Costco Fire Protection Design - Newark, CA
Category: Commercial
Overall Area (ft²): 161,223 ft²
Services Provided: Fire Protection
Completion Date: 2023
Owner: Costco Wholesale
Contractor: Battalion One Fire Protection
Project Description
This project was part of Costco Wholesale Corporation’s expansion to Newark, California. Costco Newark comprises 161,223 square feet and was an integral part of the corporation’s 2023 expansion endeavors, which included the construction of thirteen new warehouse locations. The new warehouse in Newark includes a bakery, pharmacy, optical center, hearing aid testing center, food court, photo center, tire sales and installation center, and a 10,340 square foot open-air canopy.
Pragmatic PE handled the fire protection services, providing engineering and design services for the installation of a complete wet-pipe automatic fire sprinkler system with a diesel fire pump. Key features of the fire sprinkler systems engineered by Pragmatic PE include:
The first floor
Hearing & pharmacy location
The freshline
The fire pump room
Pragmatic PE efficiently conducted site research before producing 2D and 3D sprinkler system designs using AutoSPRINK and Revit. The full services provided included design services for the new fire sprinkler system, City of Newark permit submittal package, coordination, shop drawings, installation drawings, fire pump design, and a fabrication list.