Category: Other

Location: Gypsum, CO

Project Description:

The Lakehouse Building is located at the heart of the Brightwater Club Village and is the dining destination for the residents of the gated community, as well as for golfers playing the Robert Trent Jr. designed golf course.

Rader Engineering provided full Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering design services for the project. Much of the design centered around the commercial kitchen, which included grease hood exhaust, dishwasher hood exhaust, hood fire suppression specification, water heater and grease trap design. A direct-fired make-up air unit was used to efficiently replace the large volumes of air being exhausted from the kitchen hoods. This make-up air unit is also equipped with an evaporative cooling
module to provide energy efficient cooling for the kitchen. The Dining area is served by a heating and cooling furnace unit that also provides outside air for code ventilation and indoor air quality. The furnace has two zones allowing for greater comfort control.  Additional exhaust is provided for the bathrooms, toilet rooms, janitor closet and crawl space.

Location: Gypsum, CO

Project Description:

The Outfitter’s Post is located at the heart of the Brightwater Club Village and is an Amenity Building for the members and guests. Amenities include a Living Room, Post Office, Grocery Store, Fitness Center and Golf Cart Storage.

Rader Engineering provided full Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering design services for the project. The detailed design was fully coordinated with the other project consultants, including the Architect, Structural Engineer, Civil Engineer and Kitchen Consultant.

The MEP systems designed for the building include full air conditioning throughout via fan coils and a central chiller, radiant floor heating, snowmelting and a high efficiency boiler plant. Due to the hydrogen off-gassing from the batteries of approximately 70 golf carts, an exhaust and supply ventilation system was designed with sophisticated controls and sensors to ensure levels were maintained below the lower explosion levels.

Highlights from the plumbing system include the long linear trench drains in the cart area to collect water and debris from the carts and from the washing area. Sediment basins and a sand oil separator ensure the drainage system is kept clean and operable. A lift
station was required for all lower level plumbing fixtures due to the invert elevation of the main sewer line.

Location: Grand County, CO

Project Description:

This ski-in/ ski-out timber structure clubhouse is situated near the Winter Park and Mary Jane ski areas and serves twenty home sites. Amenities include a large atrium, ski locker rooms, exercise and shower rooms and a two-lane bowling alley.

The mechanical systems designed for this project include two ventilation systems, one serving the upper level and one serving the lower level. The split design allows for energy savings as ventilation for unoccupied floors can be shut down when not needed.

Each ventilation system consists of a 100% outside air hydronic make-up air fan coil unit and a similar sized exhaust fan. Exhaust is pulled from the Men’s and Women’s locker rooms, ski locker rooms, bowling alley and near the steam shower room. The make-up air is tempered from outside conditions to 70 degrees using a Tekmar variable speed pumping control which varies the pump speed precisely to achieve a constant leaving air temperature to the rooms. Freeze stats are provided at each coil to prevent coil freezing and bursting in the case of mechanical pump failure.

The boilers used for space heating were high efficiency condensing boilers, which also served radiant floor heating.