Monday, November 28, 2011

Wins with Schwenn: Aquatic Design

Completed this Fast Track Job w/ Little Time to Spare

The general contractor for this job was AD Owens. This job consisted of a 3,500 square foot interior build out on the 12th floor in downtown Orlando. Project consisted of a very high end lightening package. This was a very challenging project as all work had to be done from 6pm to 2am. But Schwenn came through and finished on time without any flaws. Schwenn Services never misses a deadline!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Diabetes Walk

Together we can Stop Diabetes. One Step at a Time


Schwenn Services sponsored Mary Burch in the walk to stop diabetes in Baldwin Park, FL November 7, 2011. Mary and her team of 16 were walking and raising funds for the American Diabetes Association’s signature fundraising walk, Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes. Every step we take and every dollar we raise will make a difference in the lives of 25.8 million Americans living with diabetes.

Mary and her team were walking for a close friend six year old Emmy. “Emmy is one of the many children living with diabetes and we need to find answers for young children like her,” stated Mary. Team Emma was able to raise a total of $1400 dollars and bring even more awareness to the community. Great job Mary and Team Emmy!



Did you know…?

That 1 in 3 children in the United States face a future with diabetes? The Association works every day to change the frightening future that diabetes has in store, but we they need help. Click here to visit the Step Out: A Walk to Stop Diabetes website and get involved today. 

Monday, November 7, 2011

Wins with Schwenn: Florida Air National Guard

Florida Air National Guard
  • FLANG Fueling Building #29
  • FLANG Headquarters Building #2
  • FLANG Aircraft Hangar #1
  • FLANG Communications Building #5
  • FLANG Dining Hall # 4
Each of the jobs listed above is work that we have done directly for the FLANG. These are buildings that are spread out over the base and range in size from 3,000 square feet to 40,000 square feet.The description for the projects listed above stays typical. We are install conduit, wire, and box’s at exterior door locations in each of the buildings. There are multiple doors in each building. The installation at each door is for security. There is a keypad, motion sensor, and emergency exit button at each door. We are also installing the mag lock hardware on each door. We are installing a security panel inside each of the buildings data closets where all of the low voltage cabling is being terminated. Difficulty here is getting access into the multiple buildings. Some buildings are secured and access takes a lot of patience and coordination.
FLANG Server Rooms Power and Ductless split systems
For the job listed above Concise Inc. is our general contractor. Ernie Brewbaker is the G.C’s Project Manager. There is no real square footage to the project due to the fact that we are working in several buildings through out the property. Buildings range from a few hundred square feet to several thousand square feet. Description of work is for the electrical team to install new power for future server equipment, new grounding bars for proper grounding of existing and new equipment, new emergency lighting where none is existing, new lighting in server rooms where acoustical ceiling is being installed, and power for new ductless split system being installed. Challenge is coordination of manpower in out of town work. Coordination of equipment and materials in out of town work. Coordination of all manpower at secured base where you need security badges to be on site. Coordination of all work in multiple buildings through out the base.

FLANG Data Home-runs Building #5
For the job listed above Concise Inc. was our general contractor. Ernie Brewbaker was the G.C’s Project Manager. Square footage of building was in the range of 5,000 square feet. Description of work was for us to run conduit above ceiling and set junction box’s where necessary for the Data/Communications company so they could pull their low voltage cables in. They were installing Data and fiber outlets. Difficulty was that all cables had to be in conduit and the ceiling was full of existing duct work and conduits which made installation harder.

FLANG CTK/Building #22 Power and A/C
For the building listed above Concise Inc. was our general contractor and Ernie Brewbaker was the G.C’s Project Manager. Square footage of building was in range of 6,000 square feet. Description of work was for us to upgrade the existing electrical panel so that more circuits would be available. With the available circuits we installed new outlets for equipment and also provided power to a new 1 ton ductless split system which was also installed by Schwenn Services. When completed we installed a surge arrestor on the panel so as to protect it from any lighting strikes or power surges.