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A building that I'm real familiar with builds 800,000# of ice nightly. They need chw 24/7. A full load can handle the data centers for 2-3 days in cold/cool weather.. When there is sustained hi oa temps, they can burn it all by 1pm, in addition to (2) 700T chillers precooling the secondary chw, in addition to (3) 500 hp screws pushing refrigerant around. We start to lose the building at 5ish in the afternoon. Start to replenish the ice at 6pm, build till 5am. A real noisy place.

I don't have enough experience with ice storage systems to really say if that's a common problem or not. I'm sure if they're designed with realistic expectations and not undersized, they probably work alright.

I have only seen ice storage attempted to be used in one application in my travels so far. They have long abandoned it, prior to my arriving on the account. But what I have come to know was the ice storage was not able to keep up. The oce would be used long before peak demand was over for the day.

Let me ask you. Is that a common problem with these set ups or no?

shoulda put em in the shade or grow some trees around them

we have them at a community college here, they are underground

pretty cool stuff bro!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by BergerMech Rob

Yeah, a lot of the schools down here are going with air cooled screws and ice storage.

Yeah, a lot of the schools down here are going with air cooled screws and ice storage.

nice pics rob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

some big wheels!!

is the last pic ice storage???????????????

Originally Posted by BergerMech Rob

Here's what Friday's "office" looked like.

Here's what Friday's "office" looked like.

Some pictures I've taken in my travels at the new job. Sorry for the poor quality, they were taken with a camera phone and Verizon holds the high-res copies hostage. I don't do any really heavy work yet - mostly just air-cooled stuff, but I get to help out the senior guys once in a while.

Originally Posted by heavymetaldad

I se you like music on the job. Which you prefer, the dewalt or the milwaukee? i bought the bosch, for the cd, it's a pos.

i would deff go with the milwaukee, but get the older model, the one i have. The new one imo is not as loud and doesnt sound as good. The one i have has the rockford fosgate speakers, it rocks, its the V28 model. I bought the dewalt cause i had a dewalt phase i went through and only lasted about two months, sold it all for a profit lol. I also had the bosch, and wasnt no where close to bein as loud as i wanted it to be, plus was bulky, and i have the rigid one too, nice radio, but doesnt compare to the milwaukee, none of them do lol.

Originally Posted by heavymetaldad

very dangerous. i hate them. the load straps are attached to the chopper's cable with a clip and an 'expolsive' bolt. the down man (who was on the roof 2 stories up)was a cowboy and in a hurry. released the load bolt, and the falling rigging almost took off the head of a man in the mechanical room, twice.

Holy crap lol, as long as he is ok thats good. I still would like to see one in my day, i love crane lifts.

I se you like music on the job. Which you prefer, the dewalt or the milwaukee? i bought the bosch, for the cd, it's a pos.

Originally Posted by KLEINman

i wish i could do cool stuff like that

very dangerous. i hate them. the load straps are attached to the chopper's cable with a clip and an 'expolsive' bolt. the down man (who was on the roof 2 stories up)was a cowboy and in a hurry. released the load bolt, and the falling rigging almost took off the head of a man in the mechanical room, twice.

Originally Posted by heavymetaldad

here's a coupla pics from a chopper lift. Changed out the mechanical room in phases, (4) 1250 T. chillers, pipe, pumps, and towers in the 49th story penthouse.

i wish i could do cool stuff like that

just a few, trane rtu and the second is a blue chill chiller, swapping out an compressor.

here's a coupla pics from a chopper lift. Changed out the mechanical room in phases, (4) 1250 T. chillers, pipe, pumps, and towers in the 49th story penthouse.

Originally Posted by ammoniadog

That Sears Tower (or whatever its called now) pic from heavymetaldad looks like it is a few years ago before they added the observation platforms. It now has these boxes made from bullet proof glass that stick out about 4ft or so from the building up on the 2nd to the last floor. This is the tallest building in the USA (since 9/11/01). I was up there a few months ago and didn't even feel un-easy or anything as I walked out onto the glass. Everyone else was moving real slow and cautious-like. I was thinking back a few years ago when I started in this trade when looking over the edge of a single story flat roofed building used to be a little scary to me and here I was squinting to try to see the little colorful specs moving around on the streets 1450' below my feet.

Has anyone here actually been on top of the Sears Tower, or World Trade Center, or Empire State bldg, or anything like it (not just an observation deck, but actually on the roof)? I would love to have that kind of experiance.

Been to the top of the Hancock Building, abouts 99 stories or so. been on the top of many 40-50 story buildings.
As far as standing on those buit-out platforms- I don't think so! Glass made in china, fasteners made in china, framing made in china.........

Here's a view on my roof this morning.

Originally Posted by 76olds

, , , , Despite the pressure, stress, B.S., pressure, stress, the job has its perks.

Pittsburgh has one of the most distinctive and instantly recognizable skylines in the country. Nice pictures.

That Sears Tower (or whatever its called now) pic from heavymetaldad looks like it is a few years ago before they added the observation platforms. It now has these boxes made from bullet proof glass that stick out about 4ft or so from the building up on the 2nd to the last floor. This is the tallest building in the USA (since 9/11/01). I was up there a few months ago and didn't even feel un-easy or anything as I walked out onto the glass. Everyone else was moving real slow and cautious-like. I was thinking back a few years ago when I started in this trade when looking over the edge of a single story flat roofed building used to be a little scary to me and here I was squinting to try to see the little colorful specs moving around on the streets 1450' below my feet.

Has anyone here actually been on top of the Sears Tower, or World Trade Center, or Empire State bldg, or anything like it (not just an observation deck, but actually on the roof)? I would love to have that kind of experiance.

This is my view for the last few days. Uber high moisture in the oil, so I got to do the Jiffy Lube express on this bad boy.