Commercial Electrical Systems: Sample Project and Design Package

This illustrated reference guide follows a single large-scale commercial project—the Metro Center Corporate Campus, an 850,000 sq ft mixed-use office complex—through every phase of its electrical distribution system design, from initial project scoping to final project closeout.

Forty-two full-size engineering drawings spanning power systems, protection studies, commissioning, and mechanical coordination are reproduced in detail to give practicing engineers and engineering students a realistic, drawing-level view of what a complete commercial electrical project deliverable set looks like.

Organized as a 17-phase engineering workflow, the book covers:

• Medium-voltage (13.2 kV / 13.8 kV) utility service and campus distribution
• Main switchboards, feeders, and low-voltage power distribution risers
• Emergency power systems — 5 × 2 MW diesel generator paralleling plant
• Critical power and UPS architecture for data center infrastructure
• Lighting and lighting controls design with Lutron Quantum system
• Grounding, bonding, and lightning protection
• Power monitoring, SCADA architecture, and fire alarm systems
• Arc flash hazard analysis per IEEE 1584-2018 and NFPA 70E
• Renewable energy integration — 875 kW solar PV and 500 kWh battery storage
• Selective coordination and protection studies per NEC 700.32
• Harmonic distortion analysis per IEEE 519-2022
• Factory and site acceptance testing workflows
• Commissioning, energization, and system turnover
• Project closeout and record documents

Standards referenced: NEC/NFPA 70, IEEE 1584-2018, IEEE 519-2022, IEEE 142, NFPA 110, NFPA 780, NFPA 72, NETA ATS, IBC, and IECC.

Published for educational and professional training purposes. All content illustrates a fictitious training scenario and does not represent any constructed facility.