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NEW ENGLAND SHEET METAL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HEALTH CARE
FACILITIES IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
CENTRAL VALLEY, CA
Co. NESM continues to be the mechanical design/builder of
choice for every healthcare provider in California’s Central Valley.
Community Medical Centers, Madera Community Hospital,
Valley Children’s Hospital, Saint Agnes Medical Center, Kaiser
Permanente, and many others have all turned to NESM for our
demonstrated experience in planning, design, preconstruction,
fabrication, construction services, and maintenance of healthcare
facilities.
Our responsive on-call capabilities and depth of our expertise are
unmatched in the regions we serve. These capabilities have been
on full display with our COVID-19 emergency responses throughout
2020 and 2021 and are continually proven with our crisis response
team currently answering the call for our clients. One example of
these capabilities is our deployment of a temporary chiller at the
Kaiser Hospital campus in Fresno, California during the summer of
2022. In an extremely accelerated manner, we completed design,
fabrication, and installation of a complete system in order to keep
the facility serving patients without interruption.
NESM expedited design, fabrication, and installation of
a complete system to keep healthcare facilities running.
NESM Project Team
Team Lead: Joshua Wilkinson
Design Team: Dennis Enns (PE), Ray Kutka (PE), Fredy Tshibanda,
(PE), Daniel Kalmink (PE), Andrew Ferdinandsen (EIT), and Kurt Wong
SUPPORTING PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC (PG&E) HYDROELECTRIC
POWER FACILITIES
LAKESHORE, CA
has partnered with PG&E to design, repair, maintain, and install
many of their HVAC systems around the valley and in the Sierras.
Every few years, a project comes along that is unlike anything
we’ve seen before. This last year, NESM was selected by PG&E to
design and construct a particularly unique, one-of-a-kind, ventilation
system for their 75-year-old Haas Hydroelectric Power Plant. This
power generating station is situated between Wishon and Black
Rock Reservoirs and contains two 72-megawatt turbine generators
carved into the granite mountain. After NESM Chief Engineer,
Dennis Enns, PE, developed and presented multiple design options,
NESM was contracted to replace two supply fans, seven control
dampers, eight registers, two hydronic cooling coils, ductwork, and
hydronic piping. In addition, NESM designed and installed a standalone controls system with custom programming. There were many
challenges that required Field Engineer, Andrew Ferdinandsen, EIT,
to keep a close eye on the project. At an elevation of 5,000 feet, 2
hours from civilization, and 500 feet underground, every week had
to be meticulously planned and coordinated with PG&E to ensure
the turbine generators that serve Fresno County were up and
running as quickly as possible. Despite snow, power outages, and
elevator failures, NESM was awarded a perfect 100 out of 100 safety
score by PG&E’s project team, and was praised for their solutionsoriented and owner-first mentality. The fabrication shops also played
a crucial role in this project. Over the last several decades, NESM
NESM crews work 500 feet underground
to construct a one-of-a-kind ventilation
system. Pacific Gas & Electric
NESM Project Team
Chief Engineer: Dennis Enns (PE)
Key Personnel: Tony Hurtado, Andrew Ferrales, Gabe Gonzalez,
Phil Larson, Danny Robinson, Bill Sharp, Paul Carrasco, and
Andrew Ferdinandsen (EIT)
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