10.12.22
For the River Towers HVAC Revitalization and Remediation project, Harris was the general contractor with multiple subcontractors direct with the owner. The project was design-build with mechanical, electrical, structural and architectural scope of work. The project consisted of condos with (2) towers, one 30 stories and the other 18 stories. There were also boilers, snowmelt, pool heating, plumbing heating and a 200-foot lattice flue structure up through the center of the building. This was an HVAC retrofit project that also ...
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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 worked with Standby Systems Inc to fabricate 13 skids for a General Electric propane vapor system to be installed in the country of Ghana, Africa. The skids, which were shipped internationally, contained piping, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, structural frames and supports for the metering and vaporization of the propane.
Framing and piping for the skids were constructed from 304 stainless steel, which quality specifications were required to meet the pressure equipment directive (PED) of ...
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Carleton College’s Science Complex Addition is a 118,000-square foot LEED Gold project which includes the demolition of their existing science building, Mudd Hall, and renovating the existing Hulings and Olin Halls classroom and laboratory spaces, including a 3,000-square foot vivarium. The project also includes new construction to connect the current buildings into one science facility. Harris was selected as the mechanical subcontractor by McGough Construction for the demolition of the previous building and the mechanical work ...
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Harris has had a long and successful history of working on the St. Olaf College campus. Our design team worked with the College and the other design partners to provide the best options and meet St. Olaf’s long-standing commitment to match or exceed the quality and aesthetics of their existing buildings.
Harris was committed to a strong buy-out process, performing a second and third buy-out comparison after design completion to ensure the ...
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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 was selected by Layton Construction and Argent Group as the design-builder for the mechanical and plumbing work on the new, Innovation Pointe development. This development consists of a 40-acre master plan with 600,000-square feet of development.
The Innovation Pointe 2 project was a five-story, 141,000-square-foot office building with supporting parking structure. It was designed with the needs of today’s businesses in mind, with leading edge technology and high-end finishes.
With the modern progressive architecture ...
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For over 30 years, Harris has been the HVAC contractor of choice for Verizon Communications, a large communications and data provider based out of Basking Ridge, NJ. We received our master subcontractor agreement with Verizon in 1990. In preparation for the rollout of the nationwide 5G wireless network, Verizon has made tremendous investments to update their existing data centers to facilitate the new servers needed to implement this new technology. They own over 600 switching sites and data centers in the DMV ...
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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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Harris was awarded the design-assist contract for the new Sehome High School in Bellingham, Washington. This state-of-the-art facility fosters innovation and provides flexibility for future programmatic initiatives. New athletic fields, baseball, softball & football. The design focused on creating a healthy learning/teaching environment while being energy efficient and enhancing student safety.
Harris provided value engineering at the beginning of the project that saved the owner money while not sacrificing on quality. Some examples of value engineering ...
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