TDSpirit Spring 2014

TDSpirit Spring 2014 Issue 29 - Summer 2011

Back to Work in Houston’s Energy Corridor TDIndustries and E.E. Reed See page 18

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Letter from CEO Harold MacDowell Ever since I found this industry, working in existing buildings has held a special place in my heart.

I just love breathing new life into old structures.

And while TD has built some iconic new structures across the South, for me it is just as exciting to take something old and make it new again. Seeing the benefits of making a building more energy efficient, which can help pay for renovations, is one of the most gratifying parts of my job.

TD does the majority of our work in Texas and Arizona, which are two states that have experienced incredible growth over the last 50 years. All of this means that our building stock is aging, thus creating opportunities for energy saving renovations and mechanical upgrades. Thanks to forward thinking developers willing to take risk on older structures, this past year TD has assisted in renovating mechanical systems in many high profile buildings that will serve occupants for many years to come.

One Shell Plaza in Houston got all new air handling units at night over 9 months while fully occupied. The old Pearl Brewery in San Antonio will soon become a boutique hotel. The 40-story Chase Tower in Phoenix got an entirely new sanitary waste system with the work performed while the tenants slept. In Fort Worth, we helped a hospital client increase their operating rooms by 50%. We put new life into the mechanical system at the historic Texas Union (built in 1933) on the UT campus while maintaining daily operations. And finally, while most of us relaxed the day after Thanksgiving— more than 60 TDPartners performed 86 helicopter lifts to replace the cooling towers on Thanksgiving Tower, a 50-story building in downtown Dallas. It was an amazing day that was planned down to 15 minute increments with perfect safety performance. We captured that day in a short video complete with camera angles from the helicopter.

On behalf of everyone from TD who worked on these projects and the other sites highlighted in the pages that follow, we offer our sincere thanks for allowing us to help. We get to work with the greatest owners, architects, engineers, and general contractors in the world. Thank you for your trust and confidence to get the job done. Wishing you the best in 2014!

Desde que me encontré con esta industria , que trabajan en los edificios existentes ha tenido un lugar especial en mi corazón. Me encanta dar nueva vida a las viejas estructuras . Y mientras que TD ha construido algunos nuevos edificios emblemáticos de todo el Sur , para mí es igual de emocionante para tomar algo viejo y hacerlo nuevo otra vez. Al ver los beneficios de hacer un edificio más eficiente de la energía , lo que puede ayudar a pagar por las renovaciones es una de las partes más gratificantes de mi trabajo.

TD hace la mayor parte de nuestro trabajo en Texas y Arizona , que son dos estados que han experimentado un crecimiento increíble en los últimos 50 años. Todo esto significa que nuestro parque inmobiliario está envejeciendo , creando así oportunidades para las renovaciones de ahorro de energía y mejoras mecánicas. Gracias a visión de futuro desarrolladores dispuestos a asumir riesgos en las estructuras de más edad , el pasado año TD ha colaborado en la renovación de los sistemas mecánicos en muchos edificios de alto perfil que servirán ocupantes durante muchos años por venir.

Uno Shell Plaza en Houston tiene todas las nuevas unidades de tratamiento de aire en la noche más de 9 meses mientras estaban ocupadas . El viejo Perla Brewery en San Antonio se convertirá pronto en un hotel boutique . El 40 pisos Torre de la persecución en Phoenix consiguió un nuevo sistema de residuos sanitarios con el trabajo realizado mientras los inquilinos dormían. En Fort Worth , ayudamos a un cliente del hospital aumentar sus salas de operaciones en un 50 %. Pusimos una nueva vida al sistema mecánico en el histórico Union Texas (construido en 1933) en el campus de UT , manteniendo las operaciones diarias. Y, por último , si bien la mayoría de nosotros relajó el día después de Acción de Gracias , más de 60 TDPartners realizaron 86 helicóptero levanta para reemplazar las torres de refrigeración en la acción de gracias de la torre , un edificio de 50 pisos en el centro de Dallas. Fue un día increíble que fue planeado a incrementos de 15 minutos con el desempeño de seguridad perfecto. Hemos capturado ese día en un corto video completo con ángulos de cámara del helicóptero.

En nombre de todo el mundo de TD que trabajó en estos proyectos y los otros sitios resaltados en las páginas siguientes , ofrecemos nuestro sincero agradecimiento por que nos permite ayudar .

Tenemos la oportunidad de trabajar con los más grandes propietarios , arquitectos , ingenieros y contratistas generales en el mundo. Gracias por su confianza y la confianza para hacer el trabajo que usted . Le deseamos lo mejor en el 2014!

Sincerely,

TDIndustries is changing the face of mechanical construction and facilities services through lifecycle innovations.

Austin

2701 Gattis School Road Building “A” Suite 101 Round Rock‚ TX 78664 512-310-5052

Dallas

13850 Diplomat Drive Dallas‚ TX 75234 972-888-9500

Fort Worth

5700 Stratum Drive Fort Worth, TX 76137 817-306-6500

Houston

8801 Jameel Road, Suite 100 Houston‚ TX 77040 713-939-1986

Phoenix

1702 W. 3rd Street Tempe, AZ 85281 480-449-7690

San Antonio

12700 O’Connor Road San Antonio‚ TX 78233 210-564-6065

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Technology Manufacturing 1400 S. Sherman Street Richardson, TX, USA 75081 214-575-6479

Rio Grande Valley 1240 N. Vo Tech Drive Suite C Weslaco, TX 78599 956-968-4580

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TD Helps a Top-Notch

High-Rise Apartment Come Alive in Uptown Dallas

DALLAS, TEXAS

An up economy is good for business

It means developers start building again. It sets people in search of new homes. It also means that expectations for living spaces kick up a notch.

Dallas is a prime example. TD has recently helped build several highend apartments on Uptown’s Carlisle Street. Along with new developer, Streetlights Residential, we’re at work on a few more. Including The Taylor, a new high-rise on the corner of Carlisle and Bowen.

Upscale living in the heart of the city

A team effort

We’re looking forward to growing our relationship with StreetLights Residential —and to being part of Uptown Dallas’ ongoing revitalization.

Thanks go to Mark Gerstner, Senior Design Coordinator, Gene Peek, Assistant Foreman, and Carlos Mendoza, Multifamily Start-Up. TD would also like to thank our suppliers on this project: Green Supply (Plumbing), Standard Supply, Bryant Heating & Cooling (HVAC), and Texas Air Systems, who supplied all the VRF equipment and provided consultation to TD on the VRF system.

The 17-story tower will include 308 luxury apartments ranging from studios to penthouses. Amenities include a two-story lobby area, a rooftop terrace, and a seven-story parking garage; a pool, fitness center, conference area, outdoor fire pit, and game room; and an elevated “canine lounge” complete with a pet-washing station. In-unit amenities include 10-foot ceilings, keyless entry, built-in speakers, rain-style shower heads, solar window shades, and more.

TD is providing state-of-the-art plumbing and HVAC work. On the plumbing side, we’re using a new product called ProVent—a plastic version of the familiar cast-iron Sovent piping material. “Because it creates less penetration into concrete, ProVent is easier to install—not to mention lighter,” said Jeff Johnson, Plumbing Superintendent. “This is the first time we’ve worked with it, but installations have gone smoothly.”

On the HVAC side, we’re using a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system.

This highly complex system must be designed, grouped, and installed to exact standards. It was the first VRF install that our Multifamily Division has performed—and we pulled it off with high praise from both Texas Air Systems and the manufacturer. Special thanks go to Anne Schultz with Texas Air, who helped HVAC Superintendent Mike Vaughn with design, line-length and tonnage analysis.

Once created, VRF systems are highly efficient and digitized. The Taylor’s system will use an AC Smart controller, which allows Internet access and remote systems control. In all, TD installed eight outdoor and 86 indoor units. StreetLights Residential plans to install similar systems on new high-rises as they are built.

