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PROJECTS

Perham Hospital

Project Information

Obermiller Nelson Engineering has worked with Perham Hospital & Homes (PMHH), since

LOCATION: Perham, MN

the late 1990’s helping to revitalize the way health care is delivered to the community with

YEAR COMPLETED: 2012

updated technology, energy management, and patient friendly facilities. In 2006, ONE was
brought on board to help plan a brand new 125,000 sq ft hospital building to provide health
care services to the community for decades to come.

SIZE: 125,000 sq ft

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The new hospital building included a 16,000 sq ft patient wing, a 17,000 sq ft clinic facility,

MECHANICAL COST: $6.1 Million
TOTAL PROJECT COST: $30 Million

20,000 sqft of administrative and business/customer support offices, an operating room suite
that included 2 operating rooms, a scanning department that included Mammography, Dexa,
CT, MRI and X-ray and a LDRP suite with 4 birthing rooms as well as the hospital’s kitchen
and dining areas.
The building also included a full energy management system that efficiently manages the
building energy consumption from internet point. This allows the facility management team
24/7 access for infrastructure management. The building HVAC systems included 8 custom
air handling units that have fan array technology to provide redundancy for the air systems
throughout the building. The boiler plant utilized off peak electric, natural gas, and fuel oil as
fuel options for the steam plant to allow the owner to minimize operational costs.
Commissioning Solutions (CxS) provided full commissioning services for the mechanical and
electrical system minimizing hundreds of operational problems for the owners for years to
come.

Gate City Bank Fargo
The project consisted of remodeling floors 1 and 2
of the Gate City Bank building in downtown Fargo.
ONE added exterior building facade lighting,
LED downlights and electronic controllable relay
panels.

Project Information
LOCATION: Fargo, ND
YEAR COMPLETED: 2010

The remodel took place while the client
continuously occupied the building. The jewel of
this project is the level of finish work.

SIZE: 13,600 sq ft

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