10.04.22
The Hill Air Force Base located in northern Utah is the sixth largest employer in the state and home of the Ogden Air Logistics Complex which manages a wide range of aircrafts. The Hill AFB Fire Crash Rescue Facility supports the base’s flight line operations and is a critical life safety facility.
Harris took a Design-Build role on the project, working closely with Colvin Engineering to design and install the plumbing, piping and HVAC systems in ...
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Harris remodeled the HVAC and plumbing systems in a 101,000 square-foot warehouse. The space was originally a retail location and was made into a family fun/amusement center. We started underslab and cut in new plumbing for six new restrooms. The existing RTUs were retrofitted with new duct work to accommodate the new spaces. The new spaces included a laser tag area, mini golf, bowling alley and party rooms.
Several issues were resolved by our team. These included ...
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The Williams International – Blue Phoenix Ogden Addition project was a new manufacturing plant for Williams International in Ogden, Utah. This was a fast-paced project where the mechanical and plumbing design was happening while the shell of the building was going up. From design initiation to completion, the total duration was 8 months. This included the design of a highly efficient process cooling system that incorporated four fluid coolers, four air handlers, and three water cooled chillers. This project ...
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Harris was hired as the mechanical contractor for the Confidential Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Facility Phase I project. The manufacturing facility is being used to build a new electric sedan model.
For the project, Harris provided the services of BIM, design and engineering, HVAC, plumbing and preconstruction services while subcontracting crane, insulation and rigging. The project had a delayed start with an already aggressive schedule. As a solution, Harris held meetings with the owner ...
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Harris is once again involved in constructing the latest iconic location on the Las Vegas Strip. Once completed in 2023, MSG Sphere will be a state-of-the-art 20,000 seat concert and special event venue that will provide an amazing once-in-a-lifetime visual and auditory experience. The MSG Sphere will have 170,000 sq. ft. of interior ultra HD LED screens and all sound will be delivered by “beamforming” technology, instead of overhead hanging speakers, allowing all attendees to experience any event the exact same way ...
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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 Pepco Waterfront Substation project was a new substation installation for the Potomac Electric Power Company of Washington, D.C. It was a design-assist job with Coakley Williams Construction and their mechanical engineer, META Engineers. The building had to be designed to house and accommodate a new ABB turbine technology that Pepco was using to make power with a smaller footprint than their traditional power plants. The site in Southeast Washington, D.C. was selected because of its proximity ...
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The Martin Bostetter Courthouse is a historic building located in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The project presented many challenges from design to completion. The project was completed one-hundred percent during the night hours. This alone made it difficult to manage but location was key. Harris had seven tractor trailers loaded with equipment parked in an area that was barely large enough for a passenger vehicle to pass. Noise was also an issue during the night hours.
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This project for the US Army Corp of Engineers consisted of design and construction of an existing barracks building. The building was converted into administrative space for a designated end user. The design and construction included demolition of all existing engineering systems. Demolition of the existing architectural systems included the roof, exterior doors, and windows. This project also included design and construction of completely new engineering systems to include site work, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, electrical, communication, and structural ...
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Harris has been serving one of the world’s largest cloud storage providers for several years and has become a trusted partner for their critical data center campuses in northern Virginia and Ohio. All projects for this owner are evaporative cooling designs and are on average 250,000 square feet each. The projects utilize industrial water evaporative coolers and hot aisle containment to cool the equipment. Power rooms are also cooled using evaporative CRAH units and exhaust fans. Battery rooms and ...
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