Facilities EngineeringKnow it inside out. Whether it's a specific mechanical or electrical project or a vision for a new building, we start by knowing the challenge inside out. We understand the intricacies of each task, and how multiple disciplines ultimately need to work together to achieve the best possible results. The breadth and depth of SSM's facilities engineering resources guarantee the integrated approach. But we do a lot of listening, too. Working with owners, architects, agents, and process engineers to understand the goals, needs, budgets, and unique considerations. Add our penchant for innovative thinking to the picture, and you'll find SSM to be the best single-source solution for any facilities engineering challenge. No matter how many facets.
Building dreams. SSM provides a wide variety of facility engineering services. From modifications to an electrical system or a duct system, to the more comprehensive services required for a new building project, our experienced professionals apply the latest technology to innovatively design projects in response to each client's needs. We have the diversity necessary to provide total solutions to the problems and situations encountered by owners and agents for single buildings as well as multiple facilities.
Structural EngineeringSolid. SSM's structural engineers have a diverse background in construction materials, building techniques and construction delivery methods. We work with facility owners, architects and process engineers to plan, design and construct new buildings and to expand, investigate or repair existing ones. We have significant project experience with concrete, steel, masonry, and timber for many building types, including industrial, commercial, institutional, and public works. SSM utilizes various software packages for analysis and design of foundations, frameworks, and details for our new construction, renovation, and repair projects.
Services | Structural Engineering• Wood and Timber-framed Structures
• Concrete Structures
• Steel Structures
• Pre-Engineered Building Design
• Coordination and Foundation Design
• Foundation Engineering
• Wind and Seismic Analysis
• Load Analysis and Rating
• Reinforcement Design
• Parking Structures
• Pedestrian and Vehicular Bridges
• Incident and Failure Investigation
• Fire, Wind, Flood, and Snow Damage Investigations and Repair Designs
Mechanical EngineeringCool under pressure. With an extensively experienced staff of mechanical engineers and designers, SSM is called upon to provide troubleshooting, master planning, studies, and designing for a broad range of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. For retrofits and new structures and processes, our clients have come to rely on our ability to integrate their functional requirements and budgets with constructability and operability in mind.
Services | Mechanical Engineering• Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Controls
• Retrocommissioning
•Hydronic Heating and Cooling
• Hot Water and Steam Boilers
• Air-cooled and Water-cooled Chillers
• Water Source Heat Pump Systems
• Geothermal Heating and Cooling
• Radiant Heating
• REVIT
• Under Floor Air Distribution
• Central Utility Plants
• Process Piping Systems
• Heat Recovery
• Clean Room Design
• Laboratory Exhaust Systems
• Clean Steam
• Industrial Ventilation
• Fume Scrubbing
• Underground/Aboveground Storage Tank System Design
Electrical EngineeringFeel the power. SSM's electrical engineers and designers team closely with clients, end-users and our internal staff to provide power, lighting, emergency systems, and automation and controls for the variety of site, building and equipment projects we are engaged to design.
Services | Electrical Engineering • Power Supply
• Utility Coordination and Consultation
• Distribution Systems
• Building and Site Lighting
• Emergency Power and Lighting
• Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
• Instrumentation and Control Systems
• Lightning Protection
• Short Circuit Analysis
• Power Factor Analysis
• Power Quality Evaluations
Plumbing EngineeringServices | Plumbing Engineering• Domestic Hot and Cold Water
• Greywater Systems
• Rainwater Piping
• Rainwater/Greywater Cisterns
• Sanitary Waste and Vent
• Industrial Waste Piping
• Laboratory Piping Systems
TelecommunicationsServices | Telecommunications• Special Systems, Telecommunications, Alarms, Security, Monitoring, and Paging
• Emergency Power/Standby Power
• Smoke and Fire Detection
Fire ProtectionServices | Fire Protection• System Design
• Code Analysis
• Hydraulic Analysis
• Alarm and Detection Systems
• Wet and Dry Pipe Sprinkler Systems
• Pre-action Systems
• Fire Pump Systems
Energy AuditsEnergy Efficiency is good for the bottom line. SSM performs Energy Audits in accordance with ASHRAE's Procedures For Commercial Building Energy Audits. The audits are performed in steps and a value judgment made at the end of each step as to the benefit of proceeding to the next level.
Services | Energy Audits Preliminary Energy Use Analysis | Analyze historic utility use and cost. Develop the Energy Utilization Index (EUI) of the building. Compare the building EUI to similar buildings to determine if further engineering study and analysis are likely to produce significant energy savings.
Level I—Walk-Through Analysis | Assess a building's energy cost and efficiency by analyzing energy bills and conducting a brief on-site survey of the building. A Level I energy analysis will identify and provide a savings and cost analysis of low-cost/no-cost measures. It will also provide a listing of potential capital improvements that merit further consideration, and an initial judgment of potential costs and savings. A walk-through analysis of a facility will utilize all the forms in this publication except those in the section on “Building and Systems Report.”
Level II—Energy Survey and Analysis | This includes a more detailed building survey and energy analysis. A breakdown of the energy use within the building is provided. A Level II energy analysis will identify and provide the savings and cost analysis of all practical measures that meet the owner's constraints and economic criteria, along with a discussion of any changes to operation and maintenance procedures. It may also provide a listing of potential capital-intensive improvements that require more thorough data collection and engineering analysis, and a judgment of potential costs and savings. This level of analysis will be adequate for most buildings and measures.
Level III—Detailed Analysis of Capital-Intensive Modifications | This level of engineering analysis focuses on potential capital-intensive projects identified during the Level II analysis and involves more detailed field data gathering as well as a more rigorous engineering analysis. It provides detailed project cost and savings calculations with a high level of confidence sufficient for major capital investment.