Pinnacle Engineering provided Mechanical, Plumbing and Fire Protection systems design to serve new construction project, with infrastructure connections to existing utilities & central plant facilities without interruption to service in existing hospital;  $35 million construction budget.

Design and construction administration services for fire protection system improvements, including the replacement of the main fire pump for the Pipe Mill and fire protection sprinkler system for Stocker Shed.

Design of nuisance dust control system for safety and industrial hygiene purposes.  Coal dust is collected at five locations and conveyed to via dilute phase pneumatic conveying system to vacuum receiver.  System includes thirteen dust control capture hoods, ductwork, 9,000 cfm dust collector, compressed air system, and PLC controls

Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager for Mechanical, Plumbing and Fire Protection  systems for renovation of 6,000 SF of administrative office space and the addition of a new 650-seat community banquet hall, catering kitchen, rehearsal halls, music practice rooms and a 2-level underground parking deck for 115  cars; $2.4 million construction budget.

Provided Mechanical, Plumbing and Fire Protection engineering services for new 185,000 SF, 3-story facility, including 7 food venues; connected to Central Plant chilled water and hot water loop; construction budget $52 million.

Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager for Mechanical, Plumbing and Fire Protection systems design for 2-story, 58,000 SF addition, including sanctuary, education classrooms and administrative offices; $6.9 million construction budget.

• Behavioral Science Building: Five story, 50,000 square foot renovation including laboratory and office space/$8 million.

• Sanson Science Building: Biological Science Building renovation including adding a 300 seat auditorium to both the Biological Science building and electronic systems for distance learning/ $11 million.

Design of new central utilities plant, consisting of emergency generators, underground fuel oil tank, primary electrical switchgear, two 300-ton centrifugal chillers, cooling towers, chilled water &condenser water pumps and underground chilled water loop to serve North Expansion of hospital for Women’s and Infant’s Center.



• Data Center: 16,000 square foot space provided with mechanical upgrade for cooling redundancy. Project included 260 tons of dual coil computer room units, dry cooler central plant located on the roof, and primary/secondary Glycol pumping system.
• New Central Plant, Phase 1: Prime consultant for the design of 5,500 square foot central plant building to house hot water boilers and centrifugal chillers to serve adjacent 1.2 million square foot headquarters complex. Piping from central plant (2-16” chilled water, 2-6” hot water) was routed under pedestrian crosswalk from parking deck over city street. Hot water system included 2-1560 kW boilers, associated pumps, distribution piping, and plate & frame heat exchangers that replaced existing steam shell and tube heat exchangers. Central Plant included provisions for future installation of one 1500-ton and two1000- ton centrifugal chillers, cooling towers, plate & frame waterside economizer, and pumps. New automation controls were interfaced with existing Building Automation System.
• New Central Plant, Phase 2: Prime consultant for the installation of two 1,000-ton centrifugal chillers, two 1,000-ton cooling towers, condenser water filtration system, plate & frame water-side economizer, associated pumps, ASHRAE Standard 15 ventilation system, and automation system. Cooling towers were mounted on a service platform located on the roof of central plant building. New chilled water system operates in parallel with existing ice storage system.