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American Center Improves Return on Investment
The American Center is comprised of a 25-story office tower and an adjoining retail and convenience center. The project objective was to enhance building operations to improve financial performance of the American Center property. The American Center property was built over 25 years ago. Much of the equipment was nearing...
Pasadena Corporate Center Chooses Direct-Fired Absorption
Advanced absorption chillers have replaced 30-year-old machines at a Pasadena office complex, improving efficiency and reliability at all load levels. In the process, the chiller replacement also extends the life of an existing centrifugal chiller plant in an adjacent building. In reviewing the 251 South Lake building during the acquisition...
Major Chiller Replacement Project Completed Over Three Day Weekend
Detailed planning and a tight project team were the keys to a major chiller plant replacement in a 320,000 square foot commercial office building over a holiday weekend. Crocker's investigation of the building prior to acquisition revealed shortcomings in the HVAC system. The major system components were two 400-ton centrifugal...
Attention to Detail Pays Off Refrigerant Management Key in Effective Asset Management
The corporate audit process is a mirror of the Hines corporate philosophy. The property manager or chief engineer alone can't speak for the building, but instead must list three operating engineers who have the expertise to speak on a given topic. Hines requires its property managers and chief engineers to...
Edward H. McNamara Terminal-Romulus, Michigan: Meeting Comfort Requirements of Giant New Detroit Terminal
Metro Energy is the energy service partnership that was responsible for construction of the mechanical plant serving the new terminal, and has a 30-year contract for plant operation and maintenance. With the completion of the new terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on February 28, 2002, the city made a major...
Fort Smith Public Schools-Fort Smith, Arkansas: Modernizing Older School Buildings With PACT
The Fort Smith School System has a stable enrollment and schools that date from 1908 to the 1980s. Many of the older schools have boiler heating systems and window air conditioners. The goal of this project was to bring contemporary standards of comfort and efficiency to school buildings. The project...
PACT American Center: Southfield, Michigan - Trane Improves Property's Return on Investment
The American Center is comprised of a 25-story office tower and an adjoining retail and convenience center. The 660,000 square foot property is located in the thriving business community of Southfield, Michigan. Enhance building operations to improve financial performance of the American Center property. The result was Chilled water plant...
Roanoke Times: Roanoke, Virginia - New Print Facility Requires Advanced Cooling Systems
The Roanoke Times originated in 1886 and today is the dominant newspaper in southwestern Virginia. The need for longer press runs and larger papers recently drove a decision to install a new, larger printing plant at the newspaper's headquarters in Roanoke. This new facility required additional comfort cooling, plus a...
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Boomer Retirement Trends
Long Term Projected Rise in Healthcare, Gas Prices and Cost of Living Have Boomers Looking Abroad for Retirement LOS ANGELES -- An ever-increasing rise in the cost of living has Boomers concerned about life after work. In search of affordable healthcare, reasonable gas prices, and a lifestyle comparable...
Imported lumber
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] American Lumber Co. Booth #1601 The American Lumber Co. announces it is now delivering imported hardwood Lumber to customers throughout North America. American Lumber says stringent guidelines already applied to American standard and proprietary grades are now being applied to more than...
WABCO Directors Approve Cash Dividend
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WABCO Holdings Inc. , announced today that its board of directors has approved a cash dividend of 7 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on June 20, 2008, to shareholders of record on June 3, 2008. ...
Wooowork career alliance calls for contributors
RESTON, VA -- The Architectural Woodwork Institute has volunteered and been selected as the secretariat for an industry-wide alliance devoted to developing and setting skill standards for woodworkers Volunteers are writing the unified North American Standard of Tool Skills & Evaluations from all parts of the advanced wood...
Imported lumber
American Lumber Co. The American Lumber Co. announces it is now delivering imported hardwood Lumber to customers throughout North America. American Lumber says stringent guidelines already applied to American standard and proprietary grades are now being applied to more than a dozen imports from South America and Africa,...
Ziff Davis Enterprise Announces 2008 CIO Summit
CNN POLITICAL ANALYST PAUL BEGALA TOPS SPEAKER PROGRAM FEATURING CIOS FROM DISCOVER FINANCIAL, LIONSGATE, NISSAN, AMERICAN STANDARD, AND TOP CHINESE BANK AND PHONE COMPANY NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Ziff Davis Enterprise announced today it will hold its fourth annual CIO Summit May 6 to 9,...
THE GAP-YEAR GAMBLE
The Ecuador tragedy has raised concerns about this rite of passage. Simon Calder looks at the issues, while students share their memories To the ends of the earth National Service for the soul: that is the basic idea of the gap year. And...
Trane, Inc. Signs Full Building Lease Renewal with Prime Group Realty Trust at 7100 Madison Street in Willowbrook, Illinois
CHICAGO -- Prime Group Realty Trust (NYSE: PGEPRB), a Chicago-based real estate investment trust ("PGRT" and the "Company"), announced that Trane, Inc. renewed its full building, 50,157-square-foot lease at 7100 Madison Street in Willowbrook, Ill. Profiled by its two brand names Trane[R] and American Standard[R], Trane (www.trane.com) is...
J.W. Winco Inc. now offers metric size steel and stainless-steel folding handles
J.W. Winco Inc. now offers metric size steel and stainless-steel folding handles. For steel versions, the handle assembly is made of steel with a chrome-plated finish, and the washers and hex nuts are zincplated blue passivated steel. The stainless-steel versions have handles of American Standard 303 series stainless steel, with...
Volunteers sought to work on woodworking skill standards.(CLIPPINGS)(Architectural Woodwork Institute )(Brief article)
The Architectural Woodwork Institute AWI continues to look for volunteers to work on the development of a North American Standard of Tool Skills & Evaluations. AWI is coordinating the industrywide effort to prepare the set of defined, observable, and measurable skills related to all areas of...
American Standard, PHCC award scholarships.(contractor news)
Four college students were recently awarded scholarships on behalf of American Standard Bath and Kitchen, and the PHCC Educational Foundation. The scholarships were awarded to students enrolled in degree programs and majoring in subjects directly related to the plumbing and HVACR professions....
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PUBLISHED IN PAST MARCH ISSUES OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN ... 75 Years Ago 1933 The IM urged members to "buy American made goods to save America and American standards." It explained that this was a campaign to prevent the further destruction of American standards. While many American...
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Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services: 541611
