BNK

Mechanical Engineering

The Mechanical Engineering Department provides a wide range of engineering services which include all aspects of mechanical engineering from plumbing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for buildings to site energy supply systems, fire sprinkler systems to specialty systems such as computer areas and laboratory locations. While typically working as a consultant to other parts of the construction team, the mechanical engineering team can also provide feasibility studies, preliminary design and cost estimating, preparation of working drawings and specifications, construction management and contract administration.

Key Services

• Air Conditioning
• Air handling units and air distribution systems
• Boiler Rooms
• Building management systems
• Building System Engineering Analysis
• Central chilled water plants and distribution systems
• Central heating plants and distribution systems
• Chilled glycol process systems
• Chiller Replacements
• Clean Rooms
• Compressed Air Systems
• Computer room Data center cooling systems
• Control Systems
• Direct digital control systems
• Energy analysis and systems energy use evaluation
• Energy management systems
• Environmental Control
• Geothermal heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
• Heat Recovery and Energy Conservation Studies
• Heating and ventilation systems
• Heating water and steam distribution systems
• Hot oil systems
• Humidification/dehumidification systems
• Indoor air quality analysis and design
• Industrial Ventilation and Dust Collection
• Instrumentation and controls
• Kitchen exhaust, make-up and fire protection
• Low temperature air distributions
• Piping system design
• Process piping design
• Process ventilation and exhaust systems
• Pumping Systems
• Radiant heating systems
• Refrigeration
• Refrigeration systems
• Renewable Energy
• Room Pressurization
• Smoke Control
• Special Environments (Corrosive, Hazardous, Clean rooms, Etc.)
• System commissioning
• System studies, analysis and reports
• Thermal storage systems

Building Modeling

• Carbon Footprint/Carbon Credits
• Carbon Neutral Design
• CFD Analysis
• Daylighting and Glare Analysis
• Energy Benchmarking Studies against various metrics
• Envelope Optimization
• Facade Analysis
• Incentives/ Federal tax Credits
• Integrated Building Design
• LEED / ASHRAE Standards
• Life Cycle Analysis
• Load /Thermal Mass Analysis
• Natural Ventilation
• Renewable energy system integration modeling.
• Thermal Comfort
• Under Floor Air Distribution

Professional Engineers:

• Keith P Rogers, PE Resume
• Joseph S. Sechler, PE Resume
• Mark A. Seaboch, PE Resume
• Eric Baucom, PE Resume

Mechanical Engineering Services

The varied experience of the Professional Engineers in the Mechanical section allows the accomplishment of many types of work and projects for clients in government, educational, institutional and commercial fields. While a large part of our work is as a sub-consultant to architects, many of the mechanical engineering services are provided directly to the client, especially work involving fire sprinkler, cost inspections, steam distribution and chiller replacement. Testing equipment available includes sound level meters, pressure differential instruments, hygrometers, fire flow and air flow. Air flow studies can be provided for determining building distribution problems. Our firm is certified for fire flow measurements for calculation of fire sprinkler systems. The design of mechanical systems for buildings is a large part of our practice. Recent projects which the firm provided engineering include high rise construction, football stadiums, high rise detention facilities, and large research buildings for universities. In addition, the provision of construction management services both as a prime source and as a consultant is an increasing part of our practice.