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Fort Worth’s New Sundance Square Plaza A Place for Everyone

FORT WORTH, TEXAS

A place for all to enjoy

In Fort Worth, Sundance Square Plaza has been a long time coming. The new signature look includes the redevelopment of three blocks of downtown, which now houses three new buildings with Class A offices, apartments, and restaurant/retail; a central plaza; and an entertainment venue.

But it’s more than that. It’s a much-needed public space expected to energize downtown Fort Worth. “It really is the crown jewel of the area,” says Chris Rogers, Senior Project Manager. “TD is excited to be involved.”

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After 18 months of construction, Sundance Square opened on November 1, with plenty of fanfare to signal its arrival. But TD’s work continued after that date— and it began years earlier.

A dependable contract partner

Long term construction partner The Beck Group was the general contractor for this job. “We spent lots of time with Beck in preconstruction,” says Logan Harper, Project Manager. “We wanted to help them make the right choices from the beginning on everything from setting the budget to selecting the best equipment.”

Preconstruction advising allows TDPartners to prove up front that we’re the best team for the job. “Of course,

great preconstruction work has to be followed by great performance,” Harper says. “And I think we delivered on both.”

Building for efficiency and flexibility

TD’s demonstrated expertise led to our selection as the sole contractor for Sundance Square’s mechanical and plumbing work. Our scope included the Commerce Building, the Westbrook Building, and the Cassidy Building, plus the Plaza Pavilion, and renovations to the Jett Building and Land Title Building, both historic landmarks. All buildings are getting new mechanical piping, fixtures, plumbing, and ductwork. All are also being built to LEED standards.

A single central plant will serve the upper floors of the three new buildings. The first floor of each building is a typical “core and shell” construction—tenants will build spaces to their own needs and each area will be served by its own condensed water system and cooling tower.

The central plant, located on the west side of the development, houses two 300-ton magnetic-bearing chillers (among the most efficient on the market), two 350-ton open-cell cooling towers, six hydronic pumps, and a sophisticated controls system. Atop each new building’s roof is an energy recovery unit.

Working in close quarters

Unlike most new builds, space at this job site was scarce. A congested urban area meant active sidewalks on all sides of the construction site, utilities stacked one atop another, and noise restrictions that limited work hours.

“To ease delivery and staging of materials, we used “just-in-time” deliveries that ensured equipment didn’t arrive until we needed it.

“We had virtually no lay-down area,” says Harper. “So we had to be efficient.”

In fact the site was so small, that no room existed for job trailers. Instead, TD was housed in a nearby office building. This made for an unexpected benefit: rather than being in a separate trailer, our partners at Beck were just down the hall. “If we had questions, we could simply walk down the hall and ask,” Harper says. “It allowed for dialogue that might not have happened otherwise.”

Our proximity also allowed Beck to see our pull planning boards, which we used to map every step of our scope. Beck used this information to create projectlevel milestones. “This visibility enabled an extra layer of teamwork,” says Harper.

An underground mission

Close collaboration with Beck was instrumental to success at every stage. But when we laid underground chilled water piping from the central plant to Sundance Square’s new buildings, coordination was paramount.

We placed the pipe by drilling an 80-foot tunnel under Houston Street. And we did so while the street remained operational. Says Harper, “Everything around us was live: traffic, pedestrians, utilities—and buildings going vertical as we dug underground.”

The phased installation took 9 months. The project team started with contacting utility providers to learn where lines were located. We also conducted extensive safety training compliant with OSHA standards. We installed barriers to protect pedestrians.

Then, with Beck’s help, we dug 12 feet beneath Houston Street and began tunneling. Beck used a boring machine surrounded by a 14-inch metal case, which kept streets functional as we worked. Finally, we installed, welded, and tested the pipes. All went smoothly, and Beck was pleased with the result.

A place for all to enjoy

“People really feel a sense of ownership of this place,” says Rogers. “The expectations are huge. So there’s been a lot more interest than you normally experience in a construction project. That put the pressure on us—but now, it feels like we’re giving a gift to the city of Fort Worth.”

Partners also feel a sense of pride and ownership in the Square, too. Many have been to visit with families, and have been able to point out equipment they helped install and explain systems at work.

“As a visitor, seeing the finished Sundance Square is amazing,” Rogers says. “The energy there is just awesome.

But as Partners, we understand the work behind the façade. And that’s pretty cool.”

Special thanks to the following Partners and Subcontractors for helping make Sundance Square a success:

Key Contributors:

• Johnny Hodnett, Matt Sawyers - Piping Foremen • Harry Fortune, Mark Jones, Brandon Weir - Plumbing Foremen • Valentin Delgadillo, Adrian Delgadillo - Sheetmetal Foremen • Mark Hall, Jeremy Kieschnick - Superintendents • Pat Tipton, Bill O’Connor, Ty Merrick, Alex Natareno - Sheetmetal Coordinators • Mike Hancock, Randy Krebs - Piping Coordinators • Jason McGowan, Gary Newhall, Brad Hargrove, Michael Morton - Plumbing Coordinators • Paco Casales - Lead Coordinator • Logan Harper - Project Manager • Chris Rogers - Senior Project Manager • Aaron Rice - Vice President • Tim McNew - Senior Vice President

Subcontractors:

• Performance Contracting, Inc., Insulation • Advantage Water Engineering, HVAC Water Treatment • Tri-Dal Utilities, Excavation • DFW Movers, Equipment Movers

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DALLAS, TEXAS

Going the extra mile

On Black Friday 2013, a crew of TDPartners was up before the sunrise.

But not for holiday sales, they had bigger things on their minds.

How much bigger? Eight old cooling towers, in poor condition, had to be safely removed from the roof of one of the tallest buildings in Dallas.

And eight new towers had to be lifted and set in place—by helicopter— over a busy city street.

The timing of the job was both practical and fitting: The three-day holiday weekend gave the 43 Partners extra time before tenants returned to work. And what better time than just after Turkey Day to work on a building named Thanksgiving Tower?

Big jobs require detailed planning

Project Manager Andrea Miille and Project Superintendent Chuck Stroud had just two months to make it all come together.

“We started with our big rocks,” she says, referring to the high-priority steps in the pull planning process that had to be completed before smaller tasks could fill in.

At the top of Miille’s list: Check and re-check equipment orders. Hire a structural engineer to confirm that the building structure would support the new cooling towers (the new ones are heavier than the old ones).

Reserve two helicopters, one of which is a sky crane capable of hauling loads up to 15,000 pounds. Find somewhere for the helicopters to take off and land, and an area where the crane could load/unload flatbeds full of equipment and piping. Coordinate with Dallas police to close roads during the lift. Coordinate plans with both helicopter companies Siller

and 5 State, property manager Lincoln Property Company, and crane provider Crocker Crane.

Another requirement: Secure the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The new cooling towers exceeded the building’s stated height limit. Getting the towers below the stated height limit required modifying the existing structural steel on which the towers sit.

Ready for the unexpected

Next came technical planning and prefab work.

“Our coordinators drew the entire project in 3D to figure out how to fabricate it,” says Stroud. Of the 168 pipe welds required for the condenser water piping, only 18 had to be welded onsite. “There’s no way we could have pulled this off without our internal prefab team’s hard work,” Stroud says.

We began prepping the towers on the west side of the building the week before the lift, ensuring that the old cooling towers were no longer bolted down. We also had to check the old towers’ structural integrity (they were pretty rusty) and make sure that no loose parts would detach when the towers were lifted into the air. Lastly, we strapped down every loose object atop Thanksgiving Tower, (otherwise the helicopters’ downblast would have tossed loose objects like tumbleweed.)

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Eventually, all we had to do was wait. “The weather before and after the week of the lift was terrible,” Miille recalls. “We prepared all kinds of backup plans in case of rain, wind or fog, which could have caused delays or even forced us to reschedule.” As it happened, lift day weather was perfect.

Teamwork and tight coordination

The day began early. Around 5 a.m., TDPartners began by clearing the two parking lots — one where the helicopters would land, and the other for the crane and trailers. Then, we dismantled the lots’ light poles and wiring. We made room for the helicopters’ fuel trucks (each required a tanker truck—plus a Fire Marshal to supervise).

