There was already a foot of snow on the ground and temperatures were hovering near zero when the staff at Conway Regional Medical Center in Conway, Ark., called Powers with an immediate need. Their air handling unit that served their operating rooms had a ruptured hot water coil, and surgeries and procedures were scheduled for the next day.

When extreme winter weather caused a waterline to break in the parking deck at Armor Bank in Little Rock, Ark., and the plumbing vendor wasn't able to respond, Powers got the call instead. On-call Mechanical Service Tech Josh Cox and our Vice-President of Service David Squires took on the challenge of seeing what they could do to help.

Powers was called to address poor air distribution at one of Pratt & Whitney's manufacturing facilities. We found a solution that would help redistribute the air and also maximize the comfort and efficiency of the HVAC system.

This project was a design build solution by Powers that transformed a poorly operating HVAC system into an efficient system that also increased the occupant comfort level. The DX AHU was leaking and inefficient. The VAV boxes were poorly zoned and not controlling properly due to outdated pneumatics and lack of volume control.