Construction was completed in 2016 on the elevated, single-story, 18,000 sf Richard Foster Building, a multi-purpose facility containing a museum, a public library, and a public gathering space for the City of Nome, Alaska. This facility, located in an arctic environment, is fully humidified to protect the unique artifacts in the museum and archives areas. PDC was brought in by the contractor to help fulfill requirements for turnover of the facility, which included commissioning of the major HVAC components. Several of the building’s systems were new to the owner’s maintenance staff, making it important to verify that systems would operate as intended by original design – before the contractor demobilized from the site.
