ENSC37 Hughes Performance Audit
Team Members: Leon Modolo Galhardo, Connor Smith,
Gregg Davidson, Lawrence Walkley
Faculty Advisor: Colleen Nolting
Sponsor: McKinstry
Liaison: Jayson Schmidt
Project Overview: Our proposed Senior design project would focus on our Energy and Facility Services deliverables. An important piece of McKinstry’s business is identifying and developing facility improvement opportunities for our clients to upgrade aging infrastructure, create energy savings, generate operational savings and improve system function and performance for the building occupant. The goal is to deliver a product to the client that is easy to maintain, keeps occupants happy, while saving money and allowing our clients to focus on their core business rather than the concern of operating and maintaining facilities. Before we complete such construction projects we must develop the opportunities through an Investment Grade Audit. Through this process, engineers interview building operators, walk and observe the subject facilities to understand equipment and operation, log system performance, identify possible opportunities, engineer systems to 50% design specifications, write detailed scopes of work, walk subcontractors, complete energy engineering and deliver a final report to the Client. The Final report identifies all criteria of the project including detailed scopes of work, project schedule, Guaranteed Maximum Project (GMP) Cost, Guaranteed energy savings and much more. Our senior design project is focused on working together with 4 Gonzaga students to fully complete an investment grade audit for one selected Gonzaga Facility. The preference is an older facility and we believe the Herak Building or alternative high energy using Gonzaga facility would be a great building to implement this investment grade audit.
Summary Statement of Project Goal: Utilize existing Gonzaga Infrastructure to educate Gonzaga Engineering students on a real life business opportunity that involves business, sales, engineering, and construction management.
Project Deliverables: The final deliverable will be the Energy Services Proposal to Gonzaga. With this report it will identify existing conditions of the facility, describe detailed scopes of work to upgrade aging infrastructure to be energy efficient and more reliable with an extended system life. It will provide the complete cost for construction. It will provide guaranteed energy savings along with possible energy incentives from Avista and a detailed Measurement and Verification (M&V) plan to prove guaranteed energy savings as a result of the project. As part of the final deliverable, the students will be required to present their findings and proposed project to Gonzaga administrative staff. This project will focus their efforts on real world issues dealt with every day by our clients. It will be an intensive, full engagement project that the four students chosen to get this real world experience will be able to demonstrate a variety of skills learned and applied during the duration of the school year.
Management & Communication Expectations: Due to the location of our office being across the street from Gonzaga, we plan to have a weekly meeting for at least 1 hour at our office with the students.
Research Expectations: All solutions, regulations and codes required by law will be followed throughout the course of the project. McKinstry engineers will guide the students on such regulations to ensure proper design is complete through the process.