Sunday, April 27, 2025
4/27/2025
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction - Broaddus Hospital is a rural, critical-access hospital in Philippi, WV, which provides acute and swing-bed inpatient care and outpatient, behavioral health, and rehabilitation services. Broaddus is also home to Mansfield Place, a 60-bed skilled nursing/long-term care center. Broaddus Hospital is a member of the 501c3 not-for-profit Davis Health System/Vandalia Health. When the current generator was installed nearly 25 years ago, keeping the heat and some lights on was good enough. Healthcare standards and needs have changed significantly since then, and the system’s age and capacity pose a significant risk to patient safety and comfort. Essential systems, such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (for storing medications and blood), must be maintained to ensure capacity during normal operations and natural disasters or large-scale emergencies. Broaddus Hospital plays a vital role in emergency planning with the regional OEM and local industry. The hospital serves two large longwall mining operations, each with more than 600 employees and roughly 150 souls underground at all times. A new, campus-wide, fuel-powered generator will ensure a continuous power supply, allowing Broaddus Hospital to support continuity of care, preserve life-saving medical equipment and supplies, and ensure readiness for emergencies and disasters. Universal Engineering & Contracting (UEC) dba Mountaineer Generator Service specializes in the design, installation, and maintenance of backup generator systems for commercial and governmental locations. The Davis Health System environmental services department has worked with UEC to develop the Broaddus Hospital Generator Project plan, including: 1. A comprehensive engineering study to determine the exact generator size needed. 2. Design and installation of a fully automatic backup generator system sized to support the hospital's main service (2500 AMPS). 3. A 600KW Cummins Diesel Generator in a Level 2 quiet housing. 4. A UL 142 listed 3,000-gallon, dual-walled subbase fuel tank. 5. $10,000 of diesel fuel. 6. A fully automatic, open-transition 2,500 Amp Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) with a main service entrance breaker. 7. Engineered and installed concrete pads for the generator and ATS. 8. All Pipe, wire, and controls to install the above. 9. NFPA 110 Annunciator placed inside the hospital. 10. Any WV Fire marshal Drawings and permits needed. 11. Power Company coordination and inspections. The Barbour County (WV) Commission has committed $150,000 to cover additional expenses associated with this vital project, which will provide a cloak of confidence and safety for the communities we serve and a shovel-ready project using local infrastructure and labor. The concrete, fuel tank, fuel, hardware, and the Cummins generator will be American-made and locally sourced. Funding for this $529,000 CPF/CDS project will provide a much-needed piece of infrastructure while allowing one-half million critical healthcare dollars to be used for staffing and supplies needed for direct patient care at the bedside.
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