The new, $6.5 million, 44,000-sq-ft addition to Grand Haven High School, Grand Haven, MI, might appear like a typical natatorium, but the successful state-of-the-art hvac design and installation by the consulting engineer and mechanical contractor are very unconventional.
The Grand Haven project is the culmination of many original hvac design concepts developed and implemented at previous indoor swimming pool projects by an engineering team from GMB Architects-Engineers (Holland, MI). Led by project mechanical engineer James Harrison, GMB’s innovations at Grand Haven include a unique split return air design. Additionally, the school district realized a substantial cost savings in labor and materials because GMB specified one of the world’s largest dehumidifiers, which was custom manufactured by indoor air quality equipment manufacturer Dectron Internationale (Roswell, GA).