Sample of Projects by Type

Military

•  AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command) ; Eglin AFB, FL - Performed life safety code review and designed new sprinkler system to bring 120,000 sqft existing Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) center into compliance. Detail designed fire sprinkler system for retrofit of 3-story 120,000 sqft special operations command headquarters building. Also evaluated all life safety aspects of the building and made recommendations for modifications. During design, was able to get approval for use of CPVC piping in retrofit of sprinkler system resulting in an estimated savings of $300k in materials and labor. Overall estimated cost of sprinkler addition alone is $1,425,000. Other life safety modifications including fire alarm upgrade, addition of rated barriers, door hardware additions, etc. to be approximately $1,000,000.

•  Eastern Processing Facility; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL - Reviewed fire protection design drawings and specifications to ensure that basis of design requirements were satisfied for new 350 foot tall spacecraft fueling and payload loading complex at CCAFS. Currently in process of providing construction observation and commissioning services.

•  Naval Air Station Jacksonville Strip Shop Rehab; Jacksonville, FL - Detail designed fire sprinkler and fire alarm systems for retrofit of existing 12,000 sqft paint strip shop located in an aircraft hanger used for the reconditioning of F-16 parts. Sprinkler system was able to be installed by contractor with field modifications required in less than 5 piping locations. Fire alarm and fire sprinkler portions of the project cost just under $200k.

•  POD Shop Expansion; Shaw AFB, SC - Designed sprinkler system and fire alarm system for new 3,500 square foot expansion of high security weapons fabrication electronics shop.

•  Camp Blanding SIMS Center; Clay County, FL - Designed fire sprinkler system addition to 20,000 square foot single story historical building. Building used for battle simulation training, classrooms, storage, and a barber shop. Total sprinkler system cost estimated to be $110k.

•  Engineering Services Facility; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL – Designed fire alarm, mass notification, and fire sprinkler systems for new 41,000 square foot office building.

•  Bachelors Quarters; Belle Chase NAS in New Orleans, LA – Designed fire alarm, mass notification, and fire sprinkler systems for new two-story market style residential facility.

•  Commercial Access Gate; Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, GA – Designed life safety plan, fire alarm, mass notification, and fire sprinkler systems for new commercial access gate facility including a post office, loading dock, a truck inspection facility, and a guard building.

•  FANG Communications Office; Jacksonville International Airport in Jacksonville, FL – Designed new wet pipe and double interlock preaction system for new 12,000 sqft office building with sensitive electronics areas.

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Industrial

•  BP Fuel Terminals; Jacksonville, Tampa, Port Everglades, Birmingham – Designed new fire protection systems for existing fuel terminals including loading deluge systems, fire alarm systems, storage tank foam suppression systems, and fire pumps and water supplies for protection of ethanol and hydrocarbon fuels.

•  Agri-Source Fuels LLC; Dade City, FL - Designed all fire protection systems including sprinkler, fire alarm, passive protection, and smoke control for conversion of 63,000 sqft orange juice plant to largest volume biodiesel production plant in the US (as of 8/1/07) – 120 million gallons/year.

•  Technical Painting of Jacksonville; Jacksonville, FL – Performed code analysis of existing factory that powder coats and paints wheel rims. Provided reasonable cost-effective solutions to a wide variety of industrial fire protection issues for the facility including flammable powder handling issues, fire alarm safety interlocks, passive fire protection features, flammable vapor ventilation, and sprinkler protection issues.

•  BAE Systems (formerly Armor Holdings); Jacksonville, FL - Designed new sprinkler system for manufacturing facility of military armor and law enforcement supplies.

•  The Pantry / Eagle Fuel Shipping; Jacksonville, FL and Selma, NC – Designed new foam/water suppression system for ethanol splash blending facilities and associated flame detection system.

•  Las Palmas Coal-Fired Generating Station Expansion in Guatemala – Designed site wide fire main including water storage tank and fire pump. Also specified and located fire hydrants and monitors for the site as well as determined design criteria for water based fire suppression systems in all major buildings and coal handling facilities on site.

