CASE STUDY Part I ST.

. HUGO OF THE HILLS CATHOLIC CHURCH / HVAC RTUs & CONTROLS UPGRADE Bloomfield Hills, Michigan BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CAMPUS While the exact date is unknown, the first mass was celebrated in the stone chapel early in 1931. Several additions and expansions were completed since, in fact in 1967 the current St. Hugo Convent was completed, and in 1968 the St. Hugo School reached its present form. After an extensive study in 1986, the Parish Pastoral Council approved plans for construction of a new Church / Parish Complex that included Administrative Offices, Meeting Rooms, Brides Room / Child Center and Multi-use Social Hall with Kitchen. ABOUT THE PROJECT The project consisted of the replacement of (2) gas / electric Roof Top Units (respectively serving the Church / Parish complex: Sanctuary and the Administrative Offices) sized for a total of 120 tons of cooling, and included the replacement and upgrade of the building basic controls with DDC technology, the existing VAV & Fan Power Boxes serving each individual zone, were also retrofitted with new velocity sensors. This project started as a simple HVAC upgrade, due to the equipment age and deteriorating conditions and as a result of the lack of system controllability and space comfort, during peak and low building occupancy in the Sanctuary and/or the Multi-purpose areas. Furthermore, the existing HVAC roof top equipment lacked of automatic outside air damper control, (making very difficult for the building engineer to control the building proper ventilation requirements) thus an average fixed open setting was selected by the Owner to comply with ventilation demand, resulting in high energy consumption and equipment wear-out. THE PROJECT COST The initial project replacement costs for the HVAC roof top units and the new BMS System Control upgrades was estimated to be $300,000.00 and $25,000.00 was added by the Owner for miscellaneous contingencies. However, due to the cooling season approaching very rapidly, the Owner was in need for a more reliable and timing project implementation approach, five contractors were invited to bid the project, among them CSM MECHANICAL which ultimately received the contract award for a total contract amount of $225,000.00 ($100,000 less than the estimated construction cost). The good news of the bid results was that, no voluntary alternates and/or other general conditions were included in the bid, in fact the given bid was it! All included in the price, and as indicated in the design package! How can this be possible if the other bids were in the lower $300,000.00 and /or higher ranges?

THE CSM SOLUTION The Total Project Integrated Approach method was immediately adopted and started at the walk-through, in fact contrary to the other bidders, the entire CSM MECHANICAL project team was present at the site for assessment, this included: the HVAC Electrical and Control Trade, the Equipment RTUs Vendor, the Crane Operator, including other minor sub-trades. Please note that due to the building location and the equipment large load, a special crane had to be used (largest in the mid-west) therefore all the special logistics were evaluated during the walk-through and prior the bid, thus the final bid results was not other than, the direct results of everyone being present at the walk-through, so no assumptions were made risking to over estimating the project. THE END RESULT The project was completed by the CSM MECHANICAL project team as anticipated, on budget and on time. No surprises were encountered by the project team with the exception of several electrical voltage spikes that required the replacement of the BMS Control Board. CSM MECHANICAL had one change order (from the Owner) in order to add to the original scope of work the replacement of the existing hot water boiler serving the Administrative Office area, including the boiler serving the original 1931 stone chapel hot water heating system . In fact the additional change order, for the contract amount of $109,000.00 was received to implement the additional requested work. This additional amount, represented the exact amount saved by the Owner and left in the original project implementation funds for future capital improvement projects, as a result of the CSM MECHANICAL Total Integrated Project Delivery Approach Savings. ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION Note: The existing RTUs were replaced with the new generation McQuay Maverik, the units were fitted (among others) with CO2 sensors for Demand Controlled Ventilation. The building was also provided with a new BMS ASI control system, and the existing boilers were replaced with new LAARS Condensing Boilers 97% efficiency, as a result of the above discussed upgrades, the Owner received over $10,000.00 in utility incentive rebates, a substantial amount considering the non-profit organization status of this Owner.