Engineer

High-Performance Building Systems: Mechanical, Electrical and Controls Systems, September 2008
Engineer:George P. Karidis, P.E., LEED AP, VP and Mechanical Engineering Discipline Director of SmithGroup, Detroit.
Building Design & Construction

"Primary UFAD advantages include greater individual comfort control, better indoor air quality, higher worker productivity, and less costly office/user churn." 



Wiring Underfloor - Not Underfoot, Scott Siddens, July 2006
Engineer:Tim Koch, P.E., Electrical Project Engineer, HDR Inc.
www.betterbricks.com

"Raised-floor systems are of great benefit in medical facilities as well...Raised floors are common in radiology equipment rooms, such as CAT-scan and MRI rooms, which generally include new control cabinets in different room locations and new cables and routes." 



Wiring Underfloor - Not Underfoot, Scott Siddens, July 2006
Engineer: Kenneth L. Lovorn, P.E., Lovorn Engineering Associates
www.betterbricks.com

"Distribution flexibility is definitely the greatest advantage. With raised-floor systems, the designer can locate an outlet anywhere on the raised floor and route any number of conductors to that outlet. When a client has a high churn rate, raised floor is really the only economical type of distribution."



Sustainable Contributions December 2003 - Phil Sheridan, Vice-President
Engineer: Carter & Burgess
www.buildings.com

“…a raised floor system needs to provide circulation only at the level occupied by people. With a smaller volume of air to displace, the system requires less energy to achieve the same circulation rate…” 



Future.....Perfect?
Engineer: Flack & Kurtz
Building Design & Construction Magazine October 1999 - Clark Bisel, Principal

“We have a big high-tech market,” Bisel says. “Their need for technical capability at the workstation, the flexibility of their work force and changing technological requirements are driving us to promote or go with raised-floor systems.” 


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