Hydrogen Fueling Station Installation October- December 2010
The long-anticipated installation of the of Institute for Transporations Studies’ Transportation Sustainability Research Center’s hydrogen fueling station (HFS) commenced on October 25, 2010 in the area of the former helicopter landing pad, south of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research center (B420). The project, expected to take approximately two months to complete, will construct a refueling station to support the UC Berkeley Fuel Cell Vehicle Research Program’s development of zero-emission vehicles. The station is designed to meet the needs of a small fleet of fuel cell vehicles that will be tested and researched over the next several years, and will consist of a hydrogen storage and dispensing facility.
Site development and construction is underway, which includes removal of the existing helipad asphaltm site grading, trenching for utility installation, construction of concrete equipment pads and asphalt pavement, installation of electrical services, installation of hydrogen storage and dispensing equipment, and final improvements such as perimeter fencing. Work is expected to be completed by the end of December 2010.
The HFS project is being managed by UC Berkeley Capital Projects (CP). Soils in the construction area have been tested by the campus Office of Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) and found to be non-hazardous. Contractors will be required to implement dust control measures, and site activities will be inspected by EH&S and Capital Projects staff.
For questions or more information regarding the project, please contact the CP Project Manager, Allan Palmer at APalmer@cp.berkeley.edu. For questions or information on environmental conditions, please contact Karl Hans at EH&S at (address removed - please contact ehs-ep@berkeley.edu).
Well Closures
Closure of seventeen research monitoring water wells is expected to begin in late October or early November pending final approval of the work plan by the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Contra Costa County Department of Enviromental Health. Wells are currently being sampled and land surveyed. Well closure will involve use of a drill rig to bore out or cut existing casings after which all wells will be filled with grout to grade for final closure.