Penn State University Oak Building Renovated and Renamed the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Building
Mechanical Engineer: McClure Company Location: University Park, Pennsylvania Penn State University’s beloved “Oak Building” will be renovated and renamed. The Penn State Board of Trustees recently approved the facelift and new name the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Building, in honor of the foundation whose gift is helping to make the renovation of…
Saint Jude Advanced Research Center
Mechanical Engineer: Jacobs Engineering Location: Memphis, Tennessee The first major project of the $1.3 billion expansion of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus in Memphis, Tenn., is the $412 million Saint Jude Advanced Research Center (ARC, $342 million construction cost) — an eight-story, 625,000 sq. ft. concrete building being constructed by Flintco LLC with an…
Duke Medical Hospital Bed Tower Addition
Mechanical Engineer: SSR Location: Durham, North Carolina Skanska has signed a contract with Duke University Health System to build a patient bed tower addition at Duke University Healthcare’s main campus in Durham, North Carolina. The contract for the Duke Medical Hospital Bed Tower Addition consists of the construction of about a 500,000-square-foot, 13-story patient tower…
Henry Ford Pistons Performance Center
Mechanical Engineer: SSR Location: Detroit, Michigan With the return of the Detroit Pistons from the suburbs to Downtown Detroit in 2017, designing the team’s new training facility became an opportunity to re-energize the franchise’s relationship with the city and the community. The benefits of the Henry Ford Pistons Performance Center go well beyond sports…
The Villages Health Brownwood Care Center & Hotel
Mechanical Engineer: Phoenix Design Group Location: Wildwood, Florida DPR Construction has been issued separate building permits totaling $152 million to construct a hotel/restaurant/spa and surgical center in Wildwood. The projects will expand the The Villages Health Brownwood Care Center with a seven-story, 151 room hotel with conference area, spa, pool, restaurant and a four-story outpatient…
Special Buildings Require Special HVAC Turning Vanes
Over the years, we’ve spoken to many mechanical engineers who have told us, “I didn’t realize the quality of your turning vanes until I held it in my hand.” We think that once you’ve had the chance to hold one of our vanes, you’ll feel the same. Special Buildings Require Special HVAC Turning Vanes Engineers…
Online Searches or Duct Turning Vanes Often First Step for Engineers
Because we have such a specialized product, many of the web searches that end up at our site are based on referrals from other companies within the sheet metal, HVAC or turning vane industry. Yes — there really is a turning vane industry, though it’s more of a subset of the HVAC system design industry…
HVAC Turning Vanes Within The Ducts Keep Air Flowing
As we all know, HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning) is the process of simultaneous control of temperature, humidity, radiant energy, air motion and air quality within a confined space (a commercial building or residence). The main purpose of HVAC or an HVAC system of course, is to deliver comfort to the people within the…
Turning Vane Engineering Process: Video
The following video takes a closer look at the production and engineering process during the manufacture of Aero Dyne Turning Vanes. The turning vanes shown here will be used in commercial HVAC ductwork systems to help move air throughout the building efficiently and quietly. For watch more Aero Dyne videos, please visit our YouTube…
Turning Vanes Send Airflow Down the Right Ductwork Path
Will your HVAC system live up to standards? Tenants of commercial building expect to work or live in relative comfort and with relative quiet. But as you can imagine, often, the HVAC system within these buildings can affect both. As HVAC system designers and component manufacturers, we have to ask ourselves, are the systems…