Project Portfolio

Trak Engineering Inc. Project Experience Portfolio:

Hexion Laboratories:

Currently working on two Hexion Projects now part of Momentive Specialty Chemicals:

Stafford Texas Laboratory: Providing MEP consulting services for the design of a new 8,750 square foot (sqft) laboratory and office suite and the renovation of an existing 5,000 sqft lab total project 13,750 Sqft. The project includes two new 22,000 cfm air handlers, and 350 ton liquid chiller ductwork, and controls. New Plumbing and electrical is also included to support all laboratory functions.
Norco Louisiana Laboratory: Project includes the renovation of a two story laboratory building approximately 13,200 sqft which will include new air handlers, ductwork distribution, controls, centrifugal chillers, cooling towers, and associated pumps. Plumbing and electrical will be modified to support the lab and mechanical systems.

Texas A&M Kingsville (TAMUK), Biology Earth Science Laboratory Building

This project is an existing two story Biology Earth Science laboratory building approximately 31,340 square feet of renovation that will house teaching laboratories, vivariums, research laboratories, offices, lecture halls, autoclave, and common areas for the purposes of teaching and research of biology earth science. Air handlers and lab exhaust fans will be replaced and associated controls and ductwork to match the new architectural layout. Room pressurization and fume hood controls are achieved with a smart laboratory control system for a safe and energy efficient VAV laboratory. Plumbing includes central lab air, vacuum, acid neutralization system, high purity lab water, and new restrooms.

University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) projects:

Radio Pharmacy- Provide construction documents for the HVAC system and associated controls serving the proposed renovated Radio Pharmacy Suite on level 2 of the Clinical Sciences Building that includes the following rooms:

Sterile work room
Ante room
Blood room and blood draw room
Non sterile room

Central Sterile Suite - Provided a feasibility study for the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection building systems for the Central Sterile Suite at the Rebecca Sealy Hospital. The next phase will include full design to provide construction documents. The project includes new supply and exhaust distribution system, terminal air valves, exhaust fans, and pressurization controls.

Spring Creek Surgery Center Tomball Texas : Redesigning of 12,300 sqft of the HVAC and electrical systems to meet current codes and to ensure that the requirements set fort by the Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Administrative Code Title 25, Chapter 133 are met. An analysis of the entire building, detailed report, and construction documents were provided to correct code and capacity deficiencies of the building systems.

University of Houston Downtown (UHD):

1. Student Government Administration Office: Scope of this project is to convert approximately 1,700 square feet of garage space to a new Student Government Office and provide a new chilled water air handling unit (AHU) located in the new mechanical room. HVAC utilizes VAV boxes with hot water tempering coils. New lighting and electrical power with new electrical feeders and distribution was provided. Plumbing for a kitchenette was designed. Controls system with control diagrams and sequence of operations tied into the existing campus Facility Management System (FMS) was designed.

2. Acid Neutralization & Acid Waste Piping Installation: Replace old chip tank used for acid waste serving 142 laboratory sinks with a new automated system meeting the current plumbing codes, replace existing PVC piping which is not conducive to chemical and acid waste systems with Polypropylene or PVDF piping designed for such a service. The Effluent is monitored and alarms are tied into the existing campus Facility Management system (FMS). Electrical power to serve the effluent monitor controller tied to the campus FMS.

3. Data Centers: Competed three (3) main frame data centers in the main building, Shae Street building, and academic building with raised floor distribution maintaining tight temperature and humidity requirements.

4. 5^th Floor renovation of One Main Street: We have just completed the design of an eight (8) phase renovation design for a project over 64,000 sqft of the entire 5th floor of two towers at the University of Houston. This challenging project utilized creative ductwork design with forethought of the end product and temporary ductwork back fed to areas and new air handlers installed in an area with occupants in offices, library, coffee shops, data center, conference rooms which can not be disrupted. The demolition becomes just as critical as the new ductwork, piping, and electrical and all has to be carefully orchestrated at critical times to successfully execute the construction without disruption. New electrical circuits through new panels have been fed to the new locations to facilitate un-interrupted power to existing locations. The Temperature is monitored and alarms are tied into the existing campus Facility Management System (FMS).

5. Chemical Preparation Lab and Chemical Storage: Renovation project approximately 2,000 sqft of an existing chemical preparation laboratory and fire rated chemical storage rooms located on the 8^th floor on the North tower. The project consists of new laboratory exhaust system serving the laboratory, fume hoods, chemical storage rooms and general exhaust utilization laboratory dilution exhaust fans and stainless steel ductwork. Pressurization of supply and exhaust and fume hood exhaust is controlled by a laboratory air tracking control system. Supply air is provided by a new makeup air handler (100% outdoor air) terminal units and ductwork distribution.

