CASE STUDY  |  CIVIC

Austin Animal Center: A Beautiful Shelter for Animals in Need

The City of Austin sought to make significant improvements to the 50-year old The Austin Animal Center within the past decade. The plan included replacing the existing facility with two new kennel buildings with a minimum of 80 kennel spaces, cat cubicles, and small-animal spaces.

The City of Austin sought to make significant improvements to the 50-year old The Austin Animal Center within the past decade. The plan included replacing the existing facility with two new kennel buildings with a minimum of 80 kennel spaces, cat cubicles, and small-animal spaces.

Encotech provided MEP design services. We designed all the electrical systems, lighting, and power outlet layout and circuiting for the new buildings and the entire site for the Electrical scope.

The Mechanical design included zonal load analysis, sizing, and scheduling of HVAC equipment based on zoning. The mechanical scope also involved the design of all ductwork and location of air registers, grill, and temperature sensors. Additionally, Encotech provided a LEED V3 for New Construction compliant Energy model. The team exceeded 18% efficiency over baseline, as shown by the model.

The Plumbing engineering team provided water and wastewater and natural gas piping load analysis, sizing layout, riser diagrams, and condensate piping design. The project achieved LEED Gold certification.

LOCATION: Austin, Texas
CLIENT: Jackson & Ryan Architects
SERVICES: MEP Engineering

Encotech provided MEP design services. We designed all the electrical systems, lighting, and power outlet layout and circuiting for the new buildings and the entire site for the Electrical scope.

The Mechanical design included zonal load analysis, sizing, and scheduling of HVAC equipment based on zoning. The mechanical scope also involved the design of all ductwork and location of air registers, grill, and temperature sensors. Additionally, Encotech provided a LEED V3 for New Construction compliant Energy model. The team exceeded 18% efficiency over baseline, as shown by the model.

The Plumbing engineering team provided water and wastewater and natural gas piping load analysis, sizing layout, riser diagrams, and condensate piping design. The project achieved LEED Gold certification.

LOCATION: Austin, Texas
CLIENT: Jackson & Ryan Architects
SERVICES: MEP Engineering