Major Projects

The Terminal 4 project included a new 1.5 million square foot Terminal in JFK International Airport. E-J provided all power and lighting, lighting control system, deluge system, metering system and SCADA system. State-of-the-art architectural lighting was placed throughout the terminal. The three level glass walled central terminal building services 35 US and International carriers. There is an 850 foot long retail hall and the top level has a 500x400 departure lobby and 144 check-in positions. There is an 850 foot long retail hall. Special installations were performed for the International and US customs Departments. JFK's first Air Transit Station inside of a terminal is located between levels.

This project was part of the overall redevelopment of the American Airlines Terminal at JFK International Airport. E-J's scope was the primary service to all three substations on the site. In Concourse "C" E-J did all the distribution and entire building fit-out. Each substation was a "4pack" consisting of four lineups of S&C 5kV switch, transformers, network protector and network disconnect. At Concourse C the installation consisted of the collector bus and (2) 5000 Amp 480 Volt services as well as the installation of Taxi Way Lighting and Control.

E-J provided site development for the International Airport Center Cargo Buildings including underground distribution of power and telephone duct banks. Four warehouse buildings approximately 120,000 square feet were built out, each including electrical service/power distribution to HVAC, elevators, fire alarm system and interior/exterior open warehouse and office lighting/power.

E-J performed the complete electrical terminal expansion including lighting, power, medium voltage substations, fire alarm and communications infrastructure. Included in the communications infrastructure was a universal voice and data cabling system feeding separate IBM and Wang Data Centers as well as providing interfaces with the Port Authority. The communications infrastructure also included a public address system and card key security system. The total amount of low voltage control, signaling and information distribution wiring consisted of 200,000 feet of copper cable distributed to more than 1750 termination points. We performed the complete electrical terminal expansion including lighting, power, medium voltage substations, 150kW generator, fire alarm and communications infrastructure.

Existing warehouse building converted to Aviation food service facility. We installed new service and power distribution including new lighting, office space and fire alarm system. The scope also included the complete renovation of existing trucking warehouse into food service facility with large drive-in freezers, coolers, chilled food preparation area, cook line and dishwashing lines. Installation of extensive life safety system included a VESDA system.

Complete Lucent certified data installation at Delta NY facilities, JFK Terminals 2 & 3, JFK Cargo Building 67, LaGuardia Airport Shuttle and Flight Center. Our work included the main computer rooms with emergency power, UPS installation, redundant power feeds and complete rack and cable tray installation. New clean power feeds were developed for satellite closets and were linked to the main computer rooms via diverse redundant EMT fiber optic runs. Over 2500 gigaspeed drops were installed utilizing over 90 miles of UTP cable. The majority of work performed in security sensitive active "airside" locations.

E-J installed fire alarm system in this new facility interfacing with mechanical systems, lighting controls, security system and public address system, in accordance with Port Authority codes and standards. This $400 million, 600,000 sq. ft., 2.5-story airline passenger terminal is a "radial" building incorporating complex spatial geometry that consists of the intersection of a torus (a donut shape) with a flat plane along the entrance. The building's dimensions are not uniform, requiring individual and different connections on radii. To meet the challenges posed by a lack of uniform dimensions, the construction manager used the structural steel shop drawings to establish dimensions and then allow other trades to use these dimensions.

E-J's installation included dual 5kV building utility feeds, site lighting, communications and power feeds as well as feeds for airplane ground power units for the entire site including Cargo Building, future Cargo Building and surrounding airside work. The work also included ten manholes throughout the site.

Completion of electrical work on JFK International Airport's Airtrain System included track lighting, signal, and station work. Airtrain is a ten station 8.4 mile automated, driverless, standard gauge steel rail system operating over an exclusive, mostly elevated guideway. Airtrain connects JFK Central Terminal Area consisting of six stations linking nine terminals to the Howard Beach Subway Station, Long Term Parking Station, Federal Circle Car Rental Station, and Jamaica LIRR/Subway Station.

Installation of access control and CCTV Cameras in the Office Building, Customer Service Center, Cargo, Warehouse and the Vaults with sub-grade duct bank distribution.

Complete renovation of International Arrivals Building and Terminal Ramp Control Tower including a new fire alarm system FM200, fire suppression system, smoke purge, and lighting and power.

Renovation of storage area into new Delta Song offices including sub-panelboards, lighting, power, telephone data and extensive design/build fire alarm work. Work included an addition of outside quartz halogen lighting & electrical sub-panels including control photocell and timer via split bus contactor panelboard.

Fast track addition to existing building renovation including New Police Desk CCTV, sound, security and fire alarm systems while owner continued to function as Airport Police and Fire Station.

Installed lighting and power updates at American Airlines Terminal 9. Reworked lighting and power. Installed lighting and power for new passenger baggage claim area.

Developed tenant spaces in respect to landlord services. Brought power, fire alarm, communications, etc. to 25 tenant areas. Project included Terminal 3 South Concourse complete lighting renovation.

1st class Lounge and Office Area for JFK Air France operation. Installations included architectural lighting and horizontal Cat5 cabling of the Air France Passenger Terminal.

Cargo Building #123 at JFK International Airport is American Airlines premier cargo handling facility in the northeast.  E-J won this contract thru competitive bidding after budgeting and value engineering the project for close to one year.

This project involved installing over 120 work stations in a 150,000 square foot facility.  The environment ranged from a controlled office environment to a warehouse environment.  The project included approximately 100 Intelligent work stations and 20 Bar Code Scanning work stations all with SABRE connectivity.

Since the facility is a large single level design, running footage quickly accumulates.  This translates into a critical LAN design.  The data, clean power and grounding specifications had to be closely monitored.  The final design evolved into a single TI Room with 3 satellite closets and 3 concurrent LANS.

One value engineering concept that E-J spearheaded was fiber optics.  E-J engineered the communication system between the TI Room and satellite closets.  Our engineers changed the shielded twisted pair data cabling to a multimode fiber optic cable.  This provided American Airlines a direct up front project savings of 5% and resulted in a more flexible installation.

Carrying the value engineering principles one step further E-J took a critical look at the fiber optic ST connectors.  After evaluating many different connectors in respect to performance (db loss), price, and installation we selected Siecors new no polish, no heat connector.  The connector met performance criterion and lowered project costs even further.

Another value engineering area that was carefully analyzed was raceways.  The protection required by the copper and fiber optic cable differed as the installation environment changed.  Free Air, Cable Tray, Inner Duct, Messenger, EMT and Galvenized conduit were all reviewed.  Free Air, Cable Tray, and EMT were utilized after careful consideration because it provided the maximum cost effectiveness combined with the degree of protection that was actually necessary.

Once work actually began the schedule became a critical concern.  E-J had to combine implementing "State of the Art Technology", with a compacted schedule.  This project became American Airlines first data/telecommunications project at JFK International Airport to finish on time and below the budget.