Despite a tight installation schedule, the new single-stage absorption
chiller was up and running in time for the summer cooling season.
Property: 210 Central Park South
210 Central Park South 24-story, 88-apartment cooperative with two
professional offices, in Midtown Manhattan.
Project
Scope:
Chiller Installation
Mechanical Systems Survey:
June 1999
Design/
Bidding:
November 1999 to February 2000
DOB and DOT Work Permits:
March 2000
Construction:
March 2000 to June 2000
Engineer:
Rand Engineering, New York, N.Y.
Contractors:
Crystal Comfort, Inc., Long Island City,
N.Y. $316,000 contract price.
Property Manager:
Mitchell Barry, Century Operating Corp.
New York, N.Y.
Board Contact:
Claire Chappell, President 210 Central Park South, Inc.
Highlights:
Mechanical systems survey found various chiller system deficiencies,
including failing temperature control valve, inoperable water-purge
system, crystallization build-up, and resulting loss of cooling
capacity.
Wall sections between underground parking garage, cellar, and
mechanical room were removed to transport new chiller into place.
Transport plan avoided major inconvenience that would have resulted
from demolishing garage ramp and closing underground parking facility
for indeterminate period of time.
Rand obtained DOB and DOT Work Permits.
New single-stage 250-ton-cooling-capacity Trane steam absorption
chiller was installed, including all necessary valves, pumps,
electrical controls, piping, and insulation.
New chiller was up and running within three months of start
of installation, in time to provide air conditioning for summer
season.
RAND Engineering
& Architecture, PC
159 West 25th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10001
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