11.10.15
Harris helped Novus Energy LLC design and build a mobile demonstration plant. The demonstration plant is a trailer-mounted, waste-to-energy conversion system which is fully integrated with its own automated control system. The system is a completely functional plant capable of converting high-solid organic materials to methane-rich bio-gas, organic fertilizer and clean water.
The demonstration plant has been used to showcase new technology and fine-tune the design configuration for full-scale plants. It has been operating since 2010 and has ...
Read More 09.25.15
Harris construction and controls teams collaborated on this state-of-the-art inpatient pharmacy conveniently located on the first floor of the hospital. The pharmacy relocation project was a complete design-build effort aiming to transform an existing hospital space into a new inpatient pharmacy that satisfied the needs of the Minneapolis Children’s Hospital.
The goal of the design and subsequent construction was to provide the hospital with a fail-safe, stand-alone mechanical system for three new clean rooms. To make ...
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Harris Controls has worked with the Minneapolis Public School District since 2007 on a variety of projects. Our work has included five phased projects that upgraded the Building Automation Systems (BAS) in more than 40 schools, and an additional 35 projects in other facilities that were part of deferred maintenance or mechanical upgrade projects. These projects involved one of the largest installations of the Honeywell WEBs-AX JACE Controllers in the Upper Midwest. From modular control to seamless integration, WEBs-AX offers a range ...
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The Physician Assistant Program at Bethel University provides training to students seeking jobs to fill an important and growing new role within clinics and hospital systems. Bethel University was on a fast-track to create a learning space for their new program, which involved an upgrade an existing office space to a state-of-the-art hands-on lab and classroom that would include patient simulators. Driven by enrollment, the renovation had to be done in a relatively short space of time.
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Read More 08.06.14
Building 10
When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) needed to upgrade its central chilled water system, it turned to its longtime partner Harris for vital infrastructure work with a minimum of service disruption to NIH’s critical scientists and medical professionals.
Building 14
Structural steel and catwalks were carefully set in place for mechanical room hookups from the central plant. Hundreds of feet of chilled water mains, steam and steam condensate up to 14 inches in diameter ...
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Washington National Cathedral was first air conditioned in the mid-1970s by Harris who installed large air handlers to bring in air from the outside and recycle air from the interior. However, the Cathedral did not have the resources at the time to add the pipes and chiller to cool the vast interior. In 2000, several donors stepped forward donating the necessary funds needed to complete the job, and Harris was once again called on to provide all mechanical services.
Read More 06.27.14
Harris partnered with JW McClenahan and DPR Construction to design, coordinate and install complete HVAC systems for the new Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH). Utilizing Lean Construction techniques and BIM/VDC technology, Harris fabricated and installed over 1.7 million pounds of ductwork, 19 air handlers and related HVAC equipment serving this 521,000-square foot state-of-the-art LEED Gold medical facility in the heart of the Silicon Valley.
Located on the Stanford University campus, the LPCH doubles in size with the ...
Read More 06.13.14
Xcel Energy needed a new administration building near the site of its Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. The building was designed to house more than 300 employees and save Xcel money on energy costs. Harris completed the HVAC, plumbing, piping and temperature controls for the new building.
As part of the contract, Harris installed a 100-foot long snowmelt system for the roof of the 79,930-square foot facility.
Working near a nuclear plant meant Harris employees needed ...
Read More 06.11.14
Harris completed the HVAC scope for the construction of the Terra Verde Corporate Campus. The new high-end office project located in the north corridor of Scottsdale, consists of four buildings.
For the first phase of the project, Harris provided complete HVAC systems that included installing two rooftop fluid coolers, three condenser water pumps, shell water source heat pump systems, as well as all piping, ductwork and direct current controls. To decreases energy consumption, two energy recovery ventilators ...
Read More 06.10.14
The 85,000-square foot Lookout Mountain Elementary School project was unique in that Harris, working for Adolfson & Peterson Construction, was responsible for the installation of the HVAC system involving the installation of a geothermal field and water source heat pumps. A portion of the design centered around a more traditional heating system but around 50 percent of the complex was served by this geo system.
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