10.03.22
This project for the US Army Corp of Engineers consisted of design and construction of an existing barracks building. The building was converted into administrative space for a designated end user. The design and construction included demolition of all existing engineering systems. Demolition of the existing architectural systems included the roof, exterior doors, and windows. This project also included design and construction of completely new engineering systems to include site work, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, electrical, communication, and structural ...
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Harris Bay Area has teamed up with Harris Design Studio on a design-build project for San Francisco State University. The new science building project includes 126,000 GSF building which will provide students with classrooms, learning labs, research labs, etc. This target value design project will include integrated project delivery process, tools, and behaviors and is expected to achieve LEED Gold. Harris was given the schematic design documents and is currently working on the design documents and will be ...
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The Whatcom Community College Student House Phase 1 is an 89,000-square-foot, 221 bed dormitory facility. Additionally, it includes administration offices, public rest rooms, laundry, a mechanical equipment room, kitchen and community rooms. The structure is wood framing with electric cove heat in the dormitories, VRF in the offices and packaged DX units for the community rooms.
Harris contributed by developing an early schematic design budget that yielded excellent value for the owner. We were able design to this budget ...
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The Issaquah Middle School project is a progressive design-build project. Harris’ design partner for the project was Hargis. Harris performed the complete plumbing, including domestic, DWV, acid waste, hot water plant and fixture trim. We also performed the complete HVAC, including the boiler, water to water HP, chiller and all air handling equipment. Harris’ subcontractors included HVAC controls, insulation and test and balance.
A challenge on the project was the site had a 120′ elevation change causing the ...
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The Compass Health Supportive Housing project is a five-story, 47,000-square-foot building with 82 housing units for low-income individuals with chronic mental illness. This includes studios and one- and two-bedroom units, with a recreation room, computer center and common laundry. The ground floor will have over 10,000 square feet for mental health and homelessness programs, including peer support, homeless outreach and housing stabilization.
Harris was the Design-Build partner for the project and was responsible for the plumbing systems for the ...
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The AAA data center in Clearfield, Utah manages all help-needed calls coming in from west of the Mississippi. They are a 24/7 operation.
AAA had cooling and humidification needs in their data storage areas. They also needed redundancy in their systems to allow for maintenance. Harris fit three floors with CRAC and humidification units to meet their desired set points. A challenge was to maintain a tight set point for the cooling and humidification. For cooling, redundant units ...
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Project Topaz is a 250,000-square-foot, two-level, Tier IV mission critical data center located in South Jordan, Utah. The center is comprised of multiple active-power and cooling distribution paths, has 2N redundant mechanical systems and is fault tolerant. There is a small administration office totaling approximately 30,000 square feet. The remainder of the facility consists of a data center, electrical support areas, and mechanical rooms. This clean-build project was awarded LEED Gold certification in October 2010.
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Harris was awarded the design-build plumbing contract for the $1.2 billion Levi’s Stadium project. The new stadium hosts the San Francisco 49ers NFL home games and other sports and entertainment events. Levi’s Stadium was the first NFL stadium to achieve LEED Gold certification.
Harris’ involvement early on was crucial to the design team to ensure the design was complete and constructible to meet the overall construction schedule. Construction started in April 2012 and was completed, on time, ...
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The Phoenix International Raceway project was a combination of three phases; a renovation of the existing grandstands, new grandstands and 13 new buildings located in the infield of the track. Each phase included plumbing, sheetmetal ductwork for the suites, track operations, concessions, kitchens and toilet facilities. The project was scheduled in phases over two years with milestone dates that had to be met before the race events in April and November.
Race day could not be impacted by ...
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Harris Service recently completed the change out of a 130-Ton Air Cooled Chiller on the US Bank Center Place building in Rochester, MN. This was a Design-Build project with Harris being the prime contractor.
Harris’ scope of work consisted of demoing one of two existing chillers and installing a new chiller prior to summer cooling needs in the building. This work involved demo and modification of existing piping and installation of new isolation valves so that the ...
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