Jack Case Building
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
General Contractor: Turner Universal
Architect: Susman Tisdale Gayle
Overview: A new 405,000 square foot office complex including state-of-the-art conferencing
areas, full service dining facilities and data center located in the Y-12 Complex.
Mechanical & plumbing systems include:
· Four air-cooled chillers totaling 1,300 nominal tons of cooling
· Four 40-hp variable speed pumps
· Fourteen custom-built air handling units
· Three commercial kitchen exhaust/makeup air systems
· Three hundred variable air volume boxes with electric heat
· Radon Purge System
· Over three-hundred commercial-grade plumbing fixtures
New Hope Center
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
General Contractor: Turner Universal
Architect: Susman Tisdale Gayle
Overview: A new 145,000 square foot public interface complex including office areas, laboratories, and conferencing areas and data center located at the entrance of the Y-12 Complex. This project was the eighth building in the state of Tennessee to earn LEED Certification.
Mechanical & plumbing systems include:
· Two air-cooled chillers totaling 450 nominal tons of cooling
· Two 240-hp variable speed pumps
· Six custom-built air handling units
· Ninety-five variable air volume boxes with electric heat
· Laboratory hood exhaust system
· Radon Purge System
· Over one-hundred commercial-grade plumbing fixtures
McGavock High School
Metropolitan Davidson County School System
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Services performed for: Siemens Building Technologies
Overview: Mechanical renovation of existing 400,000 sq. ft. school to save energy and replace deteriorating equipment. The system was converted from a dual duct system to a variable air volume system with hot water reheat. The renovation was completed during the three month summer break.
Mechanical Improvements:
- Two 500 ton centrifugal chillers
- Six new high efficiency natural gas boilers each rated at 3,000,000 BTU each
- Sixteen four pipe air handlers
- Ninety-six Variable Air Volume boxes with hot water reheat
- Two Cooling Towers
- Six Pumps
- High efficiency natural gas water heater and two storage tanks
Behind the sceens at McGavock High SchoolCool Springs Life Sciences Building
Location: Franklin, Tennessee
General Contractor: R.C. Mathews
Architect: The CFP Group
Overview: A new two-story, 32,000 square foot building serving as a center for research and development for the bio-sciences.
Mechanical systems include the following:
- Two 140 ton air cooled screw chillers
- Two 1440Mbh modular hot water boilers
- Custom air handling units serving two variable air volume systems, including 80% outside air and insect exclusion for the laboratory
- A fume hood exhaust system
- Lab gas system
- High efficiency air filtration
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
General Contractor: Carter Group
Architect: Centric
Overview: Renovation and expansion to the 100-year old campus
Mechanical systems upgrades include:
- One 155 ton air cooled chiller
- Two high effiency pulse hot water boilers
- Four pumps with Variable Speed Drives and controls
- One 100% outside air unit
- Three site built custom air handling units
- eighty-eight fan coil units
- Building Automation System
Essex Plastics
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
General Contractor: BACAR Constructors
Architect: SSOE
Overview: An 88,000 square foot expansion to an existing plastic extrusion plant
Mechanical improvements include the following:
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One 400-ton centrifugal chiller
- One 400-ton cooling tower
- Four hydronic pumps and distribution loops
- Two 75-hp air compressors and distribution loop
The Tennessean Printing Press Addition
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
General Contractor: Hardaway Construction Corporation
Architect: Hart, Freeland, Roberts
Overview: A new color press installation in an existing and operating facility
Mechanical improvements include the following:
- Two packaged rooftop units
- Ink plant upgrade and expansion
- One process cooling tower
- DDC controls
Saint Cecilia Motherhouse & Convent Expansion and Renovation
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
General Contractor: Hardaway Construction Corporation
Architect: Fowlkes & Associates
Overview: A 100,000 square foot expansion to an existing
80,000 square foot convent, including a new chapel, dining facility and
rooms
- Two 300-ton centrifugal chillers
- One dual cell 600-ton tower
- Six modular hot water boilers
- Four hydronic pumps
- One 100% outdoor air unit with heat wheel
- One commercial kitchen exhaust system
- One laundry steam boiler
- Two built-up air handling units
- Eight VAV boxes
- One hundred fan coils and blower coils
- DDC controls
Teksid Aluminum Foundry Location: Sylacauga, Alabama
General Contractor: D.F. Chase, Inc.
Architect: Gresham, Smith & Partners
Overview: A new 330,000 square foot aluminum foundry facility
Mechanical improvements include the following:
- Twenty-two 50-ton packaged rooftop units
- Two 800-hp steam boilers and accumulator
- Two 500-hp air compressors
- Three cooling towers (1200-ton, 600-ton, and 100-ton)
- Ten process pumps
