10.03.22
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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Harris teamed up with Hensel Phelps for the plumbing a mechanical scope of the AME Polymers Lab (core and shell) and the AME Office building on the 2200 block of the laboratory. These two buildings were part of the first Applied Materials Engineering (AME) area plan put together by LLNL and NNSA to support stockpile stewardship.
Polymers lab consisted of a 13,000-square-foot, single story building with a complete mechanical and plumbing system with integrated ...
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The Bay Area Transit Hayward Station project was a service facility warehouse for BART and is located right next to the rail in Hayward, California. The project was a 135,000-square-foot building that included mostly warehouse space with some offices. The warehouse included under floor radiant piping to provide a comfort level for the client. Harris provided all of the plumbing, HVAC and ductwork on this project. The project was new construction which included plumbing underground all the ...
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The Atherton Town Center project is comprised of a new city hall, library, police ancillary and remodel of the old existing town hall. Harris provided complete mechanical and plumbing systems, including controls and balancing on all structures. The main buildings are tied together through a 17K+ lb. mechanical heat pump system with a 118-ton heating/cooling capacity and interlocking BAS controls.
The new City Hall building includes 3 air handing units, 4 mechanical pumps, VRF ...
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The Whidbey General Hospital Addition and Renovation project consisted of full mechanical scope for an addition and renovation to the existing facility. The addition consisted of 45 bed patient rooms, ICU rooms and labor and delivery rooms. The renovation included build out of pharmacy, lab and perioperative spaces. The HVAC systems included new penthouse air handlers feeding an VRF system.
The hospital’s domestic water supply source was an encased well and the water quality was poor. A ...
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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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Lake Stevens High School was a multi-phased modernization of the existing facility on a 35.6-acre site. The project was a mix of additions, modernization and replacements. The school remained occupied and operational throughout all phases of construction and was surrounded by single-family residential neighborhoods. The student population is 1,800 consisting of grades 10-12. Design involved new or renovated general classrooms, art classrooms, science, technology, engineering, music, special education, athletics, performing arts, two gymnasiums, an existing pool, cafeteria/commons, library and ...
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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 Building 101 Mental Health and Research Building project scope included all plumbing, medical gases and mechanical work associated with the 203,000 square-foot new building. Harris also installed a central plant upgrade and new utilities in an existing tunnel, all while not impacting the main hospital.
The new multi-story building incorporates 68,000 square feet of space for mental health services with 111,000 square feet dedicated to research and 20,000 square feet for administrative support. The VA Mental Hospital is built with the ...
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Harris was awarded the design-assist contract for the $1.8 billion Allegiant Stadium Home of the Raiders. The stadium features 65,000 seats (expandable to 72,000), 9 exclusive clubs, over 120 high-end suites, a retractable natural turf field, large operable walls and a clear ETFE roof. Harris provided HVAC and plumbing for the entire stadium. We designed an alternative HVAC strategy to optimize energy efficiency, conform with structural allowances and meet the budget targets.
The mechanical scope included several major ...
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