Operational Assessment
Our Services
Comprehensive Operational Assessment in Pittsburgh
Our expert tradespeople deliver specialty services and diagnostics to complement our core capabilities. Huckestein’s technicians hold equipment certifications for chillers, boilers, variable frequency drives, pumps and compressors from a broad spectrum of manufacturers including Trane, Carrier, Data Aire, Lochinvar, Liebert, and McQuay to name a few.
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Some of our speciality services include:
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Mission Critical Environment Expertise
Huckestein is adept at design, installation, commissioning and ongoing maintenance for mission critical spaces such as laboratories, clean rooms, data centers and hospital spaces. We are your full service provider for on-site and remote MRI facilities, including the MRI administration area and related data closets/centers and chiller systems.
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Specialized Testing
Our experts solve even the most difficult mechanical challenges.
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Design Assist & Value Engineering
We partner with stakeholders and review projects for owners, architects and engineers to uncover and minimize integration issues on complex construction and renovation projects.
With our certifications and decades of on-the-job experience, Huckestein solves even the most difficult HVAC problems.
By running tests on your facility’s equipment and comparing performance data to your manufacturer’s specifications and similarly aged equipment, we can deliver expert insights into the health of your HVAC system. Using these insights, we’ll help you estimate the life cycle cost of your HVAC system and develop a strategic plan for maintaining its optimal performance long-term. We also offer specialty testing such as harmonics, dynamic testing and balancing via nationally certified technicians.
SERVICEPLAN™ Building System Analysis.
Huckestein offers a one-time diagnostic health assessment program for your mechanical systems. Our experts conduct a complete and thorough system review designed to:
- Identify and avoid potential failures that could lead to costly downtime, lost employee productivity, or tenant turnover
- Extend the life of your equipment by discovering issues that prevent your system from operating efficiently
- Detect operating conditions, behaviors, and mechanical deficiencies that, if rectified, could reduce your utility costs by up to 20%
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Corrective Maintenance and Component Replacement Identification
The main objective of Huckestein’s Planned Diagnostic Agreement is to inspect your equipment and determine its current operating condition. During the inspection, our trained technicians will identify any potential problems and provide advice on how to get your equipment operating at peak efficiency. Component repair labor and material costs will then be provided to you in a separate proposal.
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Refrigerant Containment Service
We leak test and report needed repairs on any equipment found to be low of refrigerant, with 100% compliant-driven services. Component repair labor and material costs will be provided to you in a separate proposal.
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Service Documentation
We document all scheduled work with the time, date, technician name, equipment identification and service description. This documentation is included in our follow-up recommendations to improve system operation.
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Huckestein Verification and Assurance Customer Review (HVAC Review) Program
As we implement this Planned Diagnostic Program, we identify system inefficiencies and help you evaluate whether to take corrective action. We also help you establish a long-term plan for performing upgrades aimed at minimizing operating costs and lost productivity.
Value Engineering
Budgets often constrain the most well-thought out projects. If bids for your project come in over budget, Huckestein can help you re-engineer the mechanical scope to meet cost, constructability, and system integration requirements.
When value engineering (or reverse engineering), we begin with the end in mind. We take your project plans or statement of work and create a right-sized scope to fit your budget, and then create a plan to add items at a later date when funds are available. In many cases, the base plan can even be implemented with flexibility for later expansion so you can avoid future costs associated with redoing work already installed. In complex renovation projects, we closely coordinate our work with all other stakeholders to ensure a seamless integration and optimum solution. See how we saved a developer $600,000 through value engineering.