HIGHSPIRE, PA — Are the terms “state-of-the-art” and “value engineered” compatible in today's world of hvac design? Gannett Fleming Inc., a consulting engineering and construction management firm in Camp Hill, PA, believes they are, and has shown it with a different design approach used at the new GANCOM printing and direct mail services plant located here.
GANCOM, which produces over 75 million pieces annually, also handles all the printing needs of its parent company, Gannett Fleming.
When the company’s mechanical design team, led by mechanical engineer Ed Briner, took on the new printing plant project, its application of value engineering was able to cut the $1.7-million budget for hvac and plumbing by $300,000. The largest percentage of the savings came from an air distribution strategy specified by Briner and suggested by the project’s mechanical contractor, G.R. Sponaugle & Sons Inc., Harrisburg, PA.