design in 3D, build in 3D, live in 3D!
Technical Designs provides 3D-based engineering, commissioning, and sustainability services. Its staff includes registered engineers, LEED Accredited Professionals, and Commissioning Authorities certified by GBCI, ASHRAE, Tridium/Niagara, and the AABC Commissioning Group.
AABC Commissioning Group (ACG) Certification · LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)
Mark HauensteinPrincipal Designer
Provides full-service project and MEP engineering design, utilizing advanced coordination methodologies.
Approaches design through 3D BIM, utilizing Autodesk Revit to coordinate structural and mechanical systems and reduce field conflicts.
Utilizes cloud-based collaboration tools to support real-time joint model access and coordination among specialized consultants.
Provides MEP design services, including high-performance building systems, HVAC, and energy-efficient systems.
Delivers comprehensive building system verification to ensure facilities operate in accordance with contract documents and design intent.
Provides systematic quality assurance to validate facility design against requirements, review construction, and document field changes.
Identifies and adjusts less-than-optimal performance in existing facility equipment, lighting, and control systems to improve efficiency.
Performs mandated commissioning services to verify building systems are installed and function as designed for LEED certification.
Baselines building performance using data and modeling software to stress systems and optimize possible performance.
Provides sustainable design, energy modeling, and green building certification administration.
Manages the LEED administration process to help facilities achieve certified status, ranging from Silver to Gold.
Uses Building Energy Assessment Professional (BEAP) methods to perform energy modeling and optimize lifecycle operating costs.
Engineers clean energy solutions, including solar hot water integration and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) microturbine systems.
Supports facility operations to lower overall lifetime costs and improve system reliability.
Develops building automation and control solutions, including Tridium/Niagara controls platform integration.
Tracks and improves facility performance over its operational lifecycle to reduce ongoing operations costs.
Education · Hospitality · Federal · Power Generation · Solar · Aviation · Airports · Food & Beverage · Government · Commercial · Mixed-Use · Industrial
San Francisco, CA · Hospitality · 2015 · Client: Hotel Nikko San Francisco
Engineered a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) cogeneration solution calling for two Capstone C65 microturbines to generate electricity and capture exhaust heat for domestic hot water supply. Technical Designs also served as the LEED project administrator to help the hotel work toward LEED Gold status.
Reno, NV · Airports · Client: Federal Aviation Administration
Commissioned the Reno Tahoe FAA Control Tower, acting as a third-party liaison representing the Federal Aviation Administration to verify that all systems performed in accordance with design documents.
Henderson, NV · Industrial · Client: Boyd Gaming
Provided mechanical design services for a 100,000 square foot laundry facility, helping the facility obtain LEED certification.
Nevada · Commercial · Client: Somersett Town Center
Served as the LEED project administrator and building commissioning agent for a 36,000 square foot, two-building, two-story complex, which was one of the first LEED Silver Core and Shell projects in Nevada.