Salmon High School to get needed energy upgrades
June 2010
Boise, ID (6/1/2010) –McKinstry, an expert in energy conservation, facility services and high-performance integrated design-build is about to begin work on retrofitting the high school building to make it more energy efficient, consume less energy, and increase the comfort of the students and faculty while lowering its operating costs.
The planned improvements include; renovations to the existing HVAC, controls, and lighting systems as well as new interior ceiling tiles. The 30-plus year old heat pumps were original equipment and past their useful life causing many problems and were expensive to maintain. The heating and cooling efficiency of the new heat pumps have high SEER ratings (cooling efficiency) and high COP’s (heating efficiency). The system is designed to allow conversion to a geothermal system in the future if desired. The lighting upgrade will replace older T12 lamps and magnetic ballasts with new high efficiency T8 bulbs and fixtures. The gym and wrestling building will have T5 lights, and occupancy sensors will be added to all rooms. The new DDC controls system will be web based and allow maintenance personnel to better monitor and control the building securely via the internet from anywhere. The work will take place this summer, and the project is expected to be completed by this fall.
McKinstry has recruited all local Salmon subcontractors to carry out the work with the only exception being the DDC controls where a Boise subcontractor was selected. However, the majority of the controls will be completed by Salmon subcontractors. Mckinstry has one full-time Project Engineer on site to manage the project. The push to ensure that its team is overwhelmingly comprised of local talent is just one way McKinstry demonstrates commitment to the community that sustains it, ensuring that revenues stay in Salmon, Idaho and help to strengthen the local economy.
McKinstry takes pride in putting people first, fostering a positive company culture that places a premium on stability, communication, employee development, families and community. The company’s vertically integrated suite of services, which emphasize sustainable energy, infrastructure and economic development, has enabled it to grow and prosper, even through challenging economic times. Utilizing local resources, labor and people is McKinstry’s fundamental commitment to each community it serves, a practice that provides broad economic benefits in those areas where the company does business.
This dedication to community dovetails perfectly with McKinstry’s company mission to design and build superior facilities and maintain them throughout a structure’s life cycle. The company has provided safer, healthier, and more productive learning and work environments across an array of sectors in Idaho for K-12, higher education, industrial, healthcare and municipal clients. Since 2007, McKinstry’s work in Idaho has included almost $90 million dollars in energy services and integrated design-build construction. McKinstry was recently named “The Best Place to Work in Idaho” for companies employing up to 50 people in the State. McKinstry has two Idaho offices: one in Boise located at 950 West Bannock Street in the LEED Platinum Banner Bank Building, and another in Moscow.
Other current and recent projects McKinstry has completed in the state have included construction of two new high performance elementary schools, the Canyon Springs High School remodel for Caldwell School District, a new biomass boiler at the Garden Valley School District, $35 million worth of work at the University of Idaho, and a $16 million dollar energy savings performance contract with the Blaine County School District. In addition, the McKinstry team has succeeded in obtaining over $7 million in grants for its Idaho clients.
About McKinstry
McKinstry is a full-service, design-build-operate-and-maintain (DBOM) firm specializing in consulting, construction, energy, and facility services. Our innovative, integrated delivery methodology provides clients with a single point of accountability that drives waste, cost, time, and redundancy out of the design/build process. We employ over 1,600 professional staff and trades people throughout the Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains, West, Midwest, and Southwest regions of the United States with operations in more than 15 states. McKinstry advocates collaborative and sustainable solutions designed to ensure occupant comfort, improve systems efficiency, reduce facility operational costs, and ultimately optimize profitability for “The Life Of Your Building.”
For more information, visit www.mckinstry.com
Contact: Chris Brand, Business
Development Manager
(208) 319-0641 or email a tchrisbr@mckinstry.com
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