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Owner: U. S. Army Corp of Engineers / General Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction Company - Austin, Texas / Contract Amount: $4,224,000

Ivey Mechanical Company provided HVAC and plumbing systems for the new maintenance dock facility. The systems installed include domestic water, chilled and hot water, steam, nitrogen, vacuum, compressed air, hydraulics, and aircraft conditioned air. The hangers are designed to accommodate two B-2 Stealth Bombers.

Owner: The GEO Group, Inc. / General Contractor: White Construction / Contract Amount: $14,000,000

The $115 million Blackwater Correctional Facility is a 2,000 bed 378,796 square foot facility consisting of one support building, one administrative building, two dormitories, four housing buildings, and three covered gymnasiums. The support building has five areas: segregation, kitchen, laundry, visitation, and classroom. The two-story housing buildings contain six dayrooms each. The two dormitories each contain four dayrooms. The HVAC work on the project consisted of two 500 ton chillers with associated pumps, 59 rooftop units, 19 split systems, 108 exhaust fans, and 39 smoke exhaust fans. The pre-insulated chilled water system is made up of Thermacor below ground and Victaulic above ground. Gas heat was utilized throughout all of the buildings. The plumbing system contains 30 gas fired water heaters. Approximately 60% of the plumbing systems for the facility were prefabricated.

General Contractor: Yates Construction

The Fuel Cell and Maintenance Hangar located in Jackson, MS houses the Air Force's C-17 Globemaster III during its maintenance stages of Service. Ivey Mechanical self-performed the work associated with the HVAC ductwork, mechanical piping, and plumbing. Included in this work was a pivot boom containing ductwork, compressed air, and breathing air that swung over the wings of the plane to allow a user friendly environment while performing maintenance on the aircraft. Ivey also performed the site work servicing the hangar which included a 7,000 gallon oil water separator buried 18' below grade, storm, and sanitary waste.

Owner: U. S. Army Corp of Engineers / General Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction, Inc. - Austin, Texas / Contract Amount: $7,100,000

Award of Excellence in Construction - National Associated Builders and Contractors

This $28 million facility one of the most advanced and sophisticated military training centers in the world and trains all branches of the U.S. armed services and its allies for detection and decontamination of chemicals associated with chemical warfare. The facility contains classrooms, training and administrative areas, support facilities, controlled interior decontamination areas, a medical clinic, and a laboratory. Ivey self-performed 80% of the $7,100,000 contract, which included all HVAC, plumbing, controls, test and balance, commissioning, and a highly advanced system for the removal and filtering of chemical agents used in training. Ivey worked 47,448 manhours with no recordable accidents.

Owner: Wackenhut Corrections / General Contractor: White Construction Company / Contract Amount: $4,436,505

Honorable Mention: Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors

This 230,000 square-foot psychiatric prison contains four housing pods, one support and one maintenance building. Ivey performed the HVAC, plumbing and utility work for the prison and the piping for the 500,000-gallon water tank. Architectural design of Wackenhut’s 1,000-bed prison called for exterior walls to be constructed of tilt-up panels. A challenge for Ivey was to maintain plumbing rough-in beneath slab until all exterior walls were formed, poured and tilted on the actual building slab. Ivey set 14 roof-top units, ranging from five to 30 tons each, on the support building’s exterior, running duct up along exterior walls and through the attic. Sixteen 20-ton split HVAC systems were installed in the housing pods. Ivey pre-fabricated 128 plumbing risers on site. Ivey worked 67,062 manhours with no recordable accidents.

Owner: Army Corp of Engineers / General Contractor: Turner Universal / Contract Amount: $3,466,011

Best Specialty Construction Project - Southeast Construction Magazine

The new 100,000 square foot fitness center includes a natatorium, locker rooms, whirlpool and sauna area; rock climbing room, exercise rooms, physical therapy space, storage spaces, swimming pools, basketball, racquetball and volleyball courts, and brand new exercise equipment. The facility is considered to be one of the largest of its kind in the Army. This project required some unique construction challenges. The plumbing rough-in was incalled in block wall construction. 1,450 feet of collapsible fabric duct for the HVAC system was installed in the large open exercise areas. A pool dehumification unit was installed which controls the humidity in the pool area and heats the water. Ivey co-workers completed more than 30,000 manhours with no recordable incidents.