Continental Carbon Nanotechnology, Inc. (CCNI): Nanotechnology test and research facility in approximately 1,800 sqft located on the property at 16850 Park Row, Houston Texas 77094. Provided MEP and gas monitoring design and engineering for a high hazard Class 1 Div 2 classified facility for the test, research, and manufacturing of carbon nanotube material. The facility consisted of reactor, oxidation, fume hoods, mixing rooms, and office space.

Shell Chemical and Refinery Production Laboratories: This Laboratory has been nominated for the “Project of the Year Award” to be awarded in 2011! This is a production laboratory for both the chemical and petroleum industries in Deer Park, Texas. The production laboratories are currently designed to monitor the production of solvents, phenol, olefins, and other petroleum products. This project is currently in the Construction phase. Measurements of the product are performed utilizing gas chromatography with Ultra High purity gasses (gas purity level 6). The lab is approximately 11,000 sqft and has 42 fume hoods driving the need to provide unusually high supply and exhaust to and from the laboratories (4.4 cfm/sqft).

Fire protection system: The high hazard chemicals, flammables, combustibles and flammable gasses along with the mass storage of these commodities provide the need for a challenging fire protection suppression system. Trak designed and engineered a pre-action system with a high design density and design area.

Baylor College of Medicine: Currently providing MEP engineering and design services for the renovation of four (4) small laboratories (approx. 1000 sqft each) as described below:

1. Specialty lab approximately with MRI room, calorimeter room (with Versamax and Physioscan equipment), holding room for approximately 100 mouse cages, treadmill room, surgery room, clamping station room, separate area for MRI equipment.

2. Tissue engineering histology room with a staining station, microscope station, paraffin embedding station, a new 5’-0” chemical hood, as well as a freestanding Cryostat and Tissue-Tek processor Also included will be a robot room, and will house at least two robots, some immunological monitoring equipment, and lab sink.

3. Robot lab with two robots and multiple pieces of lab equipment, a sink, a relocated fume hood, and a separate workstation room. In addition to these rooms there is a lab equipment room with 80 lab freezers. The lab has high purity carbon dioxide and vacuum systems.

4. Microscope computer lab with 4 microscope stations and 5 computer workstation areas, bench space, lab sink, and a miscellaneous pieces of lab equipment.

Intertek, Houston Texas: This laboratory was Recognized in an article in “Exploration + Process” Magazine April 2009. Trak was Prime consultant providing MEP construction documents and construction administration services for a Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) laboratory. Laboratory featured a H₂S fume hood with integral scrubber and a general exhaust carbon filter scrubber; as well as, an H₂S gas monitoring system. The exhaust consists of high plume dilution laboratory fans with N+1 redundancy. The carbon filter and lab fans sit on a structural steel platform on the roof. Laboratory controls for proper room pressurization and temperature control tied into the building automation system (BAS) are also included, as well as, a CCTV for video monitoring.

Update: This H2S Laboratory has proven to be so profitable for Intertek that Trak Engineering, Inc. have been called back and we are currently working on expanding the laboratory by 250%.

Texas A&M BSL 3 Lab:

Performed consulting services to address (3) three BSL laboratories:

Perform Field work to verify HVAC plans provided to us and note any discrepancies.
Draw a one line diagram with the correct duct runs.

The Field work performed was for the following (3) three following locations:

Lab animal Resources and Research (LARR) Facility
Veterinary Medical Research lab Center Addition
Reynolds Medical Science building

NASA, Houston Texas: On going contract providing MEP Engineering and Design services to generate construction documents to complete numerous small renovation projects. Some projects require research, field evaluations, and the generation of reports to describe and depict proposed solutions. Some projects include:

Provided reports and recommendations for BSL 3 laboratories and for laboratory systems utilizing Perchloric Acid.
Building 18 Air Handler Replacement: The second floor air building was replaced. Unit capacity CFM was 5,500 CFM.
Building 24 Central Plant Air Handler Replacement: This project consisted replacing the control room air handler in NASA’s central plant with a new 7,500 CFM unit.

Building 44 Air Handler Replacement: A make up air handler 9300 CFM providing the instrument testing building with fresh air was replaced. An air handler serving an electronics and instrument lab 1,500 was replaced.

Note: All units replaced indicated above included steam (or hot water), chilled water, VFD, and new controls

Fort Bend EMS Addition: This scope of this design build project was to enclose a breezeway between two existing buildings for expansion to facilitate a men’s and women’s restrooms and emergency response staging area at the Fort Bend County Emergency Management facility in Rosenberg, Texas. Trak provided MEP consulting services to generate MEP drawings, specifications and construction administration for this project.

