The 111 John Wesley Dobbs project was developed to provide modern apartment-style housing for Georgia State University students in the heart of downtown Atlanta. The 293,299 sq ft, multi-story community includes hundreds of individual residential units, each requiring independent heating and cooling to provide students with comfort and personal temperature control throughout the year.
To support the aggressive construction schedule, the owner needed a mechanical contractor capable of coordinating the installation of more than 200 HVAC systems while minimizing disruptions to other trades and keeping the project moving efficiently.
Installing hundreds of individual HVAC units within a high-rise structure presented significant logistical challenges. Rooftop equipment served the upper floors while additional systems located in the parking structure supplied the lower levels. Every unit had to be delivered, lifted and installed in sequence without slowing construction.
Traditional crane operations would have required hundreds of individual equipment picks, increasing both project costs and schedule impacts. The team needed a smarter approach that would improve productivity while maintaining quality throughout installation.
Rather than lifting each HVAC unit individually, the Corvant team developed an innovative installation strategy using Conex containers. Multiple units were loaded into each container on the ground before the crane lifted the entire container to the roof. Crews then unloaded and staged 20 to 25 units at a time for installation, dramatically reducing crane time and keeping other construction activities moving with fewer interruptions.
The Conex container installation strategy reduced crane picks significantly — turning what would have been hundreds of individual lifts into a fraction of that number — and kept the project on schedule throughout the 18-month construction program.
By combining detailed planning with creative field execution, Corvant successfully delivered HVAC systems for more than 200 residential units while supporting the owner’s schedule, giving Georgia State University students a fully conditioned building ready for occupancy on time.
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