We completed two separate safety demonstrations, one with each of the helicopter crews. We vacated the top three floors of the building, and cleared all but non-essential personnel from the roof.

Finally, it was showtime. “We were all a little anxious,” Miille says.

“But once things got going, they were going.” All eight of the new cooling towers were in place by 5 p.m. allowing us just enough time to clear out and reinstall the light poles in the parking lots, so patrons arriving for a 7 p.m. performance at the nearby Majestic Theater could park. “Our outstanding team effort made it possible.”

Our client agrees: “It was incredible,” says John Dawson, Regional Director of Engineering for Lincoln Property Company. “I’ve never been involved with a job of this size that went so perfectly.”

Going the extra mile

TD’s work is far from over. Currently, we are working on the replacement of three 900-ton chillers in Thanksgiving Tower’s central plant, located on level B2 of the parking garage below the building. The effort will involve removing a set of double doors and a 400-ton chiller that needs to be moved, and replacing the three 900-ton chillers without lapses in service — one 900-ton chiller must remain in operation at all times. During rigging activities, we also need to place and remove shoring to support the floors of the parking garage just outside the central plant from level B2 down to B6. Most of the work will take place over the course of two separate weekends.

Also scheduled right in the middle of the holiday season full of work was the complete refurbishment of two air handling units that serve Thanksgiving Tower’s 48th-floor Tower Club — and the window of opportunity to do this was between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. “That’s just part of working in an occupied building,” says Miille. “We work weekends and holidays—times when no one else is around. And this year, our Partners have really gone the extra mile.”

“I think that’s why Lincoln Properties called TD in the first place. We have the kind of people they trust to do the job right.”

“Not just any company can say that.”

Special thanks go to all the Partners who freely gave up their holiday weekend to make this lift happen. Their dedication to excellence is a great example for us all.

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Project Gallery Spring 2014

PHEONIX, ARIZONA

Giving a Historic Hospital a Modern Touch

Founded in 1911, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix is older than the state of Arizona itself.

The original hospital held just 20 beds; now it has more than 650. Banner Good Samaritan has served hundreds of thousands of patients in its history, and specializes in trauma services, cardiovascular care, and high-risk obstetrics. The facility is also a top teaching hospital for future physicians.

But Banner Good Samaritan had a problem. The air handling units (AHUs) that served its 12-floor patient tower were out of date. While they weren’t as old as the hospital itself, they had been around for more than a quarter-century and were in danger of failure.

“TD has a reputation here in Phoenix for our ability to replace AHUs on active facilities,” says Rick Ferguson, Project Manager. “We were chosen to bid on this project because of that reputation.” TD had also completed several other projects at the Banner Good Samaritan facility.

Like other projects, the patient tower’s HVAC systems had to remain operational as we worked. We replaced six existing AHUs with eight new AHUs and reworked all existing ductwork and piping to accommodate the new units.

Work took place between August 2013 and January 2014, and finished on time and on budget. And now, Banner Good Samaritan can embrace its heritage, while offering facilities that befit a world-class medical center.

Thanks go to Mike Norton, Sheetmetal Foreman, Jimmy Richardson, Piping Foreman, and John Gaskin, Superintendent.

center, 10 levels of parking, and 15 levels of office space.

More than 2,000 hotel rooms will soon be located within a four-block radius. TD worked closely with Cousins, DPR Construction, and Bay & Associates on this design-assist project.

TD’s scope of work includes complete mechanical and plumbing systems. Primary conditioning is via a selfcontained water-cooled AHU on each office floor, with a pair of fluid coolers located on the crown of the building within a large architectural screen. TD’s Building Systems Integration team will furnish the temperature controls system.

Colorado Tower will be constructed under the Austin Energy Green Building program, and will be substantially complete by the end of 2014. Once opened, the tower will welcome several prestigious law firms and other highprofile tenants, who are sure to enjoy the outstanding facility—and its prize location.

AUSTIN, TEXAS

TD Helps Cousins Build a First-Class Office Space in Downtown Austin

Cousins Properties has built Class A offices throughout Austin for the past 15 years. And since erecting the Frost Bank Tower nearly a decade ago, Cousins has envisioned a second tower in Austin’s Warehouse District. Cousins found a perfect partner in Bob Richards, President of TDIndustries’ Central Texas Branch.

The new building, known as Colorado Tower, will be a 35-story, 371,000-square-foot facility including a fitness

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Colorado Tower — Austin Texas

AUSTIN, TEXAS

An Airtight Facility for a Leading Security Tech Provider

Dallas Arboretum — Dallas, Texas DALLAS, TEXAS

Dallas Arboretum’s New Garden Café: Earth-Friendly and Kid-Approved

The Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden at the Dallas Arboretum opened in September 2013 to plenty of local excitement. The 8-acre, $62-million donor-funded space is a jungle of opportunities for hands-on learning about nature.

Thanks to our relationship with general contractor The Beck Group, TD installed plumbing and HVAC systems in the Adventure Garden’s dining pavilion. The Children’s Garden Café is open to the elements, and planners wanted to create a space where families could enjoy nutritious meals without the cost and upkeep of a full cafeteria.

To meet these needs, TD provided a model, and proposed a dehumidification solution to keep the openair space dry. We also worked with some unconventional materials: the Café’s façade was made of renewable products from around the world, such as bamboo trim and siding from Brazil.

“The end product looks great,” says Jeff Willoughby, Project Manager. “You can tell that our guys take pride in their work. It’s a beautiful site to visit.”

We finished the project on time and under budget, and Beck gave us high marks on our work. Big thanks to Justin Bowker, Engineer; Andre Kobe, Engineer; Joe DaCosta, Plumbing Foreman; Brad Wolfe, Sheetmetal Foreman; Terry Baker, Project Superintendent; Eddie Ventrca, General Superintendent; and Richard Cofer, Estimator.

HID Global produces secure identity products and solutions, including identity cards, card printers, RFID tags, software, and more. Millions of users worldwide depend on the company’s products to safeguard critical data and personal information. So it’s no surprise that HID Global’s manufacturing facility must be more carefully controlled than most.

An aggressive 7-month timeline was established for this new build, including 11 Class 10,000 cleanrooms and three Class 1,000 cleanrooms. General contractor Harvey Cleary chose TD due to our ability to match this pace—and our experience with the systems being installed.

TD furnished HVAC supply/return and exhaust ductwork, HVAC, process, vacuum, compressed air, refrigerant, domestic water, sanitary, waste, and vent piping for the 250,000-square-foot facility, which includes a production area and office space. We also installed 29 rooftop units, 440 fan filter units, and 4 computer room air conditioner (CRAC) units.

Help from our prefab facility in Dallas made it possible.

Partners onsite built a makeshift assembly shop to put together ductwork that came in from Dallas in pieces.

Hours of planning made for an on-budget finish.

“Due to the size and timeline of this build, we faced plenty of challenges,” says Roland Abarca, Senior Project Manager. “But Harvey Cleary has been a pleasure to work with.”

The facility will seek LEED Platinum status. With the completion of these new facilities, HID will expand its global reach—and continue to keep people and information safe.

HID Global — Austin, Texas

BENT IRON TOURNAMENT Fort Worth’s Third Annual Bent Iron Tournament a Success

The Bent Iron charity golf tournament is becoming a tradition among TDPartners.

This year, 120 people participated, raising $10,000 for Child Care Associates. A loyal TD customer, Child Care Associates manages Tarrant County Child Care Management Services (CCMS) through the Texas Workforce Commission. The organization provides financial assistance to help families obtain quality childcare for children up to age 12.