Owner: Corp of Engineers / General Contractor: Turner Universal / Contract Amount: $35,628,277

Superior Performance Award

This$183 million 850,000 square foot facility brings four locations within the U.S. Army personnel record keeping and finance together in one central location and houses 4,200 civilian and military personnel in six buildings. The complex consists of five three-story buildings with connectors between the buildings on the third floor and a single story facility which houses the data center and central plant area. The data center is served by two 600 ton chillers with a cooling tower, pumps, and 34 Liberts units. 95% of the plumbing and HVAC material was prefabricated, including in-wall plumbing, ductwork, and HVAC piping.

Owner: Florida State Department of Management Services / General Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction / Contract Amount: $6,778,612

This new correctional facility will house up to 1,500 medium and close custody adult male inmates. The $69.3 million project included an administration building, maintenance shop, support building, dormitory building, three housing units, segregation building, gymnasium, and industry building. The buildings total 277,000 square feet. The mechanical contract included the installation of 2 - 450 ton chillers, 50 chilled water air handlers, 6 split systems, 130 exhaust fans, 8 VAV boxes, and 33 roof ventilator hoods. All of the underground sewer piping and the above ground domestic water piping over the housing units was pre-fabricated on site. Ivey worked 76,000 man hours with no recordable incidents.

Owner: Jackson Hospital and Clinic / General Contractor: Robins & Morton - Birmingham, Alabama / Contract Amount: $14,300,000

Ivey completed the HVAC and plumbing on both the new patient tower and powerhouse for Jackson Hospital. The new powerhouse was constructed to provide mechanical, plumbing and electrical services to both the new and existing facilities. Built to replace the existing powerhouse, the new powerhouse is a two-story, 14,449-square-foot structure. . Ivey installed three centrifugal chillers (2,700 tons), three cooling towers, three steam boilers (900 HP), one deaerator, 12 HVAC pumps (215 HP), five domestic water heaters (1,800 gal./2,700 GPH), one clinical 30-HP vacuum pump, one clinical 40-HP air compressor, one duplex 110-GPM water softener, one domestic water booster pump (700 GPM/40 HP), and 8,465 linear feet of piping.

Merit Award - Mississippi Associated Builders & Contractors

Best Mechanical/Electrical - South Central Construction Magazine

This project included new construction expansion, including a medical office building and bed tower and some renovation of the existing facility. The 200,000 square foot addition provides a full array of services to include attached medical offices, diagnostic laboratories, surgical suites, and additional patient beds. The medical gas services proved to be one of the more uniquely challenging areas, in that Ivey had to determine the best and most accessible locations to tie into the five different systems, most of which were not in the same vicinity. Ivey received a contract six months after construction had begun with a commitment to deliver the MOB portion of the project in six months. Ivey’s fabrication shops provided many components including stainless, black and galvanized duct, plumbing chase risers, and pipe support stands and hangers.

Contract Amount: $3,845,000 / Start Date: August 1995 / Completion Date: May 1997

Merit Award - Missississippi Associated Builders and Contractors

Ivey installed HVAC, plumbing, process piping, and medical gas for the new 175,000 square foot hospital. The hospital consists of two connecting four-story buildings.

Owner: Nissan Corporation / General Contractor: W. G. Yates & Son Construction - Philadelphia, Mississippi / Contract Amount: $44,000,000

Ivey completed the mechanical designs and installed the HVAC systems, plumbing, ventilation, process piping, and controls in the new 2.6 million square foot auto manufacturing plant. The facility is situated on 1,400 acres and is a series of small plants linked together. The mechanical contract on this $960 million project was more than $46 million. Ivey set 174 exhaust fans; placed 76 air-handling units weighing 22,000 pounds each; installed 170,000 (32 miles) of pipe and fittings; and installed 1,830,000 pounds of sheet metal; and round, oval, and rectangular duct. Other equipment installed were 28 intake hoods, 10 split systems, 10 Liebert unit systems, 18 pumps, 3 heat exchangers, 3 cooling towers, 3 duct collectors, and 4 Carmon exhaust systems.

