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 ...
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Harris provided a broad range of mechanical services for the construction of the wetlands and environmental science center Cascade Meadow.
Designed to operate as a high performance green building, the project incorporated energy-efficient construction, passive solar design, and focused on meeting indoor environmental quality and renewable energy standards. The facility is used to educate adults and children on energy conservation and healthy indoor spaces.
To meet the project’s goal to use 53 percent less energy ...
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Mayo Clinic opened the first facility in the Midwest capable of providing proton beam therapy used to treat cancer. The building features four treatment rooms that include a three-story, 190-ton mechanical apparatus (gantry) needed for the proton beam and a 20-ton magnet to guide the beam. Due to the size, weight and radiologic properties of the equipment involved, the size and thickness of concrete in this building is unprecedented in this area with the thickest wall measuring 21-feet nine-inches ...
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The Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault is a medium-security, level-three facility. Harris provided mechanical services for the multi-phased expansion and renovation. The project included the addition of three new living units, program buildings (psychological, religious, volunteer and education services), dining/kitchen area and the renovation of the senior care/special needs facility. Both the expansion and renovation occurred on a fast-track with multiple bid packs allowing prison operations to continue during construction.
Harris provided plumbing, heating piping and ...
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Located on a 109-acre site, Otter Tail Ag – a 55 million gallon per year ethanol plant – takes corn grown by local farmers and turns it into ethanol. Harris was chosen as the prime contractor for this project and oversaw the complete construction of the plant.
Harris teamed with Delta-T Corp on the design technology, and after months of development and pricing, contracts were signed in October of 2006 and civil site work began immediately. To facilitate construction, Harris developed ...
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Harris installed mechanical systems that were designed to accommodate the anticipated expansion of Abbott Northwestern Hospital into a newly constructed a 6,600-square foot mechanical penthouse built on the rooftop of the hospital’s East Tower.
To meet the aggressive schedule set for the project, Harris utilized its in-house BIM capabilities to create an exact replica of the finished HVAC, piping and plumbing systems, and manufactured all ducts and pipework at the Harris’ Zumbrota fabrication shop. This approach ...
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Always mindful of the future, Hormel and the Harris design team chose to incorporate green building practices into the construction of the office 28,000-square foot addition that was awarded LEED Gold certification.
Some of the sustainable aspects of the building included:
Geothermal heating and cooling systems, utilizing vertical bore well loops
Low-flow plumbing fixtures for water conservation
Rainwater collection cistern
All heating and cooling systems are controlled via ...
Read More 06.03.14
Harris was awarded the mechanical contract providing plumbing, piping, HVAC and BIM modeling and detailing services for the new Voxman Music Building on the University of Iowa (UI) campus. One of the most striking features of this five-story building is its large glass exterior designed to make the facility more open to the public and highlight its new location in the downtown area. It also features various noise reduction and environmental design elements and materials in the design and ...
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Harris was awarded the design-assist mechanical contract for the $1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium project. The new stadium hosts the Minnesota Vikings’ NFL home games and other sports and entertainment events. Harris provided all plumbing, HVAC and temperature controls for the stadium, which was Minnesota’s largest commercial construction project to-date.
Early involvement with the design team helped Harris identify both the challenges and the opportunities that ultimately drove the design and the budget. To maximize productivity, ...
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Harris played a central role in overhauling the historic Valspar Applied Science and Technology (VAST) Center. After overseeing the demolition of existing mechanical and plumbing systems, Harris installed full plumbing and HVAC to the lower half of the building.
The Valspar labs test various types of paints and powders that require higher airflow rates and non-corrosive ductwork. With the large array of mechanical equipment running throughout the building, a Harris-led 3-D coordination effort between contractors was required ...
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