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Archive: 2016

04.28.16

The Hotel Minneapolis

Harris was hired by M.A. Mortenson Company to help transition a 10-story vintage bank building into a sleek downtown hotel. Harris performed the design-build mechanical construction and temperature control services. Harris worked closely with the project team to preserve the key architectural elements of the building, while installing efficient mechanical and temperature control systems. Harris had to be creative while installing modern air conditioning and heating systems in the older building. The beautiful lobby contained marble, ...Read More
04.28.16

Central Arizona Project (CAP) Chiller Project

Harris, in coordination with the Central Arizona Project (CAP), replaced the existing water-cooled chillers with air-cooled chillers at the Brady, Picacho and Red Rock Pumping Plants on the CAP Aqueduct. Harris operated in a prime contracting role and self-performed the mechanical scope. This project included the removal of the existing chillers, installation of new chillers, replacement of piping and specialties, and HVAC renovations. Subcontracts were let for electrical power wiring to serve the new equipment, temperature controls, ...Read More
04.25.16

Allina Central Laboratory

The Central Laboratory project consolidated the services provided by over 50 laboratories into one core lab located on the Abbott Northwestern campus in Minneapolis. Built on the second floor of an Allina warehouse, the total construction area covers approximately 76,000 square feet. The Central Laboratory Facility serves 11 Allina hospitals, 49 Allina medical clinics, 13 Aspen clinics, five Quello clinics and several specialty care services. More than 400 people working in Abbott Northwestern campus labs moved into the new lab which is one of the ...Read More
04.25.16

Abbott & Children’s Hospitals Mother Baby Center

Harris performed the plumbing, HVAC and temperature controls work for the new Mother Baby Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Children’s Hospital. The birth center, located on the Children’s Minneapolis campus, has a dedicated entrance for expectant moms and families. The 96,000-square foot, four-story building includes 44 post-partum rooms, 11 high-risk antepartum beds, 13 labor and delivery rooms, three operating rooms and skyway access to Abbott Northwestern Hospital. The facility is steps away from Children’s new NICU, ...Read More
04.07.16

St. Olaf College Kildahl Hall

Harris and St. Olaf College enjoy a long-term relationship as Harris has worked with the college for years to successfully complete numerous new construction and renovation projects. The Kildahl Hall project consisted of a three-story bathroom addition on one end of an existing dormitory building and a complete gut and remodel of the building’s HVAC, piping and plumbing systems. The remodel portion of the project took place in two phases each having to be ...Read More
01.29.16

A-Mill Artist Lofts

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...Read More
12.18.15

Park Nicollet Women’s Center at Methodist Hospital

Harris provided both plumbing and HVAC services for the Park Nicollet Women’s Center at Methodist Hospital located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The design-build project included a 30,000-square foot build-out on the fifth floor of the existing hospital. Work included the installation of a new 35,000 cubic feet per minute custom air handling unit installed in the penthouse above. Harris took several steps to ensure construction did not disrupt the hospital’s day-to-day operations. Plumbing work on ...Read More
12.07.15

Music City Center

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 ...Read More
12.07.15

Veterans Affairs Medical Center Las Vegas

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
12.07.15

Sutter Health Eden Medical Center

The Sutter Health Eden Medical Center is a 130-bed, acute care hospital totaling 230,000 square feet. The new state-of-the-art next generation healthcare facility was built to exacting standards developed through an integrated planning process with the construction, design and patient care team that ensured alignment of clinical program elements, building and healthcare features and community goals. Harris completed the project around existing hospital traffic and activities, while working to cause minimal disruption. During preconstruction, BIM/VDC along with ...Read More