10.12.22
Harris was given a fully designed design and spec job for the addition of an auditorium to Providence Academy school in Plymouth, Minnesota. Harris was responsible for the addition of tertiary systems for heating and chilled water, five air handling units and numerous VAV boxes.
One air handling unit installed feeds the auditorium seating area and it was essential to the project design that there was no air noise in this area of ...
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Citing their obsolete boilers and growing demand for electricity and power, the University of Minnesota turned to Harris for help with the installation of a state-of-the-art combined heat and power plant for their Minneapolis campus.
Due to zoning and permitting constraints, the new turbine generator, heat recovery system and modern mechanical systems had to fit in the historic Old Main Heating Plant. To head off space issues and potential clashes, Harris and its ...
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The Minneapolis Bus Garage Project consists of a 350,000-square-foot bus garage to support a fleet of new buses for the City of Minneapolis. This includes a 3-bay fueling station, 2 bus washing bays, 24 maintenance bays, parking for 220 busses, underground employee parking and 3 floors of office space.
During preconstruction, Harris worked with the EOR to value engineer the mechanical system to substitute single package simultaneous water to water heat pumps to provide the building’s ...
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Harris was the general contractor responsible for the systems improvements at the Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota. The sewage and waste disposal project required the replacement of several large pieces of equipment which included the primary heat exchangers, boiler economizers and evaporators and ID fan motors. Harris also installed new overfire air systems and a hot media extraction system.
The original design for the HMES system did not account for ...
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Harris was awarded the mechanical contract for the expansion and renovation of the existing science lab building, The Nobel Hall houses the departments of biology, chemistry, geography, and geology. The 74,000 square-foot south expansion included new laboratories, teaching and study spaces, and connected Nobel Hall with Schaefer Fine Arts Center, creating a laboratory theatre. The project is certified LEED gold and has already helped contribute to over $186,000 in energy rebates for Gustavus.
Harris completed ...
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In 2012, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans to build the first Temple in Tucson, Arizona. The Tucson Arizona Temple will serve as a place of worship for the more than 30,000 active Latter-day Saints living in the Tucson area. The Tucson Arizona Temple will be the sixth temple built in Arizona. President Dieter Uchtodorf, the second counselor of the First Presidency of the Church, says the temple is for people who are members of ...
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Harris bid this project as a hard bid project and was able to secure the project through our experience in this type of construction. The new building is 164,200 square feet and includes 262 new guest rooms. It has guest laundries, business center, training rooms, and exercise rooms. Harris installed a complete chilled and heating water central plant that included over 4 miles on hydronic piping on the project along with vertical stacked four pipe fan coils and multiple dedicated ...
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Harris was awarded the mechanical and plumbing scopes for the second WeWork office space located on the Innovation Pointe campus. Harris’ outstanding performance and quality on previous WeWork projects was a key factor in securing this project. As a member of the design team for the Innovation Pointe Building Two Core & Shell project, Harris was able to provide design assistance for the WeWork design to help with integrating the new tenant space into the existing building systems. This ...
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The Kearns Building project was a complete remodel of the plumbing, chilled, heating and HVAC systems in the Kearns Building, built in 1911.
The remodel of the Kearns Building was done in 2 phases. First, the plumbing was removed from floors 2-10 on the west side, keeping the east side restrooms in operation. Phase 1 also consisted of removing the existing chilled water system and associated equipment and installing new duct work on the west wings and future restrooms.
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Miracle Mile Shops is a 1.2-mile-long shopping mall on the Las Vegas Strip. It consists of 170 stores, 15 restaurants and live entertainment venues. Miracle Mile Shops decided to add their own Central Plant due to energy rates from a Centralized Utility Plant (Westgate) that they are currently attached to. They added (3) 1,000-ton York YMC2 Chillers as well as (3) B&G Chilled and Condenser Pumps and (3) Marley Cooling towers, along with a piping system to serve their (3) main Energy Transfer ...
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