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Harris installed the turbine and generator required to transform Minneapolis’ historic Pillsbury A Flour Mill into housing. The new LEED certified apartment complex for artists uses a hydrothermal system utilizing the flow of the Mississippi River to provide the building with some of its heating and cooling.
Harris worked in the old flour mill’s existing network of tunnels to install the turbine and generator crucial to the building’s mechanical needs. The project involved lowering the 15,000...
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Music City Center is a 2,100,000-square foot gathering space featuring an exhibit hall, grand ball room, meeting rooms and parking complex.
Harris teamed with longtime partner Foley Company, to fabricate and install 2,400,000 pounds of sheet metal for the HVAC ductwork. Harris also furnished and installed 62 air handling units totaling more than 1,800,000 cubic feet per minute of ventilation.
The immense fabrication effort required 35,500 shop hours which was accomplished by Harris’ Utah fabrication facility and a local ...
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The new six-story, 790,000-square foot Veterans Affairs Medical Center represents the largest construction contract ever awarded by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs. The hospital provides complete medical services, including ambulatory care, radiology, laboratories, pharmacy, diagnostic and treatment clinics, and educational facilities.
Harris fabricated and installed 1,900,000 pounds of ductwork for Phase IV of the $364.9 million hospital project. Partially staffed on-site, Harris’ BIM team met weekly to coordinate with other trades for interference, using the project model ...
Read More 09.23.15
Citing their obsolete boilers and growing energy demands, 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, 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 partners relied on 3-D modeling to detect and ...
Read More 07.17.14
The new GateWay Community College (GCC) Integrated Education Building was designed to house five separate programs in uniquely recognizable structures that connect, integrate and function as one building. Built to LEED standards, the three-story building features offices for student services, counseling and advising, an indoor/outdoor art room, new library, tutoring labs, additional classrooms and a new science wing.
To cool the building, Harris brought new 14-inch chilled water lines across the campus via an underground utility ...
Read More 07.10.14
The University of Kentucky’s (UK) new Pavilion A at the Albert B. Chandler Hospital is the cornerstone of a 20-year construction plan for this academic medical campus of the future. This 1,100,000-square foot hospital was completed in two phases, allowing for the step-by-step replacement of the hospital’s existing pavilion. Areas included an emergency department, surgery center, trauma center, radiology, specialty floors and patient rooms and an auditorium.
Harris performed the HVAC build-out for this facility, ...
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The 52-story Devon Tower is one of Oklahoma City’s most visible landmarks and was designed as an office headquarters for Devon Energy, but also a place for people to enjoy dining and views from the upper floors. This high profile, LEED Gold certified skyscraper presented Harris with major challenges. With so many floors to traverse, the coordination of materials and the vertical transportation of work force, became a major organizational hurdle for all the trades to coordinate.
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The Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) is a LEED Silver certified laboratory dedicated to finding alternative fuels. Harris was contracted to provide the HVAC ductwork and piping for a new 40,000-square foot facility.
The SERC project had limited lay-down area which required just-in-time delivery on all materials and equipment. Additionally, the street along the north side of the project had to remain open for traffic at all times. The lack of space was a major challenge for ...
Read More 06.12.14
The Mayo Clinic is at the center of the community in Rochester, Minnesota employing thousands of people and treating patients from all over the world. It offers an integrated healthcare environment where patients can benefit from the knowledge of many different specialists.
The 20-story, 2,000,000-square foot Gonda Building was designed with the present and future in mind. It is a highly flexible facility that allows expansion and redesign for the ever-changing healthcare environment. The building has a ...
Read More 06.11.14
Harris completed the HVAC scope for the construction of the Terra Verde Corporate Campus. The new high-end office project located in the north corridor of Scottsdale, consists of four buildings.
For the first phase of the project, Harris provided complete HVAC systems that included installing two rooftop fluid coolers, three condenser water pumps, shell water source heat pump systems, as well as all piping, ductwork and direct current controls. To decreases energy consumption, two energy recovery ventilators ...
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