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Electrical VDC Specialist Justin Underwood notes that when VDC embarks on a project, there鈥檚 more to just creating the drawings and handing them off to fabrication or the field.

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MEP Project Across Capabilities

Virtual Design and Construction (VDC): electrical, plumbing, sheet metal
Fabrication: electrical, pipe, plumbing, sheet metal
Millwrights
Construction:electrical, HVAC, plumbing, mechanical
Commissioning

Installation:

• (3) megawatt generators
• 1,000 feet of electrical duct banks
• (2) 4,000 amp services

Contract Value: $14,000,000.00

Project Team

Casey Sheafer: Electrical Project Manager
Rick Ellis: Mechanical Project Manager
Paul Groff and John Barszczak:
Electrical General Foremen
Michael Dell: Electrical Foreman
Wes Trammel: Millwright Manpower Coordinator
RG Stewart: VDC Pipe/Plumbing Specialist
James Daugherty and Rachel Toney:
VDC Sheet Metal Specialists
Justin Underwood: VDC Electrical Specialist
Vicki Jesse: Project Coordinator