Mechanical Page Archives

13 Feb Central Materials Lab Boiler Replacement, Henrico

Posted at 19:36h in by brockwp

When the boiler at the Central Materials Lab in Sandston needed to be replaced, the Virginia Department of Transportation turned to Brockenbrough. The aging fire-tube boiler was replaced with two modular boilers. Each modular boiler was sized for two-thirds of the building heating load to...

13 Feb Stone Hall Chiller Replacement, Patrick Henry Community College

Posted at 19:32h in by brockwp

When the 23 year old, 70-ton water cooled chiller at Patrick Henry Community College’s Stone Hall needed to be replaced, the Virginia Community College System called Brockenbrough. The existing chiller was in need of several expensive repairs to bring it back to full operating capability. ...

13 Feb HVAC Upgrades, Special Collections Richmond Library, Richmond

Posted at 19:25h in by brockwp

The Rare Children’s Book Collection is housed in the Davenport Special Collections Room of the Main Library, 101 E. Franklin Street. This collection includes international and American children’s books of historical interest from the 18th century to the 21st century. Specific collections include Rare Children’s...

10 Nov Old City Hall Chiller Replacement

Posted at 17:29h in by TeamBrockenB

When the chiller at the historic Old City Hall in Richmond, Virginia needed to be replaced, the Virginia Department of General Services turned to Brockenbrough. The aging 250 ton chiller was located in a mechanical room under a pedestrian plaza. To install a replacement would...

13 Jun Replace Fuel Tankage, Craney Island

Posted at 17:09h in by TeamBrockenB

This project marked the third major tank replacement design Brockenbrough provided for Craney Island Fuel Terminal dating back to the 1980’s. The project provided 400,000 barrels of JP-5/F-76 storage and an additional 70,000 barrels of Reclaimed Fuel Oil (FOR) storage. The new tanks replaced nineteen circa...