COAC Construction Team Featured On Cover of ACHR News

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

The HVAC Industry’s largest publication, ACHR the NEWS, featured a COAC Construction Team image on the cover of the July 4th edition. The picture shows the COAC team lowering a specialty HVAC unit down through the roof to the floor of an expanding data center. This was a very unique challenge due to the difficult circumstances but the COAC came up with a workable and creative solution to getting the job done. Thanks to Greg Meyers of Emerson for including us in the article formation.

For more photos of this project, see the COAC Gallery Page: HERE

New Video: Caltrans Fan Wall Installation Time Lapse

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

Over the Memorial Day Weekend, the Cooper Oates Air Conditioning Construction Team demolished an enormous (12 ft. x 15 ft., 107,000 CFM) circulation fan and installed a Fan Wall at the Caltrans Headquarters building in downtown Sacramento. The Fan Wall consisted of fifteen individual, 300 lb., fan cubes that provide much needed redundancy and significant energy savings.

NO downtime was allowed for this project which was a critical infrastructure upgrade for an aging, essential services building with over 1,400 employees.

The project began right at 5:00pm on Friday of the Memorial Day Weekend and was fully installed and ready for tenants by Monday at 3:00pm.

Demolishing a 12 foot circulation fan at the Cal Trans Building

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

Here is the before picture of the 12 ft. tall x 14 ft. wide circulation fan that the team from COAC demolished to make way for the new, more redundant and efficient, fan wall.

Stay tuned for the time lapse video of the demolition and installation of the new Cal Trans Fan Wall.

Cal Trans Building New Fan Wall Completed over the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

The COAC Installation Team just completed a challenging, time-crunched project at the Cal Trans Building across from the State Capitol. The project entailed de-constructing and dismantling an enormous single 12 ft by 12 ft. 100,000 CFM / 60 horsepower circulation fan and replacing it with a more energy efficient and significantly more manageable fan wall. The fan wall was made up of 15 integrated, independently controllable Hunt Air fan cubes that generate as much or more than the required 100,000+ CFM of air flow. The final size of the cube array, not including the supporting steel superstructure, was 16.25 ft. wide by 11 ft. tall. The entire disassemble, removal, preparation of new opening, and installation of the 15 cubes was completed in just under 70 hours during the long Memorial Day weekend with no work disruption to the Cal Trans tenants. All of the month’s long planning, creative solutions and great teamwork certainly paid off. Well done team!

Stay Tuned for the Time lapse video of the deconstruction and installation of the fan wall.

Cooper Oates Air Conditioning Announces Selection of James Biagioni as General Manager of the Service Division

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

Sacramento, CA, March 20, 2016 — Cooper Oates Air Conditioning (COAC), Northern California’s premier commercial mechanical contractor, is delighted to announce the selection of James Biagioni as General Manager, Service Division. James will be responsible for all aspects of the Service Division and to continue its growth trajectory. Most recently, James was the Senior Facility Supervisor for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s where he managed a team of professionals tasked with comfort and process heating and cooling for the Lab’s 103 buildings.

We are very fortunate to have James join our team. His 30+ years of mechanical service experience in this market and his advanced skill set will enhance the delivery of our service and expedite the skill development of our technicians. James’ demonstrated professionalism, leadership and diverse experience will allow us to build our ability to engage in a broader and more complex range of work for commercial building owners, property managers and tenants. His service philosophy emphasizes occupant comfort, energy efficiency and first-time fix which mirrors our mission of assisting customers to improve the return on their building investment.

As COAC’s service areas expands across the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, from Redding to Fresno, and from the Sierra foothills to the East Bay, James will be tasked with delivering 24/7 service to a spectrum of commercial clients over this large area.

About Cooper Oates Air Conditioning:
Cooper Oates Air Conditioning serves commercial building owners, property managers and tenants in the Northern California and Central Valley Region by managing the full life-cycle cost of their mechanical systems through efficient design, reliable construction, responsive service and quality craftsmanship delivered by skilled professionals. Since 1972, we have helped clients increase the return on their building investment. More information is available at www.coacair.com.

Partnering with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to “Knock Out” Cancer

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

Jan. 16th was Cancer Awareness night at the Kings Game. COAC partnered with LLS to help bring the fight to save lives from ravages of cancer to the fans. COAC’s “The King” was there and posed for knock out pictures with the fans.

SMUD’s energy-saving guru, Bruce Baccei, discusses ideas for saving energy with your roof-top HVAC units

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

Add-on Variable Speed Controls for RTUs

In a recent article published at the EnergyCentral website, Bruce Baccei of SMUD’s Energy R&D, discusses a topic that he has devoted years of his professional life to, HVAC efficiency. In particular Bruce reviews the results of a Sacramento field test on a technology that averaged an energy savings of over 39%.

The addition of variable speed controllers to existing single speed HVAC units has proven to dramatically reduce energy consumption and the technology has other significant benefits. Products like Catalyst, also provide the value of fault detection, measurement of energy savings, adjustment of controls, email alerts, viewing performance and Demand Response all by way of the internet. Read Bruce’s article here.

For more information or an on-site survey showing how Variable Speed Controls, like those discussed in the article, can save your energy dollars contact COAC’s John McAlpine.

COAC’s New Virtual Walk through of the latest NASA project

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

Watch COAC’s Virtual Walk through video of one of our current NASA projects. The NASA N233 Cooling Tower #2 project is underway and the planning is comprehensive and challenging. COAC’s Principle Engineer Gary Storck and Designer Mike Garcia teamed up to craft this amazing video to show the client how the new cooling tower and pipes would integrate with the existing tower and fit in the existing space.

Gary Cline joins COAC at Hydronics Superintendent

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

Gary Cline has joined Cooper Oates Air Conditioning (COAC) as Hydronics Superintendent, Construction Div. Gary has 30+ years of plumbing and pipe fitting experience. Gary will lead the effort of expanding the hydronics services offered by COAC’s already comprehensive suite of mechanical services. Gary can be reached at 916.862.2970 or by email at gcline@coacair.com.

HVAC Retirement – To plan or not to plan

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Cooper Oates Air Conditioning

The end is coming! The question is, is it better to plan for HVAC replacement or endure the disruption when it occurs.

Replacing or upgrading an HVAC unit is never an easy decision, unless that decision has already been made for you due to the unit failing. Many building owners and managers are reactive when it comes to their HVAC systems. Something changes (no air, no cool, no warm etc…) then action is taken to correct the failure or replace the unrepairable unit. Even with diligent and meticulous maintenance HVAC has a finite lifespan and it will fail eventually. The real decision with managing the HVAC assets is will you manage them or will they manage you.

We suggest that you take control and manage these remarkable and quite vital assets. Whether the units are old and running on borrowed time due to the increasing shortage of R-22 refrigerant, you are looking to increase the buildings value and marketability or just want to save energy, taking control will pay off in many ways. Have a plan in place that allows you to be pro-active about your replacement strategy and that fits you budget. Thinking strategically about your HVAC assets is proving to be more economical over the long run than reacting to emergencies.

COAC can provide you with information and expert advice that will guide you through your decision process. Detailed unit evaluations, pre & post energy use modeling, maintenance and replacement planning and financing are just some of the ways we can assist you in taking control. To plan or not to plan, it’s up to you.