- Capital Properties, Norwalk, CT: SET
investigated a 7-story medical building owned by Capital Properties with major deficiencies in HVAC and controls. SET proceeded with a new design of HVAC, structural upgrades, distribution
improvements and central BMS system to correct the issues in this building. SET also oversaw the installation of the new units and total upgrade of the building. Construction occurred while the
building was fully occupied, and the construction phasing took into account all necessary precautions to ensure that the occupants were not disturbed during the construction.
- Property Markets Group, 111 W57 Mixed Use
Tower HVAC Load Calculation, New York, New York: SET reviewed the 100% design that was produced by others in order to verify the
HVAC system sizing for building’s central plant with a block load calculation. This effort was conducted in an attempt to identify if the central plant size could be reduced to achieve savings in
construction costs. This calculation along with the methodology, assumptions and results were all documented in a report submitted to the client. In addition to verifying the overall requirements,
SET also performed a sheet metal take off for this building to determine the reason behind discrepancies between the bidding contractors’ metal estimation.
- Fitch Group, 229 W28th Street, New York, New
York: SET and his team provided design and construction administration for a tenant fit out in a mixed-use commercial
building in mid-town Manhattan. The tenant was consolidating their space from both the 8th and 9th floor to just the 9th floor. A design was produced to
provide a new HVAC, plumbing and sprinkler fit out on the 8th floor and coordinated with the architectural and structural modifications to the space. A new design was also submitted to
create a white space on the 9th floor for future tenant improvement.
- Lexin Capital, 229 W28th Street, New York, New
York: SET performed Owners Engineering services on behalf of Lexin Capital (Building Owner) to review tenant’s proposed fir
out design for the 9th floor. This review concentrated on the code compliance aspect of the proposed design as well as the adverse effects on the building.
- Hudson Yards Central Plant Peer Review, New
York, New York: as part of a multi-disciplinary team, performed a peer review of the 60% design documents produced by others and
provided comments to the building developer. Peter and the project team reviewed mechanical, electrical, plumbing, sprinkler and fire alarm drawings in order to identify potential issues that
may arise in the design, permitting or construction phases of the project. The team compiled a list of peer review comments to submit and review with the owner and engineer of record.
- 220W42, Kobalt Music Computer Room AC, New York,
New York: A new tenant was preparing to move into the subject building near Times Square in Manhattan. Prior to the move-in date
they had concerns that there was inadequate cooling for their proposed IT room. SET and his team investigated the space and determined a means from the base building cooling systems to add a new
computer room utilizing a water-cooled system connected to the main building’s condenser water loop. This design was performed as a small design-build solution with the contractor ready to begin the
work immediately. The design was developed in concert with the contractor’s efforts and detailed design documents were produced to aid the contractor’s installation.
- Tribeca Towers Lobby HVAC, New York, New
York: The Tribeca Towers multi-family residential tower was in the process of renovating their lobby. During construction it
was determined that a new lobby heating and cooling system would be needed. MQ Consulting was retained to investigate the site and produce design documents for this space. SET and his team provided a
full design to incorporate the additional heating and cooling requirements for this area of the lobby. The design was coordinated in detail with the architectural requirements of the lobby
space.
- RXR Building Sump Pumps, Long Island City, New
York: the subject facility in Queens was having problems with their sump pumps in the basement failing and due to the high water
table in the area, this could have led to issues with flooding if both pumps failed. For this project SET designed a new sump pump system to maintain the existing discharge permit for the building
but alleviate the problems with the sump pumps burning out and failing. The new system was designed with floor mounted pumps as opposed to submersible pumps for easier maintenance as well as
additional redundancy. SET also oversaw the permitting, implementation and commissioning of these units.
- RXR 100 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury,
NY: the client requested that SET redesign a different engineer’s design concept to meet the implementation difficulties as well
as the limited construction budget. In addition to providing an alternative design that would meet the client’s constraints, the new equipment needed to be installed with minimal disruption to the
building operation. SET completely redesigned the entire Building HVAC sectional air handling units that could easily be rigged into place with the elevator and mechanical room entry restrictions so
that equipment could be installed over nights and weekends without disrupting tenants. Evaluated multiple options to minimize the construction time while implementing a design that would be under the
client’s budget. SET also provided construction administration for this project.
- SOLOW 4W58 Building Overhaul, New York, New
York: a 15-story commercial building that has tenants in a ground floor restaurant and movie theater as well as office
tenants in the building. The ownership group was considering a new tenant for the 3rd through 8th floors and in order to make the space ready for the tenant, a number of
building upgrades were required for the building to be code compliant as a result of the new changes introduced by the new tenant spaces. SET first investigated all the building systems and
conditions to determine the extent of the scope that would be required to prepare the building for new tenants. After developing this report, SET designed all new systems for the building including:
all new electrical distribution switchgear from the main service entrance to the new tenant distribution panels, new HVAC systems on individual tenant floors as well as modifying existing HVAC to
maintain services to existing tenants, new finned tube radiation throughout the building, new stair pressurization and smoke exhaust systems, and a new fire alarm system for the building. This design
was performed in conjunction with other engineers who were performing similar upgrades to the plumbing and sprinkler systems. All work was coordinated between both entities. SET also oversaw the bid
process as well as managed construction for the mechanical and electrical scopes of work. The project was completed in less than 9 months, roughly 3 months earlier than client’s initial time estimate
and at approximately 50% of client’s original budget.
- SOLOW 9W57 Exhaust, New York, New
York: 9W57 is a commercial office building in Manhattan that was experiencing issues with one of the several exhaust risers that
was resulting in complaints to the building staff from a tenant. SET was contacted by the building staff and performed an engineering investigation to diagnose that cause of the issue. Site visits
were performed where flow and measurement readings were taken at points throughout the exhaust shaft. The area where the problems were originating from was also reviewed for the conditions of the
existing construction. These findings were used to find and propose a solution to the building operations staff in a brief report so that they can implement a solution. The report and findings
successfully alleviated the problem and eliminated the complaints from the tenant.
- SOLOW 265E66 Exhaust and FA, New York, New
York: 265E66 is a 45-story multi-family residential tower in Manhattan. This building was experiencing issues with one
of the toilet exhaust risers that serves the apartment bathrooms in one portion of the building. MQ Consulting conducted multiple site visits to investigate the riser and the exhaust fan to propose a
solution for the building management to implement. After the management implemented the proposed fixes and some troubleshooting of the new fan system, the problems were alleviated, and tenant
complaints were successfully reduced. During this process it was noted that the movie theater tenant in the basement of the building needed upgrades to their fire alarm system in order to be
compliant with the building code. MQ Consulting also designed a new fire alarm sub-system to be tied into the main building fire alarm system.
- WeWork – 31 Saint James, Boston, MA: provided an MEP engineering design for WeWork’s fit out of an office building at 31 Saint James Avenue in Boston. SET designed the interior fit out of HVAC for the
space totaling nearly 140,000 square feet. The design was closely coordinated with WeWork’s specific interior design aesthetic as well as their architect and contractors including BIM modeling
of the various building systems. The space was opened, and partial occupancy began in November 2016 with a final completion date of January 2017.
- One Manhattan West, North East Tower Control System Commissioning and Project Management
- Sotheby's - Local Law 87 compliance
- Hudson Yards, Tower E Integrated Control System Commissioning and Project Management
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