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Archive: 2022

09.30.22

Lake Stevens High School

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 ...Read More
09.30.22

Issaquah Middle School

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 ...Read More
09.30.22

Compass Health Supportive Housing

The Compass Health Supportive Housing project is a five-story, 47,000-square-foot building with 82 housing units for low-income individuals with chronic mental illness. This includes studios and one- and two-bedroom units, with a recreation room, computer center and common laundry. The ground floor will have over 10,000 square feet for mental health and homelessness programs, including peer support, homeless outreach and housing stabilization. Harris was the Design-Build partner for the project and was responsible for the plumbing systems for the ...Read More
09.30.22

Building 101 Mental Health + Research Building

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 ...Read More
10.08.21

Allegiant Stadium, Home of the Raiders

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 ...Read More
10.13.20

Epic Data Center

The new data center, previously owned by a private client, is currently owned by Epic. Epic is a privately held healthcare software company. The data center is a 62,000 square foot two-story building that was designed to support the client’s campuses in Rochester, Scottsdale and Jacksonville. The project consisted of 3-300-ton chillers, 2 hot water boilers, 2 steam boilers, 4 chilled water pumps, 4 heating water pumps, 2-15,000-gallon fuel oil tanks, fuel oil pumps, humidifiers, plumbing piping, HVAC piping, fuel oil ...Read More
10.12.20

DC2 Phase II Expansion

DC2 is a build-out of a Tier IV mission critical data center. The original facility was constructed in 2006, with enough space for future buildouts as the client’s expansion needs dictated. This data floor expansion began in January 2011, with a fully commissioned completion date of June 2011. Harris worked with one of the largest data center builders in North America to provide total mechanical construction needs for a confidential client; with the general contractor providing the major pieces ...Read More
10.12.20

AAA – Clearfield

The AAA data center in Clearfield, Utah manages all help-needed calls coming in from west of the Mississippi. They are a 24/7 operation. AAA had cooling and humidification needs in their data storage areas. They also needed redundancy in their systems to allow for maintenance. Harris fit three floors with CRAC and humidification units to meet their desired set points. A challenge was to maintain a tight set point for the cooling and humidification. For cooling, redundant units ...Read More
08.20.20

Topaz Ebay Data Center Phase I

Project Topaz is a 250,000-square-foot, two-level, Tier IV mission critical data center located in South Jordan, Utah. The center is comprised of multiple active-power and cooling distribution paths, has 2N redundant mechanical systems and is fault tolerant. There is a small administration office totaling approximately 30,000 square feet. The remainder of the facility consists of a data center, electrical support areas, and mechanical rooms. This clean-build project was awarded LEED Gold certification in October 2010. ...Read More
08.11.20

Levi’s Stadium

Harris was awarded the design-build plumbing contract for the $1.2 billion Levi’s Stadium project. The new stadium hosts the San Francisco 49ers NFL home games and other sports and entertainment events. Levi’s Stadium was the first NFL stadium to achieve LEED Gold certification. Harris’ involvement early on was crucial to the design team to ensure the design was complete and constructible to meet the overall construction schedule. Construction started in April 2012 and was completed, on time, ...Read More