As always, TD was happy to drive, chip, and putt for a cause. One of our many sponsors was Trane of Fort Worth. This year’s event was made possible by Fort Worth Partners Tim McNew, Pam Holland-Dolly, Lyn Freeman, Elier Texidor, Stephanie Weathers, Chris Rogers, Mandy Bain, and Michelle McGee. Fort Worth TDPartners: Amanda Bain, Pam Holland-Dolly, Michelle McGee, Lyn Freeman, Chris Rogers

Arizona State University’s College Avenue Commons First of its Kind TEMPE, ARIZONA

ASU’s newest building is a “living lab”— with TD’s work on full display

The Del E. Webb School of Construction, one of the nation’s topranked schools for construction management, needed a new home on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus. But instead of designing the usual static collection of hallways and classrooms, architects Gensler/ Architekton designed an “open book” structure.

The result: a building rich in innovation that acts as a study guide, bringing textbook theories to life.

A one-of-a-kind teaching tool

Walls and ceilings of the five-story, 137,000-square-foot College Avenue Commons are being left open, exposing the inner workings of its structural elements and mechanicals. This allows ASU professors to take teaching to a whole new level. Students will be transported, away from the books towards the physical world, where they can experience engineering at work before their eyes.

This means that TD’s work will become part of ASU’s curriculum.

When construction is complete, all modeling for the project will be turned over to the university. Professors will be able to open building files to show the placement of a conduit or plumbing chase virtually, then take students to its exact spot in the building and examine it physically.

“General contractor Okland Construction chose TDIndustries because they needed a partner that could install the plumbing, HVAC, and piping according to highly detailed and specialized dimensions,” says Doug Wallace, Production Manager. “Because the mechanicals are permanently exposed, the architect wanted things to be as close to perfect as possible. They carefully scrutinized our work throughout the entire process—and we delivered.”

Component-level monitoring

The Commons will be the first building in the U.S. to allow component-level monitoring via website to students. Currently, ASU actively monitors the buildings’ energy use via a central website. The College Avenue Commons, however, takes it a step further. Each of its rooms has a temperature sensor. Thermal sensors on pipes register water usage, and lighting sensors measure electricity. Moving pieces, such as fans, will have sensors that feed individually into the website, where students can isolate equipment and view highly specific data. ASU will add College Avenue Commons to the Campus Metabolism website. This website publicly displays real time energy use on campus.

Students can log in and see the real-time effects of human activity on the building at a granular level. No doubt the studies will result in suggested changes to the systems, as well as campus-wide recommendations on how to lower ASU’s energy footprint. (ASU has pledged to become 100-percent carbon neutral by 2025.)

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Working around the campus calendar

“The distinguishing feature of this job was the enormous amount of up-front planning required,” said Mike Quirin, Assistant Project Manager. “The modeling and the coordination effort in pre-construction was highly detailed, which is why the project is turning out so well.”

ASU is particularly pleased with TD’s handling of the chilled water lines that run about half a mile from the campus’s central chiller plant to the site of the new building. “That was a challenging three months,” Quirin said. “We ran 14-inch pipe under a parking lot, and across College Avenue, down an alley, and into the building without interrupting campus activities. It was a very aggressive excavation with tight timing.

But planning made it all go smoothly.”

Chilled beams: A first for Phoenix

In another first, TD is installing both a variable air volume (VAV) system and a chilled beam system in the school’s Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) lab. Still considered an emerging technology, chilled beam systems are a hot study subject due to their convective cooling action, which uses less energy and requires less maintenance than a VAV system. Warm air rises, passes over cold water pipes at the ceiling, then cools and drops, turning over the room air several times more than a standard fan-powered system.

“The College Avenue Commons is the first chilled beam installation in the entire Phoenix metro area,” says Wallace. “While students will conduct research with both systems, the industry is most interested in the chilled beams. No one’s sure how effective they will be in the Southwest climate.”

The beams were donated by Georgia-based Price Industries, with the expectation that ASU will share its research findings with both Price and TD. “We’re very excited to see the results,” says Wallace.

TD has more to contribute to the next phase of the LEED Goldcertified structure, which broke ground in January 2013. The facility will also house the Sun Devil Marketplace, an innovative retail and dining spot. Floating above it will be a social area, an adaptable community room, and a 200-seat auditorium requiring TD’s special touch.

The facility will be complete in July 2014, ready for students to connect theory to real-world applications.

Key Contributors

Architect - Gensler Architekton Engineer - Henderson Engineering General Contractor - Okland Construction Project Manager – Jim Fawcett Assistant Project Manager – Mike Quirin Production Manager – Doug Wallace HVAC Foreman – Tom Davis Plumbing Foreman – Ryan Rodriguez Piping Foreman – Pedro Ibarra

Partner Profile Kevin McCarthy

Servant Leader on a Mission Kevin McCarthy sums up his years of volunteer service using a single, simple phrase: “People don’t care how much you know—until they know how much you care.”

McCarthy has been a plumbing foreman at TD’s Phoenix branch for less than 2 years. But it’s clear he understands what it means to be a servant leader.

Bringing resources—and lasting skills

“In all of my mission work, people are the central focus,” McCarthy explains. He lived this philosophy most recently on a trip to Nepal in 2013. There, he and a team of others spent 2 weeks establishing sustainable clean-water infrastructures in the country’s Far Western Region, as well as helping houses stay safe from the area’s regular deluges. In both efforts, the principle of service through education and compassion applied.

McCarthy and his team brought along a water-purifying ozonator and micron filters. Villages furnished the rest of the equipment, including cement made from crushed rocks from a nearby river. The team demonstrated how the system works, and now, roughly 5 villagers are employed keeping ozonators up and running.

Keeping a mud-built house safe in a downpour is no easy task; villagers are frequently made refugees by floods’ destruction. McCarthy and his team shared a way to put homes at a safe height, using cylinder forms and pillars topped by a 16x16 metal truss. These will raise newly built houses 5 to 6 feet off the ground.

Volunteers built one such structure during their trip, which will become home to one village man. “He had lost his home to the floods four times,” McCarthy says. “He used to be a slave and now, he will sell materials for building platform homes to others.”

McCarthy, a pastor with the Christian & Missionary Alliance, also attended to villagers’ spiritual lives, giving services through an interpreter in people’s homes. “It was a great opportunity,” he says. He has plans to return in spring 2014, with a continued focus on clean water and efforts to improve health services.

A focus close to home

In the meantime, McCarthy won’t be resting on his laurels.

He has done similar service and ministry work in inner-city environments, Native American reservations, and overseas

Kevin helped bring clean water infrastructure to a village in Nepal.

locations from Mexico to Lithuania. He has worked extensively with the local Navajo community (McCarthy’s wife and their three children are Navajo). This year, he’ll be connecting his service to his work for TD. “TD was hired to build a justice center at a Navajo reservation in Chinle, Arizona,” says Doug Wallace, Production Manager.

“Thanks to Kevin’s relationship with the community there, we’ll be putting local people to work.” As general foreman, McCarthy will oversee plumbing, sheetmetal, and piping labor. McCarthy’s son, Kevin McCarthy Jr., a pipefitter and plumber on the Special Projects team at TD will also be involved. “We’ll bring employment and teaching to the area, and will hire almost all Native Americans for labor,” Wallace says. “We’re proud to be able to do that.”

McCarthy has also encouraged community interest in TD’s apprenticeship program, and will help organize a “trades day” in connection with technical schools and the reservation unemployment office, at which young people can learn about construction trades.

McCarthy is optimistic that more opportunities like these lie ahead. But don’t expect him to wait for a need to present itself: he has several other service projects in the works, including involvement with an orphanage in Mexico, building of a “Hope Center” on a reservation modeled after the Dream Center in Los Angeles, and another initiative in India similar to the Nepal effort.

“I don’t do what I do because I’m better than anyone else,” McCarthy says. “I do it because someone helped me and I understand God’s love and grace is valuable to every person.”

