BERKELEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

MONCKS CORNER, SOUTH CAROLINA

202,000 SQUARE FEET

Cooperative Building Solutions designed and constructed a new headquarter facility for Berkeley Electric Cooperative in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Berkeley Electric Cooperative has grown into a state-of-the-art electric utility serving over 108,000 member accounts in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties with over 6,400 miles of line connecting them. This makes Berkeley Electric Cooperative the largest electric cooperative in South Carolina, and one of the top 25 in the nation.

The two-story office building is equipped with a warehouse, vehicle storage, and covered material space. The project also includes a separate standalone maintenance building and carport, along with 49 acres of site improvements. The site was thoughtfully designed with unique features to benefit Berkeley Electric, including the ability to withstand a category 4 hurricane. To achieve this threshold, the building exterior was constructed of concrete tilt-up walls with impact rated glazing and the roof was reinforced to reduce uplift forces. All buildings were designed to be fully operational during storm events with backup generators and uninterruptable power supplies.