America, as well as the rest of the world, is fighting to beat a pandemic crisis like nothing experienced since the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. 

I have a feature article published in this issue of Engineered Systems magazine, on Page 28, highlighting a project at the Watergate facility. 

Having worked on both sides of the design and build business segments, I thought I’d share my own experience with how estimators and contractors, along with the in-the-field workforce, can contribute to the optimum HVAC system design when working with the consulting engineer as a team. 

This month’s B2B focuses on the conversion of an existing 1 million-square-foot commercial office building’s record computer-aided drawings (CAD) to building information modeling (BIM) drawings. 

This month’s Facility File is based on a new 40,000-square-foot office building HVAC system using VRF heat pump equipment with a focus on the Back2Basics February test. The project will include two VRF systems, each serving approximately 20,000 square feet of space. The building will also have a 100 percent DOAS gas-fired rooftop HVAC system for ventilation to the occupants in the building.

This month’s B2B will focus on an 800,000-square-foot existing in-patient health care facility committed to recommissioning its boiler room operation and maintenance management to maintain a highly performing, safe boiler plant environment.

This month’s Facility File will focus on a new central, high-efficient, hot water boiler plant to replace an antiquated remote high-pressure steam boiler plant serving a campus setting.

Last month, I opened a discussion on how I have enjoyed integrated project delivery (IPD) and design-build (D-B) projects over the years and how I have been fortunate to learn from other team members as I shaped my “full team participation” (FTP) process.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B June test for a heating application on a college campus, with a building program removing a dormitory heating system from the campus high-pressure steam system and replacing it with a high-efficiency condensing hot water boiler within the dormitory.