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Al Brooks Jr. Dallas Construction Larry Randolph Dallas Engineering

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John Cates Multifamily

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Stan Bevers Multifamily Harold Blacknold Jr. Dallas Construction

Ronell Peters Houston Construction Steven Smith Houston Construction Doug Wallace Arizona Construction

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Mark Crockett Dallas Service Jose Garza III San Antonio Construction Mando Gonzales Multifamily Earl Hickman TDManufacturing Vernon Smith Facilities

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Marcos Carbajal Dallas Construction Don Carrell Facilities Cheryl Fowler Building Systems Integration Ron Golmon San Antonio Service Jim Heiser Building Systems Integration Paul Jenke Dallas Construction Jaime Lara Houston Construction Joe Lindsey Dallas Professional Services Lisa Pena Austin Construction Lance Richey Dallas Construction Money Tai Fort Worth Service Larry Zollinger Fort Worth Service

Rogelio Aguilar TDManufacturing Larry Allen Building Systems Integration Gary Badger Building Systems Integration Aaron Butler Arizona Service Arturo Castillo Jr. San Antonio Construction Gary Christensen Arizona Construction

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Jerry Covington Technology Jeff Creed Dallas Construction Jaime Cruz TDManufacturing Adrian Delgadillo Fort Worth Construction Osmin Escobar Houston Construction Isidro Flores Houston Construction

Romel Garcia Dallas Construction Fausti Gaytan TDManufacturing Charles Haynes Building Systems Integration Jason Hogan TDManufacturing Virgil Lowrie Technology Ralph Mosqueda Houston Construction Kerry Russell Fort Worth Service

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Shannon Annerino Fort Worth Service Marcos Balcarcel Houston PST Marvin Bryson Austin Construction Rafael Camara Austin Construction Freddy Contreras TDManufacturing Arthur Davidson Building Systems Integration Jorge Figueroa Technology Jared Gaskin Arizona Construction

Buddy Gomez III Houston Construction Wendy Hipes Houston Service Valerie Juarez Corporate Robert Laskowski San Antonio Construction Jose Mendez Facilities Merle Mishlar Jr. San Antonio Construction John Moore Dallas Construction Tony Murawski Facilities Victor Nolazco Houston Construction Mauricio Ostorga Technology Rickey Payne Facilities Jose Pesina Dallas Service Eddie Sanchez Faciliites Ken Scheepers Building Systems Integration Mark Shiflet Houston Service Kimberly West Houston Service

Retirees

TDPartners are at the heart and soul of our company. We salute our recently retired Partners and wish them all the best following their years of service. Thank you for your many contributions throughout your careers and for helping to make TDIndustries a great place to work!

Gil Sandoval - 30years Dallas Service

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Chapter in the Nation’s First Paperless Library

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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

TD goes back to the basics when helping the country’s first allelectronic library power up Picture a library. Now, strip the rows of books from its walls. Remove all the bookshelves. Get rid of the magazines, too. What do you see? No, it’s not an empty room. Rather, it’s a clean, open space full of glowing screens and quietly humming electronics, with all materials available for digital checkout.

This isn’t a scene from science fiction. You can see for yourself by visiting Bexar County Digital Library on the south side of San Antonio, Texas.

The library is more commonly known as BiblioTech. It booted up in September 2013 as the first paperless public library in the United States. And TDIndustries hit the books as the new building’s mechanical subcontractor, responsible for installing HVAC, plumbing, electrical, telephone, and communications systems.

High-tech territory

BiblioTech is a one-story, 4,800-square-foot space housing 600 e-readers, 48 computer stations, 40 tablets, and 10 laptops.

(Many people liken its appearance to an Apple Store.) E-books, audiobooks, and educational software make up its more than 10,000 current titles. A children’s area, study rooms, and café round out the contemporary space. Visitors can check out e-readers to take home, access materials onsite, or use their own digital devices to check out materials remotely. Located in an underprivileged neighborhood, the library puts e-media at the fingertips of those who may not have access at home.

Overcoming obstacles

From the get-go, the timeline proved a challenge. Work began in late April 2013 with a solid September deadline in place. The county lacked time to search for a general contractor and instead hired subcontractors on its own. That meant the subs had to join forces to be successful. “We all had to work together,” explained Project Manager Robert Huron. “When there were issues, everyone looked at the pros and cons together and had to come to a solution right there and then.”

On top of that, a design reconfiguration in late May threatened the looming deadline. This delayed vendors’ entry

into the building, which pushed all elements of the project further out. “The subcontractors and installers were really valued on this project,” Huron said. “We had to make sure our vendors were top-graded subcontractors who could handle the tight turnaround.”

Another hurdle involved the library’s HVAC controls system. TD’s initial bid didn’t include regulating the system, but modifications were a must to avoid cool and hot spots throughout the building. TD took on the extra work and implemented a feasible solution. That meant when TD left the project, the mechanical systems were truly complete, eliminating the county’s need to find another vendor.

Hand-drawn help

Perhaps the biggest twist in this project involved tossing out technology—all while building a space that would feature technology’s cutting edge. Typically, we would have used building information modeling (BIM) to map out the library’s mechanical systems. But there wasn’t time for that.

Instead, Huron says, Partners did drawings by hand using little more than chalk lines on the ground. “That was one of the biggest successes for the project,” says Huron. “We didn’t have the luxury of relying on electronics like we usually do. But our men had the knowledge necessary to make it happen anyway.

Out in the field, they were able to take it back to the basics.”

The result? The old-school work led to the new-world library opening right on time. Now, Bexar County residents are clicking keyboards and swiping screens as they create a place for BiblioTech in the history books—or make that, the history e-books.

Key Contributors

TD extends a big round of applause to all those involved in helping Bexar County write a new page in America’s public library system: Robert M. Huron, Project Manager, Eugene Hernandez, Frank Nieto, Gerardo Ramos, Javier Garcia, Joe A. Ruiz, Jose R. Acevedo, Mario A. Pina, Marlon Owen, Matthew Medina, Mauricio Payan, Phillip D. Sheets, and Travis Sheets.

IN MEMORIAM Jerry Lynn On New Years Eve, 2013, longtime Partner Jerry Lynn passed away after a long battle with cancer. He spent 50 years at TD and made many friends during his tenure.

Thoughts from Partner Lance Richey, Dallas Startup Supervisor: I enjoyed everything about working with Jerry; from the time we were in the field together to him joining our Startup team. Jerry was always available to help and share his invaluable advice and knowledge from his vast experience here at TD. I will greatly miss my co-worker and friend, Jerry Lynn.

Thoughts from Partner Ed Ramsey, Dallas Mechanical Systems Analyst: Jerry was a very caring and tender guy who was a strong proponent of taking care of our field Partners. I worked with him for 46 years; sometimes reporting to him and sometimes he reported to me. His depth and breadth of knowledge of air conditioning was unequalled by anyone. Jerry was a true friend to many and he will be greatly missed.

TDSaves: A Smart Energy

Solution for Small Facilities DALLAS, TEXAS

Bringing innovative energy solutions to an underserved market

A major misconception exists in the world of commercial facilities maintenance: energy efficiency is expensive and only large buildings gain returns when their owners invest in efficient systems.

This couldn’t be further from the truth. But there’s a reason it seems that way. Most energy monitoring systems are designed specifically for big facilities. “We realized there was a gap,” says Kyle Hogue, Vice President. “No one in the industry was addressing the needs of smaller facilities. So we designed a solution with these customers in mind.” The solution is TDSAVES. TDSAVES is an energy-efficient model for buildings built in 1980 or earlier, ranging in size between 10,000 and 100,000 square feet. It’s a scale-down of utiliVisor, our large-scale monitoring tool—with a small facility-sized cost.

It’s the perfect solution for TDIndustries to provide customers, given the breadth and depth of our expertise.

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“TD’s multiple service lines mean we don’t have to outsource work,” Hogue says. “In return, that saves the customer money.”

Tuesday Morning: A Market Leader Seeking Energy-Efficient Solutions for their Corporate Office

In January 2013, Business Development Manager, Carrie Friedrich was welcomed to the Dallas headquarters of retail outlet Tuesday Morning. “I was called in for an urgent meeting with some of the company’s top executives.

