According to construction manager Bill Francesconi of Joseph Jingoli and Sons Construction in Lawrenceville, N.J., the Atlantic City School District had been trying to build its New York Avenue and Sovereign Avenue schools for several years, but the mechanical budget kept stalling the projects, noting that it was set at $15 per square foot in 1993 when the projects' planning began. And, the heating system was a key element in the overall cost of the schools.
Francesconi worked with an architect and engineer for each school, reviewing their concept estimates on different types of systems. Finally, Francesconi met with Paul Agey of A&W Technical Sales, in search of a solution to the budget problem. They hit a winning combination of design, function, and costs with the Scholar II heat pump from Marvair.