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C & H Merrill, Inc. Puts its Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Experience to Use for A Florida Office and Storage Complex

 Teamed with David Meadows (the developer) and RELCO Unlimited, C&H Merrill, Inc. was awarded the contract to provide site and building mechanical engineering utilizing TES concepts.   The object was to design a Thermal Energy Storage System (TES) for a 150,000 sq. ft. office/ warehouse complex to include eight buildings. "The TES works by placing a 20’x 30’x 14’ pool into the ground and filling it with cold water. The water is made cold at night when the cost of electricity is less and used to cool the buildings during the day." says Curtis McAdams, Senior Design Engineer for C&H Merrill, Inc.  The cold water is pumped through pipes to cold water air handlers located in each building, which cool the air in the building providing a comfortable indoor environment for building tenants. The site is located in beautiful Orlando, Florida.

C & H Merrill, Inc. provides Machine Design Expertise to Local Theme Park.

Have you ever seen a thirty foot vacuum cleaner?  C&H Merrill worked with Orlando based IES Design Group  to design a 30’ tall by 10’ diameter vacuum cyclone system for a local theme park in Orlando, Florida. IES Design provided the structural foundation design required to support 10 ton system, while C&H Merrill, Inc. provided the Machine Design aspects.   The vacuum sucks garbage to the top of the 30’ stainless steel can where a cyclonic separator swirls the garbage around using kinetic energy. The energy keeps the garbage swirling on the outside wall. Then gravity accelerates it down to the collection hopper. The collection hopper stores the garbage until it is ready to be compacted and disposed.
 

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Electrical Controls, Installation and Programming provided to  Hydro Aluminum for Their New Product Line.

The contract for this project was awarded to C & H Merrill, Inc. at the beginning of the year.  The scope included the design, installation and programming for controls to produce  a new product line at Hydro Aluminum.  This project had strict requirements some of which required the new line be installed while the system was running.  Curtis McAdams, Senior Design Engineer for C&H Merrill, Inc. provided the design and on site ladder logic programming for the project .  C&H Merrill, Inc. subcontracted Rich Electric of Palm Bay, Florida to provide the power distribution for the new line. 

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MEP Engineering provided By C&H Merrill, Inc. for the Lofts Condos in Downtown Melbourne Florida.

RELCO a division C & H Merrill, Inc. is providing Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering for  The Lofts at Waverly Condominiums to be located in downtown Melbourne, Florida. C&H Merrill, Inc. was awarded the contract  in November of 2006.  The Lofts is a MEP job for a ten story condominium complex for the Legacy group. It is going to go behind Meg ‘o’ Malleys in historical Down Town Melbourne. The parking lot behind Meg’s will be torn up to put in the new condos.  The structure will have seven parking levels, with the ground level for public parking. The fourth floor will have eight condo units  plus a club house, patio, pool, spa, and exercise area. Floors five through nine will have 10 units ranging from 994 sq. ft. to 1,900 sq. ft. The tenth floor will have five condos that range from 2,074 sq. ft. to 3,177 sq. ft. It totals to 63 living spaces.. RJ Vidimsky, president of RELCO. states that  "I hopes to have the project finished by the end of January ’08"

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