Steven Potratz-Specific Project Activity
The following outline demonstrates the scope and number of projects that have been my responsibility. In any given year I have been responsible for an aggregate 2 million plus dollars of construction work or more.
1985
Analysis Of Central Chiller Plant Operational Difficulties
Cooling Tower Renovations
Telephone Switch Room Cooling Systems
Cooling System Renovation for Mainframe Computer at Information Tech.
1986
Installation Of 1000 Ton Chiller and Tower At The Central Chiller Plant
Planning and Design Development of 2 Million Gallon Chilled Water Storage Facility
1988
Bustad Hall BL3 Facility Remodel $50,000
Wood Technology Lab Dust Collection, Ventilation $200,000
Albrook Fluids Lab New Chiller $80,000
Chilled Water Plant New Distribution Pump and VFDS $300,000
Vet Hospital Cat Scan Cooling System $60,000
1989
Nursing Center New Boiler Plant $160,000
Fire Station Truck Bay Exhaust System $80,000
1990
Central Chilled Water Storage Facility Completion $3 Million
1991
Steffen Center Green House Project $469,000
1992
1000 Ton Chiller Replacement $285,000
Fish Challenge Facility $60,000
Manure Storage and Processing Facility $50,000
Vibration Free Building Process Cooling $150,000
1993
Dana Hall Micro Scope Lab $25,000
Murrow Com. WHETS Classroom Cooling $60,000
1994
Wegner Hall Tissue Culture Lab $350,000
1995
Golf Course Irrigation System Remodel $500,000
1996
Prosser Crop Drying Facility $100,000
Chemistry Building Vane Axial Fan Replacement $150,000
Daggy Hall Chilled water connections (emergency repair) $150,000
1997
North Campus Chilled water expansion project $400,000
Child Care Center Cooling System remodel $150,000
1998
Prosser Campus Chiller and Boiler Replacement $365,000
Eastlick Hall Growth Chamber Replacement $800,000
Compton Union Building 3rd Floor Cooling $300,000
French Administration Chiller Renovation $150,000
Chilled Water Storage Facility (Emergency Repairs) $80,000
ICNE Indoor Air Quality Study
Knott Dairy Center. Refrigerated Milk Tank Replacement $200,000
1999
Library Chiller Addition $300,000
Replacement 2000 Ton Chiller $600,000
Chiller Plant Expansion Pre-Design $7 Million
Power Plant Satellite Expansion Pre-Design $5 Million
Power Plant CHP Pre Design $45 Million
Hamilton Hall Boiler And Chiller Replacement $250,000
Steam Turbine Rebuild $550,000
Tri-Cities Campus Irrigation Remodel $80,000
2000-01
Greenhouse Replacement $450,000
CASP Boiler Installation $3.6 million
Misc. Chiller Projects ESCO $200,000
2002-03
Power plant RFP $35 million
Bustad 438B BSL-3 lab renovation $200,000
McCoy Large Animal Tread mill $150,000
Animal Science-Research magnet installation $75,000
Regents Hall chilled water tie-in to Central system $75,000
Entomology greenhouse $400,000
2004-05
Wilson Hall Chilled Water System Overhaul $180,000
ETRL Class 1000 Clean Room $650,000
Tri-Cities MOCVD Hazardous Disposal Project $200,000
Clark Hall Perchloric Acid Hood Remediation $60,000
Webster Process Cooling System Additions $55,000
Steam Distribution Study $80,000
Eastlick Hall BSL-3 tuberculosis lab renovation $300,000
Wegner Hall Free Cooling system ESCO
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Dental Clinic $50,000
2006-07
Fulmer/DI plant renovation $250,000
Kaulkus lab Puyallup, lab fume hood remodel/ht. recovery ESCO $200,000
ETRL mold remediation $110,000
Chemical storage facility heating system remodel $90,000
TriCities campus chiller replacement $200,000
Veterinary large animal BSL-2 system renovation $190,000
Microwave Sterilizer-food processing $300,000
2008-09 Management of design staff $43 Million worth of in house design projects.
ESCO project for East Campus chilled water facility $11 Million
Renovation of the WSU DI water plant $150,000
Firehouse -Truck exhaust extraction system $50,000
McCluskey Services Building Welding shop exhaust system and extractor
Ongoing Infrastructure/Utilities Planning, Facilities Engineering
2010-2017
50-year Master planning for Pullman Campus
Concept Development for Major Capital project submittal to the Legislature
5 Projects including CHP for College Ave Steam Plant, Two Utilities district development projects, Troy Hall Renovation
Building assessment program-110 Buildings-VFA
Service Contracts, Plant Engineering
Sanitary Sewer project with City of Pullman
Chairman-Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee
Waste Water Reclamation Project with Dept of Ecology and City of Pullman
Development and Management of Minor Capital Budget for WSU
Free Cooling Heat Exchanger for Central Chiller Plant-ESCO
New Chiller installation at East Plant–ESCO
Well and Storage Tank repairs
Everett Campus Building: committee and maintenance contract.
Water metering-ESCO
WSU Energy Program(including ESCO program-operations)
Elevator Service Program
WSU Service Contract Manager
2017-2018
Design for restroom remodels in Dana Hall, Todd Hall, McCluskey, Commons
Lab remodels Webster, Eastlick, Johnson
Boiler replacements: Tri-Cities, Spokane,
WSU Creamery Ice bank System
Replacement and upgrade of Well#8 pump and well development.
Plan reviews-Major and Minor Capital projects
Well #8 Replacement
WSU Student Health Nurses Station
Encounter Ministries-Facility Remodel-HVAC-Plumbing
2019-2021
Boiler replacement projects - 5 buildings North Idaho College-Idaho DPW-Womer
Gritman Medical center. Patient room COVID-19 ventilation upgrades
Gritman Medical Center Fan systems replacement
Gritman Medical Center Emergency room ventilation system renovations
Gritman Medical Center-emergency boiler repairs
Federal Building boiler and stack renovation
WSU Prosser-Greenhouse upgrades
WSU Prosser-3 laboratory renovations
WSU Well #7 Renovation
WSU Well #6 Renovation
Keller Wa Municipal water system upgrades
Nisqually Tribe Emergency Operations Center-Olympia
Colville Tribe-Wellness Center
Moscow School District-Boiler operations upgrades-combustion air-soften water and treatment
Knott Dairy-WSU upgrade water systems, pump house ventilation
Research and Technology Park-ventilation and air conditioning upgrades
Waste Oil Recovery program