laundry room, living room and kitchen, utility closet, covered lanai, and a storage area. Due to the corrosive environment in Kwajalein, fiberglass was selected as the material for the housing units.
InSynergy Engineering, Inc. provided the mechanical, electrical, and fire protection design work for the new twenty-four single-family housing units on site. The housing site consisted of twenty-one standard three-bedroom units, two mobility-accessible three-bedroom units, one standard four bedroom unit, and one mobility-accessible four-bedroom unit. The site included traditional concrete block structures for utility distribution including an area distribution node and four transformer vaults. On-site air-cooled condensing units serving the housing units are enclosed with concrete block walls.
Interior electrical work included providing power, lighting, and telecommunication to support the new housing units. Due to the method of construction of the fiberglass dome panels, conduits had to be ran within the seam covers to be concealed. False joint covers were also provided to mount the ceiling fan/light combo fixture, as the drop ceiling is only provided in the center of the dome structure. Exterior electrical work included sizing the unit substations in each transformer vault serving the housing units and providing exterior pole lights around the site.