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Southern
Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SMECO)
Engineering and Operations Facility
| Southern Maryland
Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SMECO) is a member-owned, member-controlled
non-profit electric distribution utility located in Southern
Maryland. It serves over 144,000 residential and business accounts
in four counties making it one of the ten largest electric cooperatives
in the country! |
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| SMECO is committed
to excellent customer service and providing reliable electric
service, but their multiple older facilities had fragmented
their staff and departments. They implemented a reorganization
of staff, but the facilities didn’t reflect that reorganization.
Providing uninterrupted electrical service can be a life-and-death
issue, as Hurricane Katrina illustrated, and facilities can
play a key role. |
| CDS was retained to
analyze and master plan SMECO’s facilities and the resulting
facility assessment study revealed that there were significant
facility condition issues, code problems and a shortage of appropriate
space and site area. There was a need to move and consolidate
departments in some of the existing buildings, expand and renovate,
and construct some new facilities. |
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