Effie Yeaw Nature Center

This project included the construction of a new 2,400 square foot public Assembly Building, with meeting rooms, kitchen, storage and public toilet facilities, constructed adjacent to the existing Visitors Center. The electrical design included commercial normal and photovoltaic power systems, interior and exterior lighting, telecommunications cabling, fire alarm, security and video projection systems. The electrical engineering services included the design of a new primary and secondary electrical service to serve the assembly building and the existing visitor center/natural museum and site lighting for the new parking lot. The building lighting system was designed to 90% of California Title 24 lighting power allotment. M. Neils Engineering, Inc., as a sub-consultant to the County of Sacramento, performed electrical, lighting and low voltage systems design, prepared electrical drawings and specifications.

M. Neils Engineering, Inc. also as a sub-consultant to the County of Sacramento provided construction support services including review of the contractor’s electrical material and equipment submittals, preparing responses to the contractor’s requests for information and performing construction observations of the electrical work.