Corte Madera Town Center – A Tale of Two Boilers

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15000 Inc. > Specialists in boiler and heating water systems. When the Corte Madera Town Center started having problems with their 30 year old boiler they called in the experts to assess the problem. The Town Center is Marin’s premier shopping destination and in many...

15000 Inc. Named Top Mechanical Engineering Firm by the North Bay Business Journal

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The North Bay Business Journal “Book of Lists 2015” has named 15000 Inc. the top mechanical engineering firm in the San Francisco North Bay. This has been achieved by a simple concept; Engineering For All In a few short years, expertise, humor and passion at 15000...

15000 Inc. Project Named Top 2014 Education Project by NBBJ

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Marin Catholics New Stadium with Plumbing Systems Design courtesy of 15000 Inc. The North Bay Business Journal named the Marin Catholic School Stadium and Concessions as the Top Education Project for the San Francisco North Bay in 2014. 15000 Inc. was proud to be part of this...

Healdsburg JHS Fire Sprinklers Underway

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Healdsburg Junior High School Fire Sprinkler Installation Construction is progressing at Healdsburg Junior High School where 15000 Inc. has designed the fire sprinkler systems. The project, designed by Santa Rosa’s renowned Quattrocchi Kwok Architects, is a $7.5 million...

Architects and Engineers worked hand in hand – 2000 years ago!

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Integrated Design is NOT a new concept. Here is concrete proof (pun intended) that Architects and Engineers worked hand in hand long before the advent of building codes, AutoCad and integrated project delivery! “The world’s of art and design are not incompatible with...

15000 Inc. Party Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary, New Office and Christmas

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It’s been a banner year – and an amazing decade for 15000 Inc. Our company has changed, moved and expanded in a very short period of time. It seems a commitment to great engineering + great people + competitive fees + client responsiveness + a great sense of humor is...

200 Ton Crane Hoist at Marin County Jail

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This past Saturday I spent the day over-seeing the replacement of the air handling unit at Marin County Jail. This engineering project started months ago and quickly became a challenge when we learned that there was no currently manufactured unit that would fit on the existing...

South Korea – The Best of Engineering and Architecture

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A small portion of downtown Seoul viewed from the south side of the Han River. When you hear “South Korea”, what do you think of? The stand-off with North Korea over the DMZ? Or, perhaps, One of the eleven bullet trains serving the country. Cruising speed is 190 MPH! “an...

Movin’ On Up – to the West Side!

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They say change is good for the soul. At 15000 Inc. Consulting Engineer we’ve been changing and growing at a frenetic pace over the summer. Most of the changes have been carefully planned. One of the changes came out of left field and took us all by surprise. Yet, it is...

15000 Inc. Principal Doing Hard Time at Marin County Jail

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The Criminal: Gary Welch The Crime: HVAC Design The Sentence:  72 Hours of hard time at the Marin County Jail When you pass through the security entrance and into the jail for the first time you can’t help but feel a tightness in our stomach. The “jai...