Owner: Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks / General Contractor: Malouf Construction / Contract Amount: $1,673,516

Merit Award - Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors

Excellence in Construction Award - National Associated Builders and Contractors

This fish hatchery is located on 58 acres of land leased from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The facility consists of twelve 1-acre ponds, a 3-acre water supply settling pond, and a 1.3-acre fishing and viewing pond. The building structures house a 5,600 square foot visitors' center; a 9,500 square foot hatchery building; and a 3,000 square foot maintenance building. Ivey's mechanical contract included installing the plumbing and HVAC for the facility. Piping systems used included domestic water, process water, overflow water, drain, sanitary sewer, heating water, chilled water, and chemical feed.

Owner: Retirement Systems of Alabama / Contract Amount: $27,500,000

Award of Merit - Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors

Best Mechanical/Electrical Project - South Central Construction Magazine

The 35-story RSA Battle House Tower stands at 745 feet, makint it the tallest building in Alabama. The skyscraper construction was part of a larger project which included the renovation of the historic 238 room Battle house Hotel. Ivey's mechanical contract included the plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems, and fire protection for all of the buildings. The renovation and expansion of the Battle House Hotel included public space connections with ballroom, meeting rooms, and lobby and extends out to form the first eight floors of the new tower with additional guest rooms. Ivey worked 217,802 man hours over the period of three and a half years to complete this project.

Owner: Triad Hospitals / General Conractor: Bovis Lend Lease / Contract Amount: $15,224,030

Award of Excellence - Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors

This facility is a 391,196 square foot, seven-story replacement hospital. Ivey installed the plumbing, HVAC, medical gas piping, and owner furnished hospital equipment. The materials installed included 508,000 pounds of ductwork and 33,000 feet of HVAC piping. Three 850 ton centrifugal chillers, three 1700 GPM cooling towers, and nine air handling units were installed to cool the medical facility. The new structure houses an ER department (2 trauma units, 3 cardiac care units,) radiology, intensive care unit (16 beds,) cardiology department (3 cath/angio labs,) OR department (9 suites,) labor and delivery (2 c-section suites, 8 delivery rooms,) and a patient tower (163 beds.) The medical center also contains a two-story medical office building. Patients were transferred to the new facility in February 2002.

Owner: Wackenhut Corrections Corporation / General Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction / Contract Amount: $5,366,577

The Rivers Correctional Institution is a campus design with four housing buildings, recreational areas, a central programs building, an administrative building, a prison industries building, and four perimeter towers. The design of the facility enables cost effective utilization of security staff supplemented by modern electronic surveillance. Plumbing and HVAC on the 1,450-bed, low-security adult male corrections facility began in February 2000. The project completed in February 2001 after 79,000 manhours with no lost-time accidents.

Owner: Retirement Systems of Alabama / Contract Amount: $27,500,000

Award of Merit - Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors

Best Mechanical/Electrical Project - South Central Construction Magazine

This project involved the renovation of the Battle House Hotel and the construction of the connecting new 35-story RSA Tower which stands 745 feet. The project square footage totals 785,000. The mechanical contract included the plumbing systems, heating systems, air conditioning systems, fire protection, insulation, and test and balance for all of the buildings. A central energy plant was constructed across the street from the hotel to serve both buildings, providing electricity and cooling. It also contains a generator to provide power during outages.

Owner: State Farm Insurance / General Contractor: Holder Construction Company - Atlanta, Georgia / Contract Amounts: Alpharetta - $13 Million Irving - $14 Million

Award of Excellence in Construction - National Associated Builders and Contractors - Alpharetta, GA

Ivey Mechanical Company constructed two new facilities to consolidate the support functions of the central and eastern regions for State Farm. Both facilities were based on the same design with minor changes to adapt to each location. The design included totally redundant mechanical systems to prevent shutdown due to inclement weather or power failure. Each facility is a single, one-story building covering over 250,000 square feet and includes a 1.1 million gallon water storage tank to supply water to the mechanical systems in case of emergency. Actual construction time for each facility was under seven months. Both State Farm projects were unique challenges.

Owner: Choctaw Maid Farms / General Contractor: Universal Construction - Huntsville, Alabama / Contract Amount: $7,401,183

This project was a combination of several contracts to expand and renovate an existing poultry processing facility from 59,800 to 314,800 square feet. This renovation created Mississippi’s largest poultry processing facility (and one of the world’s largest) then becoming the Corporate Headquarters. The new plant processes 364 birds per minute. Mechanical features include 6,250 tons of refrigeration and 2,900 gallons of water well capacity per minute with 150,000 gallons of storage. One of the greatest challenges was meeting the one-day down time allowed for converting from the existing to the new processing plant. The first contract started on August 29, 1995, and the last contract finished on March 15, 1997.

