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GROUP COMPANIES - SYNERGY AT WORK
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Lakeview
Building - Duluth, Minnesota |
APi Group
companies worked together to complete the Lakeview Building,
a four-story, 73,000 square foot medical facility located at
1001 East Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota. The
Lakeview Building is owned by A&L
Properties and leased to St. Luke's Hospital.
The Lakeview
Building includes
a cancer care center,
infectious disease level, outpatient services, and an internal
medicine floor.
Various
APi sister companies worked on this project including
APi Electric, The Jamar Company, Arrowhead
Refrigeration, Lejeune Steel
Company and Viking Automatic Sprinkler Company. Together
they assured a quality installation on a timely schedule. |
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Linear
Accelerator |
APi
Electric was in charge of the fire alarm system and
all electrical work.
The cancer care center included a Varian linear accelerator, a
device that generates high-energy X rays and electrons for cancer
treatment.
Conduits in
the accelerator room were designed to prevent stray radiation
from exiting the room.
With the
walls being 8" thick concrete, the exact
placements of conduits were critical.
The C.T. scanner room is surrounded
by a lead liner. To prevent drilling holes in the walls,
APi Electric used under floor ducts to run wiring. |
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C.T.
Scanner |
When
planning the fire alarm and electrical system,
APi Electric worked closely with The Jamar Company to determine
the mechanical
layout of the Lakeview Building. When changes were made to the
mechanical layout, Jamar notified APi Electric of the changes.
Because of this, there were no surprises when it came time to install
the fire alarm and electrical systems.
Visit
their website at www.apielectric.com |
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The
Heating System Uses City Steam |
The
Jamar Company was in charge of all mechanical work in the Lakeview
Building, including heating and cooling systems.
The
various disciplines and the overall Jamar construction effort
was coordinated by one project manager.
Prior to
construction, the Jamar team, met with project architects
and engineers to discuss specific requirements and recommended
products
that
would perform cost effectively. This resulted in reduced
costs for waterproofing, building insulation, and masonry
accessories used throughout the project. |
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York
Predator - 12 1/2 ton Heating and Cooling Air Handling
Unit for the Skywalk. |
The Jamar
Company design team (architectural and mechanical) worked with
DSWG architects and A&L Properties to provide the unique
layout of the mechanical design which included six
(6) separate heating, ventilating and air conditioning units.
There are two
(2) indoor and four (4) outdoor custom built units. These units
include supply and return fans,
variable frequency drives, high efficiency filters, heating and
cooling coils, supply and return ductwork. Variable air
volume boxes with hot water reheat coils are installed in the
ductwork. |
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Mike McParlan,
President of the Jamar Company, said “We are extremely
thankful for the many opportunities provided to us through
our association with A&L Properties. The Lakeview Building
is a first rate facility. It’s the
type of project the whole organization is proud
to be associated with.”
Visit
their website at www.jamarcompany.com
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Parking
Garage Vent System |
Arrowhead
Refrigeration,
a division of The Jamar Company,
installed carbon dioxide detectors in the parking structures
and a TAC climate control system throughout the Lakeview
Building.
TAC controllers allow technicians
to obtain information remotely from the heating and cooling air
handling units.
The system is modem connected which adds versatility. Critical
alarms can be programmed to dial out on a phone line to notify
technicians of a problem. Service personnel can dial into the
system from a remote location to diagnose issues that may arise.
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Basement
Control Area |
C02 Detector |
Visit their website
at www.jamarcompany.com |
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Welding
of Girder |
LeJeune
Steel Company fabricated and helped erect the
structural steel for the Lakeview Building.
The Lakeview Building was constructed
from
440 tons
of steel including
beams, columns and girders. |
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The
Fabricator is Heating the Steel Before Welding |
LeJeune
led an aggressive steel erection schedule due to their early
project involvement and engineering efforts. Proactive
project management allowed for continuous
and accurate steel delivery.
Because the steel was fabricated in-house and closely coordinated
with the erector less welding had to be done on the job site,
resulting in increased
productivity.
Visit their website
at www.lejeunesteel.com
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Floor
Control Valve Assembly
and Vertical Standpipe |
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Wet
and Dry Pipe Control Valves |
Viking
Automatic Sprinkler Company was in charge of designing
and installing wet
and dry pipe automatic fire sprinkler systems in the
Lakeview Building.
The wet pipe fire sprinkler system protects all four levels.
Each level has its own floor control valve assembly connected to
a vertical standpipe, located on the stair landings. This allows
individual draining, testing
and
monitoring. The system also has a hose valve at
each level for Fire Department use.The
system is supplied by a central valve assembly, located in the
basement mechanical room.
Dry
Pipe System Sprinkler Head |
A
dry pipe fire sprinkler system is one in which pipes are filled
with pressurized air or nitrogen, rather than water. It provides
protection in spaces where freezing is possible. This
system is used to protect the
area below the attached drive-thru canopy and the unheated basement
level parking ramp.
Both areas are supplied by a dry pipe riser located in the basement
mechanical room. |
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Semi
Recessed and Fully Concealed Sprinklers in Elevator
Lobby |
In order to
maintain a smooth ceiling appearance semi
recessed sprinklers were used in the suspended ceiling areas. Fully
concealed sprinklers with a flush cover were used in the drywall
ceiling areas and soffits.
Semi
Recessed Sprinkler Head |
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Fully
Concealed Sprinkler Head |
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The coordination
of the systems began during the budgeting phase of the project.
This resulted in the most efficient use of materials and labor.
Viking shared CAD
drawings with The Jamar Company thru APi's network. This allowed
them to closely coordinate space requirements
and
locations
of piping
runs
within the ceiling plenums. Working with APi Electric, Viking
was able to coordinate the automatic sprinkler system with
electrical and fire alarm wiring interfaces.
Visit their
website at www.vikingsprinkler.com
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 By
sharing corporate and human resources, innovations, efficiencies and economies
of scale, APi Group, Inc. creates a synergy that strongly benefits it's
customers. It allows
companies within APi Group, Inc. to complete higher quality projects at
a lower cost than the combined results of
companies that do not work together.
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