Cowan Systems Corporate Headquarters

Baltimore, Maryland

Cowan Systems, LLC, is a truckload carrier dedicated fleet service operating primarily east of the Mississippi River and north of Florida.

Kibart provided electrical, mechanical, and plumbing design and construction services for a new two story 45,000 SF state of the art headquarters and dispatching/operations center from which Cowan will control all of their equipment, including 2,700 trailers.

Mechanical Design

• Packaged gas-fired VAV roof-top system with terminal electric heat
• Separate roof top unit for each floor; fan powered VAV boxes with electric heat for the perimeter zones, while standard VAV boxes were utilized for most interior zones.
• Sound attenuators in selected areas to provide acoustically acceptable environment
• Exposed ductwork for the two story section of the building to match architectural design intent
• A specially designed unit for the computer room to control both the temperature and humidity
• DDC building management control system for the entire mechanical system
• The plumbing system included electric water heater with distribution system to serve various fixtures, including shower facility, in the restrooms
• The sprinkler system included the wet system for the office section, and both pre-action and FM-200 for the computer room

Electrical Design

• Emergency generator
• UPS
• IT cable systems
• FM200/extinguishing, sprinkler and VAV HVAC systems.
• Special systems also included card access, fire alarm, and CCTV systems