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St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church

New 17,200 square foot facility including Worship Space, Social Hall, Classrooms and Offices. Construction cost $3.5 million.

Structural Engineering included custom gluelam timber trusses with structural insulated panel roof system

Mechanical Engineering included central air handling unit with a chiller and boiler plant and Fire protection sprinkler system throughout the facility.

Electrical Engineering included power, lighting and lightning protection systems

Frontline Church

Renovation of the main building entry area, exterior building materials and site improvements of an existing building to provide a fresh new look to an existing facility. Comprehensive Engineering provided the structural, site and electrical engineering design.

The building renovations include construction of a new canopy over the main entry, mansard, new lighting, a shade structure adjacent to the main entry and exterior painting.

The facility is located on a 11 acre site consisting of building, asphalt pavement and very little green space. The site improvements includes removal and replacement of 3.2 acres of asphalt paving and concrete walkways, adding greenspace around the building and within the interior areas of the pavement, grading to provide barrier free accessibility, storm sewer improvements, new landscaping plantings and grass areas and site lighting improvements.

Construction cost was $750,000.

Community Bible Church

The project is a renovation of an existing elementary school located on a 15 acre site to become the new home for Community Bible Church. The renovations included a 2,800 square foot addition to create the new sanctuary, 29,000 square foot new paved parking area for 75 parking spaces, interior electrical and mechanical modifications. Total construction cost $800,000.

The site modifications included layout, pavement, stormwater management per Wayne County stormwater standards and fire protection service main to public utility design.  Provided documentation and coordination to obtain site plan approval by the City of Trenton Planning Commission.

The structural modifications included concrete slab on grade,footings, steel and block frame structure with I-joint roof construction design.

Holy Childhood of Jesus Catholic Church

$2.3 million renovation and addition to existing church constructed in late 1800’s.

Worship space was doubled in size without changing the appearance of the original facility from Main Street.

Structural analysis of existing heavy timber roof trusses revealed that the entire existing roof structure needed to be removed and replaced.

Mechanical engineering included HVAC design, boiler replacement, and a new snow melt system in the sidewalks.

Electrical engineering included interior power distribution, circuiting for lighting, telephone and data provisions, fire alarm design and lightning protection design.

Spectrum Health South Pavilion

Engineering services for new fixed 1.5T MRI addition to the South Pavilion surgical facility

A temporary Mobile MRI dock was designed  and constructed prior to starting the fixed MRI

MRI addition which was completed in 6 months

Special vibration isolation foundation system for the MRI equipment

Special copper shielding enclosure for the MRI room

Mechanical systems provide for temperature and humidity, medical gasses, and pre-action dry pipe fire suppression system

Electrical systems include lighting design with motion detection, power distribution with branch circuiting, nurse call systems, music system, emergency generator power, security and fire alarm, and a DC dimming system

Newberry Co-Housing

Newberry Co-Housing consists of 20 single family multi-level condo units, one Common House building, and a series of Garage/Car Port units on a one-acre parcel in the City of Grand Rapids.  The typical units are 2-1/2 floors with a full basement. They are standard wood framed construction and are grouped together in two, three or four unit buildings. Provided mechanical, electrical, structural and civil engineering and design.

This project consisted of a full residential housing development from the schematic phase through construction. The Civil design included parking facilities, private sanitary sewer, domestic water and fire service laterals, stormwater management system including below pavement detention/infiltration storage and design of the public cul-de-sac. The design included modifications to the public road cul-de-sac and public utilities.

Site development included vacating an existing alley and public utilities.  This site was extremely compact and providing proper access to all units, drainage, stormwater management and parking was very challenging.

REO Depot

Design renovation of a historical train station building for the Lansing Board of Water and Light.  The building is 9,500 square feet.

Structural engineering included structural repairs to the deteriorated timber framing and roof decking.  The design also included replacement of the entire deteriorated floor structure with an engineered lumber system of LVL beams and I-Joists.  The design also included accommodating all new mechanical and electrical equipment incorporated into the project.

Mechanical engineering for the building included HVAC design of a split furnace system with energy recovery units for optimization of energy usage.  The design also included plumbing design of domestic water, roof storm water, gas piping, sanitary sewer and fire protection systems.

Electrical engineering included site lighting design and interior power distribution including power service design to the site along with coordination with the utility. Engineering also included interior lighting design including branch circuiting and switching, interior telephone and data processing system provisions. The design also included building technology system and coordination with owner’s audio video consultant.

Port Austin Marina – Phase 1

Phase 1, new shore power for 23 slips on the east pier with new Eaton “Lighthouse” pedestals according to DNR requirements with 30 and 50 amp receptacles.

Also included was power for the existing fuel building and new sign lighting at the pier end.

Pedestals have LED lighting and wireless electric metering.

Feeders serving the pedestals are protected with a “Marina Guard” GFI sensing system to reduce the possibility of electrocution.

Also, included was the design of a new community toilet building on the site with daylight harvesting, occupancy sensor lighting controls and a security system that automatically locks the building down at night.

Meijer Building 989

The project consists of renovation of an existing 300,000 square foot distribution center warehouse into an office building which includes an 80,000 square foot Second Floor addition.  The project was a “fast track” design with six bid packages to speed up the construction process. The Meijer office building provides flexibility and interactivity programmed for an approximate 80% open office plan, demountable partition systems furniture and raised access floors throughout the entire facility.

Mechanical Engineering includes new under-floor air displacement HVAC system, separate boiler chiller plant facility. The design included new domestic water, storm water, sanitary sewer, gas piping, plumbing & HVAC systems for a new office building to include a full commercial kitchen operation.

Electrical Engineering includes interior power distribution design, from the local branch panels to the branch circuit loads, interior lighting design including branch circuiting and switching, interior telephone and data processing system provisions including empty conduit and junction box locations, new fire alarm and security systems. The design included provisions for a new commercial kitchen.

Structural Engineering includes the design of new 80,000 SF Second Floor within the existing high-bay structure. Existing foundations were able to remain utilized based on an optimized spacing of new supplemental columns and framing. Roof structure bays were opened to create an interior light well-courtyard. The entire building lateral load resisting system was replaced utilizing exposed vertical x-bracing. New stair and elevator towers and new monumental stairs at the building interior

Lakeshore Area Radiation Oncology Center

Addition and renovation of existing 11,000 square foot medical office building, including a new linear accelerator vault and renovations to the existing medical office building.

Electrical engineering included provisions for the linear accelerator based on the site specific shop drawings, interior lighting design including branch circuiting and switching.

Structural engineering included new reinforced concrete vault along with modifications required for the additions.

Mechanical engineering included a new dedicated chilled water cooling, hot water heating air handling unit. The new addition required extended plumbing system and infrastructure.

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