Institutional
UNM Los Alamos Campus Building 5 and 6- Los Alamos
Project Manager Chris Romero and Superintendent Rudy Abeyta led crews through a comprehensive demo and renovation of buildings 5 and 6 at the University of New Mexico’s Los Alamos Campus. The project was unique from the procurement phase, with extensive proposal submittals, value-engineering and pre-award interviews required by UNM.
JBH Architectural Estimator David Wiegand accompanied Chris and Rudy to the pre-project interview where they successfully presented their project management and estimating approach to UNM. Extensive pre-planning and coordination throughout the project eliminated schedule delays. The highlight of the project was the teamwork displayed by JBH Los Alamos employees. In the 11th hour, up against potential schedule and budget impacts caused by unforeseen delays, 13 JBH Los Alamos employees volunteered their personal time to assist with site cleanup and final punch list completion. What a team!
Anderson School of Management
The latest addition to Anderson School of Management is the Student Services Center. This beautiful, multi-functional 4,500 square foot addition to the building is a welcoming place for students. The lack of common areas in the original building was seen as a hindrance to the students and faculty alike. Students were quick to vacate after class. The new addition encourages socializing to discuss such topics as daily stocks or the latest financial news. The original dark brown stucco circular element was rarely used in a building that is full of students daily. To transform the space into something functional the University created the Student Services Center addition project. JBH is proud to have been part of a project that will benefit the state for years to come as UNM students learn the ins and outs of financial management. Anderson was awarded the Best of 2007 award from SW Contractor Magazine in the Higher Education category and an Award of Merit in the Renovation/Remodel category from the National Association of Industrial and Office properties (NAIOP).
University of New Mexico Children's Critical Care Pavilion
This New 465,250 Square Feet Addition to University Hospital is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and comprises of six stories plus a basement structure. The building includes an emergency department, diagnostic and treatment departments, and inpatient functions and rooms. JB Henderson's scope of work included HVAC, plumbing waste & vent, comfort piping, and medical gas system.
The HVAC system has a total 606,000 CFM and 1282 tons of existing chiller capacity. The plumbing and vent system serves the entire hospital including the kitchen area. The medical gas system includes medical compressed air, medical vacuum system, oxygen system, nitrous oxide system, nitrogen system, and a waste anesthetic system. The comfort piping system includes a chilled water system, high pressure steam, low pressure steam, steam condensate, and heating hot water. Overall, UNMH is a job we are proud to add to our resume and the quality of the mechanical system will stand as a testament to the hard work from the JBH crews.
Pete and Nancy Domenici Hall
This project consists of a two-story, 42,315 sq. ft. addition to UNM's MIND and COBRE CMRRC Facility and remodeling of the 9,855 sq. ft. existing building. The new structure is beam and column structural steel, with some areas constructed of masonry and others of wood. There are also several elevated concrete walls and slabs. Of particular interest is a two-story vertical cylindrical conference room clad in zinc-plated metal. The exterior is primarily stucco, with some architectural exposed concrete. The building has a built-up asphalt roof with a structural skylight over the lobby. Interior finishes include stone tile floors and wood ceilings in the two-story main lobby. This project was awarded AGC's NM Best Building Top Winner for Interiors in 2006 and SW Contractor's Best of 2005 award in the Education Project, University/College category.
University of New Mexico Telecom Building
This project involved the demolition and modification to portions of building 256 on the University campus, as well as encasement of the existing telecommunications room. The sensitivity of the telecommunication equipment required crews to constantly monitor dust and dirt content while installing new HVAC and electrical systems. In addition the heating and cooling systems had to be running continuously to maintain a consistent temperature for the equipment.
To minimize dirt settle, JBH set up a positive pressure flow process mimicking that of a cleanroom to ensure that dust and dirt were not allowed to sit on the equipment for any length of time. Temporary fans were used to keep pressure flowing outward pushing particles from the room. To further protect equipment a cleaning regime was developed and crews wore booties to limit the amount of grime around equipment.
To maintain consistent temperature throughout the changeover, crews mounted the new duct work on top of the existing building side by side with the old system. Once completely installed, the new system was turned on using the old system as a backup. This left the equipment risk free of a drop in temperature. Once crews were confident in the cooling capacity of the new HVAC System, the old system was removed. Every detail of the changeover was scheduled daily to avoid any disruption in cooling temperature and positive air-flow in the building.
JBH also constructed a new retaining wall from the southwest corner of the hospital parking garage north for about 50 feet.
