News from Doody

Doody's newest green guy

March 02, 2011

Doody Mechanical is pleased to announce that Bob Wolf is the latest to join Doody's LEED AP club. Bob passed the USGBC's LEED Green Associate and BD+C (Building Design and Construction) exams on the same day.

Bob is now set to help promote green design and construction practices within our Construction Division. Bob is currently an EIT and is on‐track to achieve his Professional Engineers status next year.

The LEED AP BD+C credential provides a standard for professionals participating in the design and construction phases of high‐performance, healthful, durable, affordable and environmentally sound commercial, institutional, and high‐rise residential buildings.

The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) created this specialty credential to denote practical knowledge of the Green Building Design plus Construction LEED rating systems: LEED for New Construction, LEED for Schools and LEED for Core and Shell. Bob becomes Doody's SIXTH LEED Accredited professional on staff.

Welcome to the club

October 26, 2010

Doody Mechanical is pleased to announce that Kevin Beumer is the latest to join the LEED AP club. Kevin passed the USGBC's LEED O+M (Operation and Maintenance) exam and is now set to help assist our energy conservation efforts within Doody's Energy Services group. Kevin has worked at Doody for two years and currently serves as Doody's Logistics Manager.

The LEED AP O+M credential provides a standard for professionals participating in the operation and maintenance of existing buildings that implement sustainable practices and reduce the environmental impact of a building over its functional life cycle.

The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) created this specialty credential to denote practical knowledge of the Green Building Operations + Maintenance LEED rating system: LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance. Kevin becomes Doody's fifth LEED Accredited Professional on staff.

Doody launches energy service line

October 15, 2010

October 15, 2010 - Doody Mechanical launches new line of service aimed to help building owners and managers lower operating costs, particularly in the area of energy.

With its recent acquisition of the BuildingAdvice technology Doody Mechanical is uniquely positioned to help building owners and managers realize the best opportunities for energy cost savings. The BuildingAdvice technology provides detailed energy assessments and estimated financial impact of proposed improvements.

"We believe that 'green' is a strategy to increase profitability and asset value by lowering both operating costs and carbon footprint," said Energy Services Manager Michael Lanners. "Building owners and CFOs face rising operating costs and slowing rents. Our green building program will help."

Doody Mechanical's ability to solve energy problems and lower overall operating costs provides greater economic value to its service customers.

"Green buildings are clearly achieving higher rents and higher occupancy," Lanners said. "They have lower operating costs and they're achieving higher sale prices."

Energy costs are the single largest controllable cost in most commercial buildings. Nationally, electric rates have increased to more than 20 percent through a three-year period between 2004 and 2007. In Minnesota, the average electric rates have risen nearly 30 percent during the same time period.

Utilities, including electricity, now represent on average 40 to 60 percent of a building's total operating costs. Energy costs represent a significant problem for commercial buildings.

To request an energy-saving consultation visit www.doodymechanical.com.

Doody earns Carleton College contract

December 08, 2009

Dec. 8, 2009 - McGough Construction awards Doody Mechanical the contract for the Carleton College Arts Union Building at their Northfield, Minn., campus. The project is in the final design stage and mechanical construction begins spring 2010.

Doody Mechanical looks forward to a great project.

PROJECT OVERVIEW:
Carleton College is in the process of turning the former Northfield Middle School into The Arts Union, a facility geared toward creative collaboration to support multiple student and classroom projects. The revitalized facility will allow faculty members to teach with words, images, sounds, and narrative in a variety of media.

In addition to housing the departments of Art and Art History, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS), English, Theater, and Dance, the facility will include a teaching museum, a dramatic theater, a cinema theater, a small black box theater, dance studios, the student-operated radio station, KRLX, and a coffee shop. The building will also be home to the Presentation, Events and Production Support (PEPS) office and the Digital Asset Resource Center, a shared, interdisciplinary library containing the College's audio, video, and digital resources.

The first phase of construction is scheduled to be complete in fall of 2011.

Doody Mechanical's LEED Accredited Professional Karl Kotval

Doody's latest LEED AP

July 14, 2009

Doody Mechanical's Karl Kotval is the company's latest addition to its growing green staff. Kotval passed the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for New Construction 2.2 Accreditation Exam in June 2009.

Kotval puts his accreditation to good use as the lead project manager on the United-Children's Hospital Expansion project in St. Paul, Minn.

Kotval is the fourth LEED Accredited Professional at Doody and the 22nd LEED Accredited Professional at APi Group Inc., a parent company to more than 33 independent fire protection, and industrial and specialty construction businesses located throughout North America and the United Kingdom.

