The GLHN designed substation provides redundant capacity to fuel the next 30 years of growth.
The University of Arizona needed to increase capacity to the North Campus, which involved taking two 46kV services from Tucson Electric Power to serve two new 30MVA power transformers and distributing new 13.8kV high capacity underground services to the biotech buildings and hospital, as well as to the hospital chiller/boiler plant and another chiller plant. GLHN designed the new substation in a smaller footprint and with a lower profile than the previous TEP substation, resulting in a less obtrusive visual impact on campus and adjacent neighborhoods and more efficient use of valuable property. The substation components are fully enclosed resulting in a safer installation. More than 30,000 feet of underground ducts were installed throughout the North Campus.
