PSE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTERKing County, WA
Buchanan is currently facilitating upgrades to bring PSE’s regional energy operations center in line with regulatory requirements. We are providing complete mechanical and electrical overhauls, replacing emergency back-up generators, and reconfiguring spaces to accommodate new conference rooms, training rooms, and kitchens.
Additional work includes installing a high security barrier at the entrance to the facility, constructing an ornamental courtyard, and adding all new landscaping on the south side of the site. Buchanan is constrained to strict security requirements established by the Homeland Security Agency. As the power operations center for the region with operations running 24/7, every aspect of the work from replacing windows to moving the emergency back-up generators, is carefully planned out, reviewed by the facilities managers, and evaluated by the workers impacted prior to initiation.
Additional manpower and processes are in place to ensure that sensitive equipment and data are protected, and power maintained at all times. Safeguards included obtaining
mid-level clearances, scheduling escorts for secure areas and implementing more cost effective and less invasive design changes to minimize disturbances to the impacted areas. Further, we develop room- and task-specific mobilization/backout plans in every secure location in case of an emergency.
