Science Building Office Remodel
Education · Client: Gulf Coast Community College
Project details
A challenging renovation of a historic office area in the Science Building, featuring highly detailed HVAC and electrical design work.
Full-service mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and energy management engineering.
Pinnacle Engineering Group, P.A. is a full-service mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and energy management control systems engineering practice. Headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, it provides building programming, analysis, design, and construction phase services for both new construction and renovation projects. The practice serves commercial, governmental, educational, and healthcare facilities with a dedication to delivering quality products on time and within budget.
Craig H. AllenPresident
Delivers comprehensive heating, ventilation, and air conditioning solutions for new installations and retrofits.
Custom thermodynamic layouts and ventilation distribution planning.
Large-scale utility and centralized plant configurations for campuses and high-occupancy structures.
Mitigation and filtration setups to enhance air safety and comfort.
Environmental moisture diagnostics and remediation systems.
Dedicated climate solutions for laboratories, computer rooms, and kitchen facilities.
Provides distribution design, lighting systems, and safety analysis for low and medium voltage systems.
Safe, resilient electrical routing and load division.
Architectural and functional illumination systems utilizing modern efficiency technologies.
Backup power and solar generation hardware setups.
Analysis of active electrical loads and logging of demand metrics per safety codes.
Arc flash safety, fault current analysis, and operational coordination assessments.
Wide-area high-capacity routing for institutions and campuses.
Develops sanitary and life safety systems, matching building codes with robust hydraulic calculations.
Potable water supply and waste system architecture.
Active suppression layout and delivery configurations.
Pressurization hardware and dry piping structures for colder and unheated areas.
Flow rate, pressure drops, and system capacity diagnostics.
Designs intelligent building controls and security networks to optimize energy use and facility protection.
Direct digital control implementation for precise mechanical building management.
Optimized programming and analytics platforms for utility conservation.
Video surveillance, card readers, and campus-wide entry tracking networks.
Integration of regional fire sensory, alarm, and emergency notification elements.
Supports clients from initial bidding through construction inspection and regulatory compliance.
Assistance during pre-bid meetings, document management, and bid evaluation stages.
Field reporting, construction site visits, and project closeout supervision.
Assessing designs against regional mandates including local educational, ADA, and healthcare guidelines.
Long-range layout planning for systems capacity and infrastructure modifications.
Education · Government · Healthcare · Public Safety · Justice & Corrections
Education · Client: Gulf Coast Community College
A challenging renovation of a historic office area in the Science Building, featuring highly detailed HVAC and electrical design work.