We were all gathered around a conference table, and they were looking to us for help,” she recalls. “They told us that they needed a solution to get their building systems performing properly to increase employee and visitor comfort, but they weren’t sure where to begin or how much a plan like this would cost.”

Friedrich and the TDSAVES team came to the table with a smart green solution. Tuesday Morning was unsure if what they were spending on energy was in-line with the energy expenditures of other peers’ buildings in the region. A quick inspection of their existing equipment

and a review of their past year’s energy usage levels by TD revealed that they were a great candidate for savings.

The building had 20-year-old failing equipment consisting of chillers, air handling units (AHUs), and boilers. They also had an ageing controls system that was in immediate need of being upgraded to give greater control of their new system.

“Opportunities for system improvements and viable energy savings existed,” Friedrich says. “And after monitoring the three-story building’s energy usage for three weeks, we had a plan of action. In December 2013, TD began the first phase of construction by installing a condensing boiler plant. In the coming months, a generator, water cooled chiller plant, AHU coil replacement, and an HVAC DDC controls upgrade will follow. Work will be completed by May 2014.”

“As we make replacements, we’ve had to tightly schedule work in the fully occupied building. Kyle Hogue meets weekly with our Tuesday Morning contact Charles Hix, Director of Purchasing, and is working closely with him to ensure their needs are met during this process,” Friedrich says.

Next, we’ll move into the maintenance phase. Over the next five years, we’ll offer full-coverage maintenance.

Tuesday Morning is projected to secure energy savings of $172,102 in its first year after upgrades—and $1.9 million over a decade.

Says Friedrich, “We’re looking forward to watching those numbers become a reality.”

North Central Texas College: A Local Leader in Higher Education

In 2013, we completed a series of energy-focused upgrades at North Central Texas College (NCTC). These included replacements of HVAC split systems, package units, and interior and exterior lighting; the installation of low-flow flush valves on urinals; and the addition of a sophisticated controls system to monitor energy usage (for details, see TDSpirit, Spring 2013).

The improvements were completed in August. And now, we have some results: • Within their first quarter of operation, the energy upgrades saved NCTC $9,719.

• NCTC also held on to construction savings totaling $10,821.

• NCTC was awarded an energy rebate for $38,578.

NCTC is also excited about the time they’re saving. “The controls system cuts the maintenance staff ’s workload down tremendously,” Friedrich says. “Before, the building’s 80-plus classrooms each had individual thermostats. Now, they can all be controlled from a single screen.” The system can even be controlled remotely, which came in especially useful on a recent snow day. Using the newly installed controls system, NCTC’s maintenance manager can adjust temperature and lighting schedules—without leaving home.

TD’s work is far from over. NCTC’s maintenance portion of the program will last for 10 years, with 5 years of full equipment coverage and another 5 years of preventive maintenance. Overall we’ve guaranteed energy savings of $486,584 over the course of 10 years.

TD’s Service Team will meet with NCTC quarterly, and will continue to monitor and determine areas for improvement. And the maintenance agreement built into the TDSAVES program will act as an extra wall of security for NCTC: because equipment will be checked regularly by TD, NCTC is less likely to experience unexpected failures.

“At the end of the day, we are in a partnership with NCTC to maximize their energy savings and overall building performance,” Friedrich says. “So we’ll do everything we can to make sure our partnership is a success and becomes a model for future TDSAVES opportunities.”

A solution that’s working

“When we launched TDSAVES in 2011, many of our customers thought it sounded too good to be true,” says Hogue. “Now, we have the results to prove it. It’s exciting, because this isn’t a niche that’s ever really been served before.”

“With every project, we build more confidence that it works.”

Tuesday Morning Key Contributors:

Kyle Hogue, VP; Carrie Friedrich, Business Development Manager; Dan Edwards, Manager, Energy Project Development; Tim Feeley, Project Manager; John Baker, Plumbing Service Manager; Greg Gillespie, Electrical Service Manager, Chris Eason, BSI

NCTC Key Contributors:

Kyle Hogue, VP; Carrie Friedrich, Business Development Manager; Dan Edwards, Manager, Energy Project Development; David Ausema, Project Manager; John Baker, Plumbing Service Manager; Mark Crockett, HVAC Service Manager

TDSaves: Step by Step TDSaves is a one-of-a-kind solution.

And the way it works is simple: 1. TD uses your past years’ utility bills to analyze spending. We then use a proprietary tool to compare your usage to similar buildings in the region.

2. TD then installs remote sensors to collect current energy use data. This can help us identify problem areas.

3. A TD energy engineer will make recommendations for improvement based on your building’s energy usage and your equipment needs.

4. TD self-performs the improvements and based on the customers goals and objectives we design a program that fits their immediate and future needs.

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TDIndustries and E.E. Reed

Back to Work in Houston’s Energy Corridor

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HOUTSON, TEXAS

Never underestimate the power of a handshake.

That’s what we’ve learned from many years working with general contractor E.E. Reed Construction.

“E.E. Reed has an honorable mentality,” says Jason Kopke, Vice President. “I think that’s why we work so well together. TD has the same approach: let’s shake hands, work hard, and do what we say we’re going to do.”

That level of trust has paid off. It’s led to TD’s work on Energy Tower II, III, and IV, three 450,000-square-foot Class A buildings in Houston’s Energy Corridor. Before Energy Tower III was even completed, TD was already signed on and at work on the tower next door.

A high-powered Houston district

The Energy Corridor is a business and retail district created by the Texas State Legislature in 2001. Its name echoes its big-name tenants. The world’s largest energy services firms, including BP America, Shell, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, CITGO, Dow Chemical, PGS, and Mustang/Wood Group call the Energy Corridor home. The district encompasses more than 20 million square feet of office space and nearly 3 million square feet of retail—and employs more than 84,000 Houstonians The new Energy Towers, rebranded as Gateway to the Energy Corridor are located at the entrance to the district and will add to the Corridor’s numbers. Their main tenant will be energy project management, engineering, and construction firm Technip.

Building a first-class tower trio

E.E. Reed built the first Energy Tower in 1998. TD’s involvement began a decade later, when developer Mac Haik decided to build Energy Tower II. Despite setbacks brought

by Hurricane Ike, the Tower was completed on time in early 2010. Energy Tower III broke ground in summer 2012, and is set for an early 2014 wrap-up. The latest addition to the Energy Corridor, Energy Tower IV, will be finished in December 2014.

In each of the towers (which are mirror images of one another), TD has been responsible for plumbing and HVAC work. The 17-story buildings each require 320,000 pounds of ductwork and are being built to LEED Gold standards.

To improve efficiency, we’re installing a building automaton system, which will monitor occupancy and determine heating and cooling needs. TD is also conducting outdoor air monitoring and installing low-flow plumbing fixtures.

Progress on Energy Tower III has been smooth. One challenge occurred when a change in scope meant relocation of a grease trap that served the tower’s deli. The trap needed to be moved from one side of the building to the other—after

the concrete had already been poured. TDIndustries brought in excavation equipment, saw-cut and demolished the concrete, and then installed the new pipe.

“Our industry is all about relationships,” said Ben Joiner, E. E. Reed Superintendent. “It’s all about promises made and promises kept and the bonds that develop over time.”

“We had to be very careful,” Chris Barrow, Project Manager, says. “The main electrical service conduit was already in place.

We hand dug the majority of the trench to avoid the main electrical service and ensure no disruption.”

Getting better every time

A few advantages existed to working on buildings whose layouts are nearly identical. Energy Towers III and IV are just a stone’s throw away from each other. Their schedules only overlap slightly and have been built in a manner to allow the same team to progress from one building to the next.

“TDIndustries has done an excellent job on these projects. They never say ‘no’ to a request; instead they always find a way to get things accomplished,” said David Zebold, E.E. Reed Vice President.

“TD’s site management team are great team players and are always looking to help troubleshoot issues and offer solutions.

We’ve been impressed with their cohesion with other trades as well as our staff.”

TDIndustries has been able to work more efficiently. Energy Tower IV will have a tighter timeline than the first two towers, but through lessons learned we plan to avoid the same obstacles.