Award of Merit: Mechanical/Electrical - South Central Construction Magazine

Safe Contractor of the Year - Army Corps of Engineers

The Von Braun Center Complex Phase II project consisted of a 5-story 231,000 square foot office building and an expansion to the existing central plant. Ivey and its subcontractors were responsible for the installation of the building's HVAC system which consists of a four pipe chilled water/heating water system which serves multiple air handlers and numerous variable air volume boxes. The central plant expansion includes one new 1,050 ton water cooled chiller, one 50 ton emergency back-up air cooled chiller, one cooling tower, two hot water boilers and associated pumps. Ivey was honored with the Safe Contractor of the Year award from the Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Celebrate Safety program in November 2006, in recognition of more than 58,000 man hours worked by Ivey and its subcontractors with no lost-time accidents.

Owner: Wachovia Bank, NA / General Contractor: Holder Construction - Atlanta, Georgia / Contract Amount: $11,265,609

Project of the Year Award - Contractor Magazine

Wachovia Silas Center, a $65 million technology center, was built to support the growing needs of Wachovia's ever-expanding customer base. Known as the industry benchmark for data centers, Wachovia features full electrical and mechanical system redundancy allowing 24-hour operation. The new two-story data center totals 170,000-square feet, with 105,000-square feet computer room raised access floor, 5,000-square feet office area, and 60,000-square feet mechanical and electrical infrastructure and support space. Weekly design coordination began in January 1998, before construction started in April. Ivey Mechanical Company had all equipment online by December 1, and substantial completion was on January 3, 1999. The fast-track project completed under budget and with no lost-time accidents.

Owner: Tucolameta, Inc. / General Contractor: White Construction Company, Inc. / Contract Amount: $4,433,700

The Walnut Grove Correctional Facility is a 376,000 square foot juvenile detention center. Ivey installed 43 units in the attic of the new facility. The project completed in 13 months.

Phase 2 of this project involved the addition of two new housing buildings totaling 96,000 square feet. These buildings provided 500 additional beds. Ivey performed the HVAC and plumbing contract for the project, installing 11 split air conditioning units, 14 exhaust fans, and 10 smoke evacuation fans. The laundry and kitchen were also renovated.

Owner: Federal Bureau of Prisons / General Contractor: The Haskell Company - Jacksonville, Florida / Contract Amount: $13,819,000

The medium security Federal Correctional Institution at Yazoo City is a design-build project with a total project amount of $90 million. The project consists of 3 general housing units, 1 special housing unit, and 13 other support buildings with a combined square footage of approximately 500,000 square feet. The facility will house 1,200 medium security inmates.

Owner: Nissan Corporation / General Contractor: Malouf Construction - Madison, Mississippi / Contract Amount: $596,200

The facility was constructed to treat the industrial waste produced from the manufacturing of automobiles at the new Nissan plant in Canton. The project was funded by the State of Mississippi, and, upon completion, ownership and operation of the plant was transferred to Nissan. Ivey Mechanical was responsible for two contracts. The first contract involved the installation of the plumbing and HVAC for the building which houses the plant. The second contract included the fabrication and installation of the pipe systems for the plant and the hook-up of the tanks, pumps, and other equipment supplied by the State of Mississippi. Ivey completed both contracts on this project with no accidents.

Owner: Mississippi State Bureau of Building, Grounds, and Real Property Management - Jackson, Mississippi

General Contractor: W. G. Yates & Sons Construction - Jackson, Mississippi / Contract Amount: $11,967,000

This project included a new 369,500 square foot 7 story adult care facility; renovation of the 9,800 square foot seventh floor space for an Adult Psychiatric Ward; and a 3,200 square foot chiller plant addition. In the basement Ivey installed one 243,000 cfm air handling unit, two 150 hp chilled water pumps, two 40 hp heating water pumps, two steam to hot water converters, sanitary and storm sewer piping, domestic water piping, medical gas systems, HVAC piping, 538 VAV boxes and 420,000 pounds of HVAC ductwork. In the Central Plant addition Ivey installed one 1250 ton chiller, one 1500 ton cooling tower, three 150 hp condenser water pumps, two 100 hp chilled water pumps and 1700 linear feet of 12" and 16" interconnection piping.