McQuay International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daikin Industries Ltd., has been awarded a contract valued at nearly $15 million to supply air-conditioning equipment for the Freedom Tower building (1 World Trade Center) in New York City. Currently under construction on the site of the World Trade Center that was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the 105 story Freedom Tower will be 1,776 feet (541 meters) tall. The height of the tower in feet commemorates the year of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Scheduled for completion in 2012, the Freedom Tower is the tallest of the 5 buildings that will form the new World Trade Center complex.
The air-conditioning system will consist of custom-designed air-conditioning units to meet the specified requirements of the project, including HFC- 410A refrigerant with no ozone depletion potential or phase-out date and low operating sound levels. The high-efficiency, floor located self-contained unit with inverter-controlled fan is ideal for high-rise projects
because they eliminate the need for large equipment rooms and chilled-water piping systems and can be operated individually floor-by-floor. The unit will be manufactured at McQuay’s plant in Faribault, Minnesota.
"For the entire management team, I wish to thank everyone who has been involved directly or indirectly in this project and to the rest of the organization for understanding as we focused resources on this project,” said Ron Hanlon, Vice President of Sales, McQuay. “The results truly demonstrate the worldclass capabilities of our organization.”
The Freedom Tower is being developed by One World Trade Center, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Tishman Construction Corporation of New York City is the contractor and Jaros, Baum & Bolles (JB&B) of New York City is the MEP engineering consultant on the project. McQuay delivers engineered, flexible solutions for commercial, industrial and institutional HVAC requirements with reliable products, knowledgeable applications expertise and responsive support.
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