Lepco Inc.

05/01/1998

Lepco Inc., Houston, TX, has been awarded the 1997 Design/Build of the Year Award for its design, construction, and service of Input/Output`s new 110,000-ft2 micro-electromechanical systems manufacturing facility. The facility contains 19,000 ft2 of Class 100-100,000 cleanroom space, which is maintained at 68? ?2?F, humidity controlled at 45% ?5%RH, and houses a complete 150-mm wafer fab. The complete group up design and construction was complete in a record 335 days. The cleanrooms are supported by 18 MW DI water, ultrapure process utilities delivered by ultra high-purity stainless steel piping, 900 tons of HVAC, two HL&P power grids, 6.6 MW of pad mounted transformers, and a DDC control system.