NTW Students Learn About M/E/P

By Student Blogger: Trenton Garrison

Bob Sotock from TES Engineering
presents on M/E/P Engineering

Today in ACE we started the meeting with a review of what we learned on last week's field trip to the Metro Health Middleburg Heights Health Center Construction stie.  Then we began to learn about Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing systems and the many safety codes.

For our activity, we were given a budget of $12,000,000 and a requirement of achieving at least 5 LEED points and needed to select building material for a school building.  For example, for the exterior wall system, the three options were painted block, split faced block or brick and metal panels.  The budget for those went from $500,000 to $4,000,000; so it was important to develop priorities and stick to the budget.

Crunching numbers on the budget sheet.

In the end, all of the teams were able to come in under budget in their selections and meet the minimum of 5 LEED points.  It was interesting to see some teams even meet LEED Gold and come in just under $12,000,000 and others came in slightly under $8,000,000 but still were LEED certified.



The students made a story board of their selections and explained
the rationale behind their choices.