University of Texas at Austin-The Tower Not all air handling unit installation sites are uniform; some require access to interstitial space, while others require elevator access. Some are rectangular, while others are polygons. Still others need to be built around existing walls, pipes or columns. However, retrofitting an air handling unit in what may seem like a difficult or even impossible space is now easier than ever. For example, the University of Texas at Austin’s Main Building, also known as The Tower, is a 30-story structure with an air handling unit on the 25th floor, immediately below the university president’s office. The unit was built on a difficult site behind the clock on the tower, says Tom Elmore, Air Enterprises. “The tower is the namesake of the university and is what ev

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