Potential Future Expansion Archives - Design-Aire Engineering

Geist Montessori Academy (McCordsville, IN)

$6 Million Construction Budget
New Construction of a 38,000 square foot school serving (400) students

DAE provided Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing design for the new construction of a new 38,000 SF school serving grades 1-8.

After receiving a grant from the Indiana Department of Education, the school purchased (12) acres of undeveloped land with the intention of conslidating (2) separate schools into one, singular facility.

The academy will serve up to (400) students and had a $6 Million construction budget. The site was also designed to allow for potential future expansion.

Geist Montessori Academy

Expand and Upgrade Building 42 – Phlebotomy Laboratory Addition

Marion VA Medical Center (Marion, IL)

Project #657-502; Contract #VA-255-16-RP-0453 (Awarded 9-30-2016)

9,329 SF Construction Budget: $8.1M

The Expansion/Upgrade included new Phlebotomy Stations, Administration Offices, and Labs for Histology, Microbiology, Chemistry; as well as a Blood Bank. In addition to serving the Marion VAMC, the new facilities are to serve all clinical VAMC sites within the region. This required new Administrative/Reception/Office Areas capable of accommodating that function. DAE’s President, Dave Haun, served as Project Manager, coordinating with the VA and project subcontractors. All design work followed ADA-Compliance and VA Standards of Barrier-Free Design.

The site also required a Service Road relocation, as well as Site-Parking Modifications. This allowed for the addition of 50 new parking spaces, and as a result, new lighting and storm/sanitary drainage for new parking. Parking areas met the specific requirements of the VA’s Barrier-Free Design Guide; as well as parking structure signage requirements set forth by the VA Signage Design Guide. The addition relocated an existing Service Tunnel (which was to remain operational), as well as the Electrical Feeder Duct-Bank and a Primary Voltage Transformer.

The project incorporated unfinished upper and lower interstitial space for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing systems. This was designed to structurally accommodate an eventual construction of a future, additional level. The Design-Team collaborated with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency to incorporate design elements, allowing the new addition to visually flow and integrate into the historic campus.

Mechanical design included AHU Installation, Assessment and Mechanical Specifications. Upon assessment, the existing facility Chiller and Boiler was determined capable of accommodating the addition. The new HVAC equipment was connected to these systems and their capacity verified. The new building was then added to campus’ Chilled Water Loop system.

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Fire Station No. 4 (New Construction)

Kokomo, Indiana

Kokomo Fire Station No. 4

The City of Kokomo has provided fire protection since 1867 and has grown to more than 100 fire fighters staffing six stations. The City of Kokomo needed an additional fire station located south and west of city limits. The City of Kokomo wanted to build a fire station with low operation costs without sacrificing comfort to the fire fighters who occupy the station continuously.

The new facility was to house (6) dormitory rooms, with the ability to grow to (8); and (2) apparatus bays.

DAE recommended a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system with high efficiency, T5 and compact fluorescent lighting, HVAC (95% AFUE, 16 SEER) units, radiant tube heaters (garage 90% AFUE) and condensing (90% AFUE) gas hot water heater. The facility also includes high efficiency light emitting diode (LED) site lighting and water saving toilets and urinals.

It costs the city about $1 million a year to staff one fire engine 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The new Fire Station #4 will use 25% less energy and cost only 6% more than a fire station built to Indiana Building Code.

– Mayor Greg Goodnight (Kokomo)