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Educational

•  Lee and Forrest High Schools; Jacksonville, FL – Detail designed new fire sprinkler systems for two existing 160,000 sqft high schools – one of which is a historical building.

•  Buddy Taylor Middle School; Palm Coast, FL – Detail designed fire sprinkler system for new 160,000 sqft middle school.

•  Foundation Academy; Jacksonville, FL - Designed fire alarm system and passive fire protection features and created life safety plan for new 40,000 square foot single-story private school.

•  Hamilton County Schools Fire Alarm Replacement; Jasper, FL - Designed replacement fire alarm systems per current codes for six elementary school campuses in Hamilton County.

•  Rhyne Hall; Saint Augustine, FL - Designed new fire sprinkler system addition for renovation of historic dorm building at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind.

•  Glynn Academy High School; Brunswick, GA - Detail designed fire sprinkler system for 80 year old 3-story 40,000 square foot school historic building that was partially destroyed by fire.

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Medical

•  Riverside Spinal Clinic; Jacksonville, FL – Detail designed fire sprinkler system for new 16,000 sqft surgery center.

•  Shands Hospital Office Upfit in Gainesville, FL – Prepared shop drawings and stocklists of sprinkler system for reconfiguration of existing space in hospital meeting AHCA requirements.

•  Eye Treatment Center and Ambulatory Surgery Center Addition in Bay Pines, FL – Provided 3 rd party life safety review for 60,000 sqft expansion of Bay Pines VA Hospital

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Commercial

•  Crown Point; Fort Meyers, FL – Designed sitewide fire main and fire sprinkler systems for eight new office buildings.

•  AT&T; Tucker, GA – Designed extension of existing double-interlock preaction sprinkler system and a new wet system to protect new 13,625 sqft data-center expansion.

•  AT&T; Miami, FL – Designed new double interlock preaction sprinkler system to protect 33,500 sqft expansion of existing data center.

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Municipal

•  JFRD Fire Stations 21, 24, 35, 57, and 58; Jacksonville, FL – Prepared fire protection design and permit documents for new fire sprinkler systems in each of these recently built Jacksonville fire stations as well as construction administration and final system inspection.

•  JEA Fire Alarm Study and Specification Development in Jacksonville, FL- Performed study of current available fire alarm compared to facility needs of JEA and provided recommended short list of manufacturers and equipment types for JEA to use to maintain a competitive bidding environment for each project while keeping a minimum of different types of equipment to maintain. Prepared a company-wide master fire alarm specification to be used for each new project.

•  Lee and Forrest High Schools; Jacksonville, FL - Detail designed new fire sprinkler systems currently being added to two 160,000 ft 2 local high schools - one of which is a historical building (Lee High School).

•  Carver Center ; Jacksonville Beach, Florida – Detail designed new fire sprinkler system for new community center

•  Cape Coral Bio-Solids Processing Facility; Tampa, FL – Reviewed design of municipal wastewater sludge processing facility in Hillsborough County for conformance with all building and fire codes. Identified problems and worked with construction firm (MWH) to solve design problems and improve their approach for future facilities.

•  Nassau County Supervisor of Elections Computer Room in Yulee FL – Designed new double interlock preaction sprinkler system and cross zoned smoke detection fire alarm system to protect sensitive electronics in new computer room.

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Office

•  AFSOC ( Air Force Special Operations Command) ; Eglin AFB, FL - Performed life safety code review and designed new sprinkler system to bring 120,000 sqft existing Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) center into compliance.

•  Engineering Services Facility; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL – Designed fire alarm, mass notification, and fire sprinkler systems for new 41,000 square foot office building.

•  Apex Office Buildings (Southpoint) in Jacksonville, FL – Created fire alarm engineering construction documents and shop drawings for fabrication for three existing buildings being converted to offices.