Most importantly, this job has given us a unique opportunity to increase our efficiency. “We’ve received valuable feedback from our superintendents,” says Barrow. “And we’re learning little ‘gotchas’ each time around.”

We’re happy for the chance to perfect our work—and to secure a successful project for E.E. Reed.

“Houston’s commercial office market took the recession hard, but has come back extremely strong” Kopke says. “We’re glad to get back on track with E.E. Reed.”

Thanks go to TDPartners Jaime Lara, Project Superintendent; Evan Smith, Plumbing Foreman; Edwin Giron, Sheetmetal Foreman. Key contributors from E.E. Reed include Ben Joiner, Senior Superintendent; Mark Hood, Superintendent; Joe Gomez, Superintendent, Roger Graham, Project Manager; and David Zebold, Vice President. A special “thank you” to Tommy Poynter and his staff at Tekplan Solutions for their building automation expertise on each of the Energy Tower projects.

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LA GENTE La Gente of TDIndustries Serve “Cena en el Barrio”

“La Gente” is TDIndustries’ first employee resource group that promotes professional development through training, mentorship, and visibility of our Latino Partners. One way the group raises its profile is through service, both internally and in our community.

In December, members of La Gente in Dallas volunteered at Cena en el Barrio (“Dinner in the Neighborhood”), an event organized by the area League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). The purpose of the event was to collect and deliver food for North Texas families in need during the holidays.

Through the network of LULAC adult, young adult, and student councils, volunteers put together boxed meals for Dallas families every December. Over the past seven years, the program has grown from 500 families served to more than 2,500, with more than 200 volunteers helping out this past year.

Volunteers packed donations and then delivered packages of rice, beans, fruits, vegetables, and chicken to families identified by each LULAC council. In 2013, elderly families in the area were prime recipients.

Rudy Camarillo’s wife Martha helped coordinate this event.

A team of Partners, including Rudy Camarillo (Multifamily), Doug Rodriguez (Facilities), Doug’s wife Patricia Rodriguez, Juan Benavides (Service), Rafael Salinas (Service), and Jessica Pastor (People Department), pitched in. All in all, we delivered over 200 meals to elderly individuals in Oak Cliff.

This event gave us an opportunity to give back to the community. And through the shirts we wore and the attitude we displayed, we put our best foot forward for TD and La Gente, as well.

The San Antonio Days of Caring team at the San Antonio Food Bank’s Pumpkin Roundup

Partners Pitch In for United Way Day of Caring

In honor of the United Way Day of Caring, San Antonio Partners volunteered for the San Antonio Food Bank’s 19th annual Pumpkin Roundup. The pumpkins are grown by a Navajo tribe in New Mexico’s Four Corners and are sold as a fundraiser for various church youth groups. After the fundraisers end, unsold pumpkins are given to the Food Bank—and recipients look forward to transforming them into countless seasonal dishes.

So how do the pumpkins get from farm to table? That’s where TD came in. On November 2, more than 20 volunteers, including Jesus Hernandez, Tanya Horne, Valerie Jones, Tom Brimer, Joe Garza, Harley Buchard, and Erek Stone, loaded pumpkins from two patches into vehicles and delivered them to a Food Bank drop-off spot. Pumpkins weigh an average of 25-30 pounds, with some weighing up to 50 pounds, so this was some serious heavy lifting! When all was said and done, TD helped load and off-load 17,500 pounds of pumpkins.

Francis Moczygemba, Pearsall Packing Shed Manager for the Food Bank said, “I can’t say enough good things about your volunteer team. Job well done! Thank you for helping us to continue our mission of feeding the hungry in San Antonio.”

Austin Volunteers Make a Difference

TDPartners in Austin also helped out at a recent United Way event. At Samaritan Health Ministries, 10 Partners came out in the rain to paint the interior main office lobby and run wire so the building’s newly donated phone system could be installed.

We will return to donate and install four upper cabinets in the facility. Special thanks go to Chuck Swallow, Timothy Anderson, Eva Garner, Melissa Mendiola, Cheryl Gray, Gary Lambert, Sandra Sullivan, Billy Moorman, Anna Washington, and Brad Coleman.

The La Gente group volunteers at “Dinner in the Neighborhood”

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Arizona TDPartners and members of the ABA spend time gathering gifts for children.

TDPartners in Arizona and Dallas Make Christmas Happier for Hundreds of Children

For Arizona Partners, serving as “volunteer elves” around the holidays has become a yearly tradition. Working with the Arizona Builders’ Alliance, we helped deliver and donate gifts to local children’s charities, including Sunshine Group Homes and Sunshine Acres in Mesa. This year, ABA and TD helped Sunshine Group Homes, which houses children currently in the custody of Child Protective Services. Partners stored the toys, loaded the truck (decorated with antlers and an elf hat), and delivered the gifts to a church full of volunteers ready to gift wrap presents for the kids. The goal was to give three gifts to each Sunshine Acres resident. More than 100 companies donated to make a very successful drive—and a happier Christmas for more than 400 children.

“Thank you for all your help,” said Erica Lange, Assistant Executive Director for ABA. “Your generosity was greatly appreciated.”

For the fifth year running, the Dallas Service group has collected toys to donate around the holidays. But Partners do more than just give back—they’ve turned it into an activity to get to know each other better in the process.

We asked Partners to donate gifts they would have loved as a kid. We saw Nerf guns, manicure sets, board games, and race cars—and don’t think we overlooked the construction toys!

We also added a food drive this year, and donated more than $500 of toys and food to Metrocrest Social Services. Metrocrest is a United Way agency serving more than 1,100 residents of nearby Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Coppell, Addison, and parts of Dallas.

SUSAN G. KOMEN 3-DAY Over 60 Miles, TDPartners Take Steps toward Ending Breast Cancer

The Susan G. Komen 3-Day is the world’s biggest fundraiser in the fight against breast cancer. Hosted each year in dozens of cities nationwide, participants walk 60 miles over three days—all while raising money to find a cure. On November 1-3, 2013, three TDPartners made the trek: Cheryl Hollowell, Cindy Mortenson, and Tina Pomposelli.

TD may have had small representation, but we had no shortage of support. Our team, which included 14 others, was the fifth largest in terms of fundraising dollars (we raised $57,653), and many Partners came to cheer walkers on at cheering stations along the way. Partner spouses Keith Mortenson and David Hollowell dispensed foot massages and morning coffee, Dai Alexander, Heather Minyard, Peggy Hawkins, and Annie Smart visited the walkers at “camp” on Friday evening, and Elaine Martin, Tiffiny Evans, and Esther Ramos came to cheer the walkers on.

The three days were filled with pink poodles, burly bikers in bras, and plenty of blisters and achy feet. But they were also a time for reflection.

TDPartners Tina Pomposelli and Cheryl Hollowell

Pomposelli, a breast cancer survivor herself, was selected to represent survivors at the event’s opening and closing ceremonies. Says Pomposelli, “For me, the 3-Day is a time to reflect on my life, my journey, and my future. I am a survivor, but I am not defined by my disease nor am I confined by it.”

“I’m walking in Dallas and San Diego in 2014. I would love to have more TDPartners walking with me next year and cheering us on!”

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Partners Bring Home an Armful of Awards for Construction Excellence

Photo courtesy of Kellie McNeir & Tonya Gleaves

PREFAB CORNER At the UTSW hospital project in Dallas, the prefab shop and construction teams collaborated on a mixing valve for lavatory sinks. They are sensor activated and patients turn on the water by waving their hands under the faucet. The valve mixes hot and cold water to provide lukewarm water to the patient. The valve has a control module linked to the sink sensor to ensure the delivery of the water at a consistently safe temperature. These Thermostatic-Mixing Control Valves were designed by Plumbing Foreman Watt Attaway and will be installed in 225 patient rooms at the hospital.