TechCorr, Houston Texas: Prime consultant providing design basis criteria and report for a metallurgical testing laboratory and an R&D lab.

Baylor College of Medicine: Currently providing MEP engineering and design services for the renovation of four (4) small laboratories as described below:

1. Specialty lab approximately 600 sqft with MRI room, calorimeter room (with Versamax and Physioscan equipment), holding room for approximately 100 mouse cages, treadmill room, surgery room, clamping station room, separate area for MRI equipment.

2. 370 sqft Tissue engineering histology room with a staining station, microscope station, paraffin embedding station, a new 5’-0” chemical hood, as well as a freestanding Cryostat and Tissue-Tek processor Also included will be a robot room, and will house at least two robots, some immunological monitoring equipment, and one sink.

3. 500 sqft Robot lab with two robots and multiple pieces of equipment, a sink, a relocated fume hood, and a separate workstation room. In addition to these rooms there will be a lab equipment room with 80 lab freezers. The lab will also have high purity carbon dioxide and vacuum connections.

4. 700 sqft, and within the room will be 3 or 4 microscope stations and 5 computer workstation areas, some miscellaneous bench space, one sink, and a few other miscellaneous pieces of lab equipment.

Motiva, Petroleum Production Laboratories: MEP engineering and design for a Production laboratory for the petroleum industries in Convent Louisiana. The production laboratories are currently designed to monitor the production of jet fuel, gasoline, toluene, acetone, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products. This project is currently in the Construction phase. Measurements of the product are performed utilizing gas chromatography with Ultra High purity gasses (gas purity level 6). Also contained within the lab is a octane engine test room with 4 test engines. The lab is 14,000 sqft and has approximately 22 fume hoods.

Shell Metallurgical Laboratory: Provided MEP engineering and design for the conversion of office space to a metallurgical laboratory space in Deer Park, Texas. The project was approximately 1,000 sqft and required new makeup air handling units, lab high plume exhaust fans, and laboratory controls.

Fire Protection: This existing facility included an existing wet pipe sprinkler system that needed to be reconfigured for a new architectural layout.

KBI Pharmaceutical – Consulting firm to a pharmaceutical company to build an FDA GLP/GMP compliant complex in Kunming, China. The complex initially will perform pre-clinical research using primates. Trak Engineering, Inc. established the design criteria, reviewed drawings and calculations, generated reports, and provide continual monitoring of the design and construction process. The complex includes the following buildings:

1. GLP Quarantine facility two stories in height, 130,000 sqft.

2. GLP Study Facility two stories in height 45,000 sqft.

3. R&D Lab two stories in height, 38,000 sqft.

4. Pharmaceutical and administration building, two stories in height, 32,000 sqft.

University Of Houston Diedrich coffee shop: Renovation of a 1500 sqft existing space to convert into a cyber café serving gourmet coffee and pastries at the Universities Hilton hotel.

University Of Houston Distinguished Conference Room: Provided construction documents for a showcase conference room honoring distinguished Alumni. The conference rooms is approximately 600 sqft and is used for board meetings and training sessions. Fire Protection: This existing facility included an existing wet pipe sprinkler system that needed to be reconfigured for a new architectural layout.

Russo’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar: Complete renovation of an existing space in a strip mall for an Italian Restaurant with coal fired pizza oven and full kitchen.

Oriental Religious Facility: Brand new 40,000 sqft religious facility designed as an ancient oriental worship sanctuary. The multipurpose facility has a library and a full 4,500 sqft kitchen capable of serving up to 1000 people.

Hewlett Packard Office Renovation: Provided construction documents for a high end office renovation approximately 12,500 sqft.

Fire Protection: This existing facility included an existing wet pipe sprinkler system that needed to be reconfigured for a new architectural layout.

Material Testing Lab: Provided consulting services for a Highly specialized lab for Honeywell Process Solutions, performs material and corrosion testing primarily for the petroleum and gas drilling and exploration industry. This new 30,000 square foot facility encompasses numerous laboratories and testing equipment utilizing extremely hazardous, explosive, flammable, and toxic chemicals and gasses. The facilities exhaust system utilizes a central hydrogen sulfide scrubber that can eliminate most other chemicals as well from the air stream. A dedicated perchloric acid hood with a wash down system is also included. The facility also includes 50 high pressure and temperature testing vessel stations requiring various utilities, projectile protection, air monitoring and emergency exhaust purge.

Fire protection system: The high hazard chemicals, flammables, combustibles and flammable gasses along with the mass storage of these commodities provide the need for a challenging fire protection suppression system. Trak pre-engineered a wet pipe system with a high design density and design area.