•  Post Office in Pensacola, FL – Surveyed existing fire sprinkler system in 80,000 sqft sorting facility in Pensacola and performed hydraulic calculations to determine if modifications would be required due to addition of new backflow preventer.

•  Davidson Office building (World Golf Village) in Jacksonville, FL – Developed 61G fire protection engineering criteria specification for design of the building's new sprinkler system.

•  Lakeside One Office Building in Jacksonville, FL - Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for design of new 4-story building's new sprinkler system.

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Retail

•  McRae's Department Store in Pensacola, FL - Surveyed existing fire sprinkler system in 60,000 sqft department store and performed hydraulic calculations to determine what modifications would be required due to addition of new backflow preventer and a change in public water supply.

•  Black Creek Outfitters in Jacksonville, FL - Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for an expansion of the building's existing sprinkler system.

•  Chamblin's Uptown Bookstore in Jacksonville, FL – Surveyed existing 70 year old sprinkler system in historical building downtown, determined what piping and components could be reused, created 61G engineering criteria, and developed shop drawings and stocklists for construction of sprinkler system for new occupancy in building.

•  O'Steen Volkswagen Dealership in Jacksonville, FL - Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for design of the building's new sprinkler system.

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Residential

•  Preston Gates Apartments in Jacksonville, FL – Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for design of the buildings' new sprinkler systems and site combination domestic/fire main system for multiple apartment buildings.

•  6000 on the River in Jacksonville, FL – Surveyed existing automatic standpipe system in high-rise condominium and designed and coordinated installation and startup of alternate water supply to the building's fire pumps.

•  Baptist Towers Condominium in Jacksonville, FL – Surveyed existing fire alarm system in high-rise apartment building and designed replacement system that would bring the fire alarm system fully up to code. Provided fire alarm engineering construction documents.

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Assembly

•  Amelia National Clubhouse in Fernandina Beach, FL - Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for design of the building's new sprinkler system.

•  Fleet Landing Community Center and Apartments in Atlantic Beach, FL - Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for design of the building's new sprinkler system.

•  Club Paris in Jacksonville, FL – Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for retrofit of the Jacksonville Landing's existing sprinkler system to accommodate the new 18,000 sqft two story nightclub tenant upfit. Also created shop drawings and stocklists for the fabrication of the sprinkler system.

•  Landrum Lane Senior Center - Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for design of the building's new sprinkler system.

•  TPC at Avenel in Avenel, MD - Developed engineering criteria specification for design of fire sprinkler system retrofit into existing luxury golf clubhouse club for a total redesign of the space. Also provided sprinkler head layout.

•  Eagle Landing Multi-Use Amenity Center in Jacksonville, FL - Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for design of the building's new sprinkler system.

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Religious

•  Christ Church in Fleming Island, FL – Prepared shop drawings and stocklists for installation of new sprinkler system into existing building and new expansion.

•  Ponte Vedra United Methodist Church in Ponte Vedra, FL – Created design criteria and layout of a new sprinkler system including an underground water storage tank and vertical turbine fire pump for church expansion in an area with a poor municipal water supply

•  New Beginnings Baptist Church in Nocatee, FL – Prepares detailed design shop drawings for the fire alarm and fire sprinkler systems in new 50,000 sqft multi-purpose mega-chaurch facility with a 5 day/week school attached

•  Crestline Church in Jacksonville, FL – Prepared fire alarm shop drawings, battery calculations, voltage drop calculations, and equipment submittals for new 2 story worship facility with bilingual voice evacuation system.

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Storage

•  Read's Moving and Storage Warehouse in Jacksonville, FL - Developed 61G engineering criteria specification for design of two new warehouses.

•  Meadows Office/Warehouse in Saint Augustine, FL – Conducted hazard evaluation of current tenant uses in existing building and determined what modifications were required to the building's existing fire protection systems to bring it into code compliance.

•  Goodrich Freezer Addition in Jacksonville, FL – Prepared design criteria for fire pump and sprinkler system to protect new cooler and freezer facility designed to store high heat release plastics and composites for the manufacturing of military supplies.


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