Verde Valley Medical Center’s Central Plant Expansion

Location

Cottonwood, Arizona
Loven Contracting delivered critical infrastructure upgrades to Verde Valley Medical Center’s Central Plant to enhance systems and reduce inefficiency. The project scope’s included relocating and connecting a temporary boiler, constructing a new propane yard with site walls, a concrete slab, and a secure gate. The propane yard also included a new tank and piping system to supply redundant fuel to the boiler.

Key installations included a new boiler, deaerator tank, and a generator yard enclosed by site walls. The yard housed an 800-gallon diesel tank, a 1,000-gallon belly tank, and a 750-watt generator. Control systems and annunciators were upgraded, and outdated equipment was upgraded.

Three new Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS) were installed, requiring power switchovers in critical patient care areas. These were completed with meticulous coordination to ensure uninterrupted healthcare operations. The result is a modernized central plant with state-of-the-art systems, supporting safe and reliable services across the campus.