Buist was the Design Assist partner for construction of the new Otter Air Service facility, an air carrier in Grand Rapids, MI providing concierge private air transportation. Buist installed all low voltage IT network infrastructure, audio visual, and physical security, incorporating many elements into a single system for the end-user.
Facts
Submitter: Buist Electric
Architect: Integrated Architecture
Size: 40,000 SF
Title: Otter Air Services – Hangar & Corporate Office
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Date contract completed: April 2024
Final contract value: $221,000
Project manager’s name: Jason Williams
Superintendent’s name(s): Jared Doot
What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%
BCPS, Robert Nickels Intermediate School has special Music, Media and STEM Classrooms. From Cameras to view, Clocks that informed, AV systems that ROCKED, and Cabling that delivered high streaming systems. Town and Country’s attention to the details ensures all these systems are operating effectively well into the future!
Facts
Submitter: Town & Country Group
Architect: TowerPinkster
Size: 134,000 SF
Title: Byron Center Public Schools – Nickels Intermediate School
Location: Byron Center, MI
Date contract completed: August 2023
Final contract value: $1,093,000
Project manager’s name: Chad Guy
Superintendent’s name(s): Ben Doorn
What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%
Confronted with increasing bandwidth requirements, Western Michigan University needed to upgrade their wireless infrastructure. As their low voltage partner, Feyen Zylstra provided expertise in the campus-wide wireless upgrade. Covering five campus buildings, FZ approached each as a separate project, considering occupancy needs, layouts, infrastructures, and challenges in our approach.
Facts
Submitter: Feyen Zylstra
Architect: Western Michigan University
Size: 695,000 SF
Title: Western Michigan University
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Date contract completed: February 2024
Final contract value $353,000
Project manager’s name: Nick Gosdzinski
Superintendent’s name(s): David Smith, Nick Martinez
What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%
Cardinal Vulcan is a four unit assisted living facility with two buildings designed for enhanced memory care services. GVA installed easy to use access controls, surveillance, intercoms, networking, and nurse call systems. All systems needed little to no reoccurring fee and could all simultaneously be viewed/access from a mobile device.
Facts
Submitter: Grand Valley Automation, Inc.
Size: 25,000 SF
Title: Care Cardinal Norton Shores – Assisted Living Facility
Location: Norton Shores, MI
Date contract completed: December 2023
Final contract value: $197,000
Project manager’s name: Cory Tate
Superintendent’s name(s): Matt Peters
What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%
Grand Valley Automation completed a HVAC control system renovation for Interurban Transit Partnership, The Rapid. The HVAC controls include low voltage wiring, a vast array of sensors to properly control the HVAC equipment in the building. Part of the renovation included retrofitting from gas fired heat to hot water heat.
Facts
Submitter: Grand Valley Automation, Inc.
Architect: Progressive Companies
Title: The Rapid – Administrative Headquarters
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Date contract completed: December 2023
Final contract value: $200,000
Project manager’s name: Coy Rottier
Superintendent’s name(s): Coy Rottier
What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%