El Centro Aquatic Center
El Centro Aquatic Center
Client: City of El Centro Via
Location: El Centro, CA
Key personnel J. Lopez, PE, Neil Sherer, Donald Crawford, and Martin Perea designed the lighting and electrical systems for a new Aquatic Center for the City of El Centro. This Aquatic Center included parking lot, Administration Building, MEP support building, Competition Pool, Warm-up Pool, Wave Pool, “River” Pool, and provisions for a future waterslide. Lopez Engineering, Inc. (LEI) personnel worked with lighting manufacturer (Musco) to design high mast sports lighting fixtures (LED) for pool surface and pool decks. LEI provided LED pole light fixture design for parking lot and site; coordinated with Imperial County utility for new electrical service entrance; and extended primary medium voltage service to a new pad-mounted transformer to serve the Aquatic Center.
While the interior electrical design of the Administration Building and MEP Building was provided by others, LEI coordinated with building designers to determine service entrance load and panelboard circuits for site electrical loads. Additionally, LEI provided service entrance design for Fiber Optic, Telephone, and Cable TV; provided infrastructure for security cameras and public address/intercom speakers on new light poles; coordinated pool deck bonding design with pool installer; provided conduit/branch circuits to exterior site GFCI receptacles; and prepared Title 24 exterior lighting calculations.