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PSU Karl Miller Center Wins Award

PSU’s Karl Miller Center Won a 2019 American Architecture Award

In 2017, Hydro-Temp Mechanical contributed to the completion of Portland State’s Karl Miller Center. The project won an American Architecture Award. Every year the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design presents awards for the most significant new contemporary architecture, landscape architecture, interiors, and urban planning in the United States. This year the Karl Miller Center was one of 105 projects to win this prestigious award, and one of only two in Oregon.

Read more about the award and project here.

PSU Architecture Award

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Gubser Elementary School Groundbreaking

The Gubser Elementary School Project has Broke Ground!

Work has begun on Gubser Elementary. By next school year there will be a new cafeteria, kitchen, four classrooms, and improvements to the gym and play areas.

Find out more about this project here.

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ABC STEP Award

ABC STEP Award

Hydro-Temp is a proud member of the Associated Builder’s and Contractors. In 2017 we achieved the STEP Award in recognition of Silver Level of achievement.

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Excellence in Construction – The University of Oregon Football Operations Building Project

Excellence in Construction

The University of Oregon Football Operations Building Project

For some projects we work to make dreams come true. Such is the case with the Hatfield-Dowlin complex, in which we realized the dreams of football coaches, architects, and visionaries to create the most architecturally stunning, technically advanced, purpose built, results driven sports training facility on planet Earth located here in Oregon. Our contribution to this project won the Eagle award for Excellence in Construction.

The building incorporates everything the Ducks’ team needs to be at its peak. Advanced weight room and training facilities are expected of course, but absolutely no detail was overlooked. From the moment you enter the parking garage, the building imprints you with the Duck’s brand and mission. For visiting teams this invokes doubt and apprehension; for the Ducks and their fans, passion and pride.

There is lot to be proud of: the building boasts world class offices, a commercial grade kitchen supporting a high impact nutrition program, executive dining, multiple briefing theaters, teaching rooms, separate lounges for players, coaches, NFL scouts, and families, locker rooms for players and coaches, conference rooms, a Media room and a strategy center called Area 51. The Duck’s amenities are unrivaled in the NCAA or NFL. The architectural details and purpose of the building, created some challenges for the building mechanical systems. The large amounts of hardwood, glass, and other sensitive high-end finishes required all of the 5 million BTU heating and 300 ton cooling systems to be up and running before interior finishes were installed.

Every usage scenario was thought through by the Hydro-Temp project team, from the volume of foot traffic each area would have, to the resilience needed to with- stand team rough housing, and the purpose the facility served. Like the Ducks Team, the mechanical systems go above and beyond to perform. HVAC systems exhaust each and every locker in the locker rooms, so the locker room smells like a spa while working to dry out the player’s gear. The heating and cooling system smoothly adjusts to load swings from hundreds of people swelling into a space for a short amount of time, such as the lobby, the dining area, media room, and the large and small theaters.

Although this was a new construction project; changes in design throughout the project kept us thinking on our feet. We transformed a storage closet into the stunning Ring Room, which displays past championship and bowl rings earned by the Ducks in a Tiffany Style casing, and developed the system to diffuse the heat which would build up in the small space. Whether retrofitting existing structures or working with new construction, Hydro-Temp teams consistently rise to these challenges. We’re proud to serve the Pacific Northwest and love to work with organizations demanding creative, efficient solutions for their facility.

Hydro-Temp is proud to be part of the construction team that brought this project for life for the Duck’s football team.

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