The main purpose of air conditioning is to keep people comfortable and maintain good air quality while buildings are occupied. However, if a building is to be unoccupied for long periods, there are good reasons to regularly run certain aspects of the air conditioning systems. These are summarised below. These operating parameters will need to…
We’re excited to see a write-up on the solution we devised for Trevelyan’s Packhouse in the latest issue of the Kiwifruit Journal. For more information on that innovation, please read the full case study HERE.
Introduction The purpose of this article is to provide commentary and outline strategies to reduce the transmission of airborne infectious diseases with respect to commercial air conditioning systems. The article is intended to provide general guidance principles but cannot cover every type of installation of air conditioning system installed throughout the range of buildings encountered….
Trevelyan’s kiwifruit packhouse in Te Puke had a problem that’s common throughout the packhouse industry. In the 2.5-week kiwifruit harvest season, there are too many kiwifruit to process and grade at once, so instead they’re put into temporary cold storage until they can be sorted, usually in autumn or late summer.
We were pleased to attend the 2019 National Conference of LAPA (Local Authority Property Association) earlier this month, which was held at Wairakei Resort in Taupo. Our Industrial Design Manager Martyn Round spoke about ‘The 8 most common causes of HVAC issues and what you can do to help minimise them’. Don’t think HVAC (heating,…
The TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre in the historic Pah Homestead hosts prestigious art exhibitions that have strict loan requirements relating to the precious pieces of art and sculptures. When storing or exhibiting valuable art, the environment must be kept with stable and precise humidity and temperature control.
We’ve been working together with Restaurant Brands on their KFC sites for two years, undertaking HVAC design and construction supervision for all of their project work around the country. This involves both new stores and refurbishment of their existing stores.
Kauri Group engaged us to undertake a full survey and report on the HVAC systems at the iconic 139 Quay Street building on Auckland’s busy waterfront. Identifying that most of the plant was beyond its life expectancy and the risk of imminent failure was high, we then fulfilled two stages of work for our client.
At Jackson Engineering, we often run in-house training for companies who want their staff to know more about HVAC+R engineering, systems, performance management and more. We were thrilled to be invited to run a two-day training recently for Merck Sharp & Dohme Animal Health. Below is the feedback from Lee-Ann Carrasco, lead validation engineer at…
After success with two other world-first underwater projects in the Maldives, we were approached to work on another world first for the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island resort. The project, Muraka, was a US$15 million two-story hotel villa, the lower part of which would sit around 5m below the surface of the Indian Ocean.