Case Study May 2017 Challenge The original Trane self-contained HVAC unit servicing Hemenway’s Restaurant was more than twenty years old, in disrepair, and hard to keep running. With the large unit located in the center of the building, replacing it would be difficult without dismantling the unit and demolishing part of the restaurant to remove it. “The equipment had outlived its lifetime and we were noticing things that could fail. We were planning to remodel in the near future, but we didn’t want to wait for the remodel; something could go wrong,” said Ken Dussinger, Corporate Facilities Director, Newport Harbor Corporation. “Demolishing and rebuilding the restaurant to replace the unit would take some time. We weren’t concerned so much about the loss of revenue, but more s

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