Building 89 at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WRALC) is used for depainting and painting

large military cargo aircraft. Monitoring and regulating temperature and humidity in the hangar is critical during the painting process to meet the technical order and ensure the

Ten years prior, McKenney’s was the prime contractor responsible for the design and construction of the large, custom-built air handlers. As such we were called in by the Maintenance Wing Energy Manager for WRALC to evaluate existing equipment and controls in order to provide recommen-

McKenney’s turnkey HVAC services and Mentor-Protégé partnership paint an efficient picture for Warner Robins Air Logistics Center

P r o j e c t H i g H l i g H t s

Project Team

� Prime Contractor: Willis Mechanical

� Owner: WRALC

� Engineer: McKenney’s Inc.

The Challenge

� Identify Bldg. 89 HVAC issues

� Offer solutions and budgets to repair equipment and controls

� Provide an opportunity for our protégé by offering a turnkey solution for the hanger repairs

The Solution

� An initial audit under a govern-ment credit card purchase

� Offered a turnkey design/build solution that met the base’s tight schedule and budget

� Leveraged a mentor-protégé affiliation to expedite repairs

� Trained base maintenance staff to minimize future malfunctions

The Results

� Returned the HVAC systems back to their original functioning states, including controls

� Allowed uninterrupted painting of planes in Bldg. 89 while providing optimal temperature and humidity during the process

� Continued our successful protégé relationship by providing an introduction to WRALC

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quality of the surface finish. In the winter of 2009, temperatures were well below normal. The chilled water and heating coils in the 300,000 cfm, 100 percent outside air handling units serving the hanger froze and burst.

dations for restoring the HVAC system to its original functioning state. The initial evaluation was performed under a govern-ment credit card purchase.

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P r o j e c t H i g H l i g H t s

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McKenney’s began by assembling a highly qualified team composed of in-house engi-neers, service personnel and controls techni-cians to conduct a one-day compre hensive assessment of existing conditions, operations and functionality of the Building 89 HVAC systems, including pressure testing the coils. It wasn’t easy. With such a short schedule and with so much system damage it was difficult to pinpoint the most likely failure scenario out of all the possibilities. McKenney’s produced a detailed report of the findings and made several recommen dations on equipment and control system repairs, operator training and long-term maintenance strategies to ensure system integrity over the long term. The report also included cost estimates for the recom-mendations offered.

Time and budget constraints only complicated things for the base. In order to get the repairs

WRALC to bring Building 89’s HVAC system back to acceptable operation.

According to the Director of Government Facilities at McKenney’s, “The project at Building 89 highlights the technical, execu- tion and contract administrative skills that McKenney’s can bring to the table to support the missions and mandates facing govern-ment installations across the Southeast. Our plan is to continue to serve them from a position of expertise and knowledge.”

done quickly to allow the building to continue being productive, the base negotiated directly with Willis Mechanical, a member of the SBA 8(a) program and McKenney’s official SBA-approved protégé team partner. Repair of the heating and cooling system, the air handler unit coils and controls became a turnkey design/build project. As prime contractor, our protégé performed over 50 percent of the work with McKenney’s performing the remainder.

Not only did McKenney’s offer a turnkey solution including analysis, recommendations, budgetary cost estimates, design, controls, execution, commissioning and owner training, we also met our responsibilities to our protégé, Willis Mechanical. This mentor-protégé part-nership provided the contract vehicle to allow

T he project at Building

89 highlights the

technical, execution and

contract administrative

skills that McKenney’s

can bring to the table

to support the missions

and mandates facing

government installations

across the Southeast.”

“