Doody Mechanical Inc. is one of the largest and most respected mechanical contractors in the greater Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area. The company completed the first LEED Platinum certified facility in the state of Minnesota - the Great River Energy headquarters in Maple Grove, Minn.

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Minneapolis Children’s Hospital Expansion.

Doody Mechanical receives contract for major hospital expansion

May 02, 2008

Doody Mechanical was recently awarded the multi-phase project for the University of Minnesota’s Children Hospital-Fairview in Minneapolis. Kraus-Anderson Construction Company’s Minneapolis Division will lead the construction efforts set to break ground in mid-May 2008.

This tax exempt project will consist of a new children’s hospital (shown at left), an expansion to the existing ED/OR Departments and renovation of the existing Imaging, ED, NICU areas of the existing hospital. The size of the new children’s hospital will be approximately 228,000 square feet, the ED/OR expansion will be approximately 32,000 square feet and the renovation area is about 50,000 square feet. In addition, a 2 ½ story, underground parking structure will be constructed under the new hospital for improved patient access to the new facility.

This project is being led by Doody Mechanical’s Vice President, Tim Daly. Tim will serve as the project executive and be responsible for all aspects of the project. He will be heavily focused on all value management exercises and pre-construction efforts. Kevin Wargin will be the senior project manager in charge of the construction phase and Bill Roskos will be the day-to-day on-site project manager.

Doody will also utilize BIM (Building Information Modeling) for all coordination efforts throughout the construction phase of this project. This effort will be led by Doody Mechanical’s BIM Coordination Specialist, Randy Strain. Randy be in charge of all coordination efforts and will run weekly 3-D Coordination meetings for all trades throughout the project’s duration. The field crew will be under the direction of Tom Dykema, Doody’s Project Superintendent.

This project is scheduled to begin in May 2008 and finish in October 2010.

Project Information

• Project Name:University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital — Fairview Expansion
• Location: Minneapolis
• Owner: Fairview Health Services
• General Contractor: Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
• Project Duration: 2 years
• Total Linear Footage: 310,000 LF

Rendering of the New Alliance Life Office Building

Doody Mechanical completes work on Phase

November 07, 2006

Doody Mechanical, Inc. completed work on the Allianz Life Insurance Company phase II project in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Due to an increase in business Allianz has tripled it's production and doubled it's employees in the last five years. Because of this rapid growth Allianz has decided to expand their campus in order to increase efficiency and support the company's growth. The project was completed in November 2006.

Allianz offers annuities, universal life insurance, long-term care insurance, and other products that help individuals and employers meet their financial security requirements. Allianz's parent company, Allianz AG, was ranked as the 14th largest corporation in the world based on revenue (Fortune, August 2005). Allianz AG employs over 177,000 people worldwide and is one of the world's largest integrated financial services organizations with operations in 70 countries around the globe.

For more information visit their website at www.allianzlife.com.

Doody Mechanical provided the mechanical systems on the phase I project, which consisted of, 400,000 sq. ft. of office space in their North American corporate headquarters. This project was completed in 2001.

The phase II project consists of 200,000 sq. ft. of office space with an auditorium, fitness center, data room and a link to the corporate building as well as a parking ramp addition.

Ground breaking for the parking ramp addition started May 4, 2005. Doody Mechanical installed underground plumbing in July 2005. They also installed a hot water heating and cooling system in the office space.

Project Fun Facts

• The HVAC system could cool 650 homes and heat 200 homes.


• All the sheet metal in the building weighs about as much as 200 cars.


• 16,000 gallons of anti-freeze mix in the heating and cooling system - that is enough to winterize 5,333 cars.

Westin Galleria Hotel and Residences, Edina, Minnesota

Doody Mechanical was awarded the contract for the Westin Galleria

October 16, 2006

Doody Mechanical, Inc. was successful in the bid for the full mechanical scope of work for the upcoming 366,000 s.f. Westin Galleria Hotel and Residences project in Edina, Minnesota.

This project consists of 225 hotel rooms on floors 1-7 for the Westin Hotel portion and will feature 83 condo units that range from upper $300,000 range to about $1,800,000 on floors 8-18. In addition to the hotel and condo space, there will be a 70,000 s.f. parking structure for tenet and guest vehicles.

Work on this project is scheduled to start in the fall of 2006 to be completed by spring of 2008. Bob Chamberland (Sheet Metal) and Cory Breunig (Piping) will lead the project management efforts.

In addition to Doody Mechanical, Inc., Viking Automatic Sprinkler is working directly with Ryan Construction in provide the life safety and fire protection systems throughout the entire structure.

General Contractor: Ryan Construction
Architect: ESG
Owner: Gabbert & Beck