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TDIndustries’ scope of work on the Orthope-
dic and Sports Medicine Center included all
air distribution for the hospital. That includ-
ed air-conditioning, heating and exhaust –
but it also included steam-producing boilers,
which were needed for the autoclave steril-
izers, as well as all the medical gases in the
patient rooms.
According to Randy, the most challenging
aspect of the project was installing a curved
linear diffuser in the atrium, on a wall that
“continuously curved, kind of like a snake.”
Getting a device built to the perfect specifi-
cations required “a lot of collaboration and
a lot of meetings,” he says – especially since
the vendors were in Canada, and were not
available to personally visit the site and in-
spect it for themselves.
“It took the sheet-rocker getting involved,” he
explains. “It took engineers, project manage-
ment, field teams, specialty laser scanning – it
was probably the most challenging thing we
had to do just because of all the back work.”
Randy admits that he had some private skep-
ticism before the installation, but says it was
proved entirely unfounded.
“It went in almost perfectly,” he says. “It was
absolutely beautifully done.”
MAY 2019
Beautifully done