This winter was awards season for many local ABC and TEXO (Dallas) chapters. Partners from Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston were honored for great work on recent construction projects. Here’s what we won: Technology Project Manager Dan Weir led the team that won first place at the TEXO Distinguished Building Awards for work on the University of North Texas Discovery Park Clean Room. This designassist/total tool hookup project included the customer in the MISOP and pull planning processes.

The project took more than 8,000 labor-hours—and ended with zero accidents along the way. Other Partners involved were Frank Grelle, Team Leader; Keith Smith, Estimating; and Wayne McLemore and Ryan Poindexter, Design-Assist.

Austin Partners were honored with an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) 2013 Eagle Award for Excellence in Construction on the Texas State University-San Marcos Performing Arts Center (PAC).

Roland Abarca, Senior Project Manager for CTBU North, accepted the award at the EIC Awards Banquet in October. More than 60 Partners have worked on the $10 million site over the past two years, providing mechanical HVAC and plumbing construction, engineering, and service.

Our CTBU South Partners also chipped in with BIM coordination and welding.

San Antonio Partners received an ABC Excellence in Construction Award in the Mechanical $2–$10 million category for the Halliburton San Antonio Field Camp project. The 400,000-square-foot facility made up of 15 buildings, including a 120,000-square-foot truck maintenance shop, will employ more than 1,500 Halliburton workers as they support clients drilling in the Eagle Ford Shale Formation.

Says Tom Brimer Sr., Senior Vice President, “Pictures don’t capture the reality of that job and the overall performance of our Partners. It is a spectacular representation of Superintendent Mitch Arnold’s leadership and the expertise of his team.”

In Houston, Partners took home the ABC’s ICE Award for Excellence in Mechanical Construction for the Scott & White Hospital Complex in College Station. TDIndustries also claimed the coveted “Best of Houston” Award for the first time, competing with Houston’s top general contractors in the commercial and industrial markets.

TD produced a fully coordinated and collision-free construction model in BIM, followed by the manufacture and installation of the plumbing, piping, and mechanical ductwork systems. We self-performed 85% of the total contract on this project, completing the $27 million job in just 30 months.

Big congratulations to all Partners involved on these award-winning efforts. We couldn’t have done it without you!

BECK GROUP TD and the Beck Group Team Up on Service Trip to Mexico

Travis Cleaveland giving instructions House on the Corner project

Hard Work and Servant Leadership Make House on the Corner #10 A Success

For the past 10 years, Christ United Methodist Church in Plano, Texas has built a house “ground up” for a deserving family in an economically challenged neighborhood. The program is called House on the Corner—and this year, thanks to our industry partner Cadence McShane, TDIndustries got involved.

The construction company has worked on a number of projects with TD, including Riata Vista (Austin), Richardson ISD, and Apple’s one-million-square-foot Texas outpost office. Bill Brady, Chief Estimator for Cadence, has been responsible for engaging TD in many of these jobs.

Here’s how House on the Corner works: from May through August, volunteers get up early every Saturday to work on the home, temporarily located in the church’s parking lot. Once the external structure is complete and drywall is hung, the house is moved by a truck typically used for moving portable classrooms.

It is then placed at a permanent location in East Plano, where internal construction is finalized.

Travis Cleaveland, Superintendent for Dallas Multifamily, was selected as project manager. He and his independent contractor team led by Ruben Legoretta designed and installed the 1,500-square-foot house’s plumbing, HVAC, gas service, and connected the appliances (donated by Rent-A-Center). The home is well-insulated due to spray foam insulation under the roof in the exterior walls and in the floor joists. It was moved to the Douglass Community on Avenue G, and finishing touches were completed in November.

The church uses a selection process to find a family to occupy the new dwelling. The family commits to live in their new home for at least 10 years, under a contract that includes the assistance of volunteers who help the new family with basic home maintenance needs. The family selected this year moved to the U.S. from Nigeria two years ago; the father was an Olympic silver medalist in the 1990s. “They’re good-hearted and very appreciative,” Cleaveland says.

“Being involved with the House on the Corner program for the first time was very rewarding,” says Cleaveland. “There are so many underprivileged people in our community, which makes me proud to be a part of a company that cares. I was honored to represent TDIndustries in this effort.”

Thanks go also to contributing Partners Juan Cervantes, John Cates, Terry Beasley, Mark Gerstner, and Carlos Mendoza, as well as Dallas Multifamily Business Unit Manager Ben Simmons.

Several years ago, general contractor and longtime TD partner The Beck Group founded the Beck Community Development Foundation (BCDF). The group’s mission: break cycles of poverty, illness, and lack of education among those living in the underdeveloped communities of Central America, Mexico and the United States.

One area of focus is Puebla, Mexico, a rapidly growing metropolis approximately 75 miles southwest of Mexico City.

BCDF’s work there is more than a one-time project. The foundation allows volunteers to return to city year after year.

The Foundation’s sole employee is a Puebla woman, Monica Perera. Perera seeks out communities in which BCDF can make a difference. Her latest find was a mountainside village in need of a new school classroom. In October 2013, a group of 13 Beck employees and 4 TDPartners arrived to help.

The school’s existing classroom was a lean-to made of little more than a rubber composite material and wood. Over the course of a week, the team built a new classroom out of brick and mortar, complete with electricity. Beck handled carpentry and concrete, while TD did the electrical work.

Project Manager Chris Rogers was amazed by the outpouring of support from the local community. “Parents volunteered their time and money to help pour the concrete for the school’s roof,” he says. “And the day we left, the kids gave us gifts they’d made to say thanks. It’s clear how much everyone there values education.”

“The trip was also a great opportunity to strengthen our relationship with Beck,” Rogers says. “We had a great team and are proud of what we accomplished together.”

This fall, BCDF volunteers will likely return to Puebla.

And if past years’ successes are any indication, they’ll have TDPartners by their sides.

Thanks to all volunteers who participated:

Beck Group

Jim Gettman, Shell Buckner, Brian Faulkner, Gillette Berger, Christie Berger, Dominick Calabrese, Wes Garwood, Magan McGehee, Jacob Moore, Joed Perez, John Rank, Brian Smith, Bret Terry, Tony Townley, Bill Vanicek, Tory Trusty

TDIndustries

Mike Hord, Steven Heine, Alberto Sandoval, Chris Rogers

TDPartners and Beck Employees in Puebla, Mexico

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INDOOR AIR QUALITY

Paul Burns, IAQ Manager

TD’s New Indoor Air Quality Offering An Expert Team Ready to Work

Indoor air quality (IAQ) can be an easy aspect of building safety to overlook. But it shouldn’t be taken lightly.

The EPA lists IAQ one of the top 5 environmental risks to public health. Indoor air is an average of 2 to 5 times more polluted than

outdoor air—and can be up to 100 times more. Poor air quality can aggravate allergies and cause dizziness, headaches, and asthma. And it hurts companies’ bottom lines: it lowers morale, raises healthcare costs, and leads to higher energy bills.

An easy way to manage indoor air quality is to ensure air heating and cooling systems are properly maintained. Coils, for example, should be cleaned out every 12 months. Ductwork, if properly filtered, should be cleaned every 8 to 10 years.

TDIndustries can help. We provide commercial, industrial, institutional, and marine air duct cleaning, HVAC system cleaning, and restoration services. This may include the cleaning or restoration of the entire HVAC system (air handling units, associated ductwork, and VAVs).

Our services include: • Investigation, assessment, and remediation • Robotic video inspection of HVAC systems • HVAC system/air duct cleaning • HVAC fire, smoke, and water remediation • Internal duct sealing to prevent air and energy loss • Drain pan refurbishment and leak repair • Damaged insulation repair and replacement • Anti-microbial prevention treatments and resurfacing • Deep coil cleaning and Delta P reduction TDIndustries began offering IAQ services in 2013. But we’re lead by a veteran team with decades of experience in the field. IAQ Service Manager Paul Burns is certified by the National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA), and has taught air quality remediation at universities nationwide.

The TD IAQ group will serve all markets in which TDIndustries operates. For more information, contact paul.burns@tdindustries.com.

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