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Southland Industries Offices and Fabrication Facility – Garden Grove
Article | Office Snapshots
Award-winning interior architecture and planning firm H. Hendy Associates (Hendy) announced the completion of the new Southern California office space and fabrication facility for Southland Industries, one of the largest mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems firms in the nation.
H. Hendy Associates Applies Six Sigma Expertise to Southland Industries Facility Addition
Article | Contracting Business
“As a company that has always prided itself on innovation and collaboration, we were craving high-performance work and fabrication spaces that could...
Construction’s Best Kept Secret: Women Make More Than Men
Article | Building Forward
“We do a lot of college recruiting, and it’s a tough sell, especially with women,” says Wendy Montgomery, senior manager, talent management at Garden Grove, Calif.-based Southland Industries, one of the nation’s largest mechanical, electrical, and plumbing contractors.
NATE Magazine: Certification Matters
Article | NATE Magazine May Edition
NATE (North American Technician Excellence) certification helps ensure a steady supply of trained, qualified HVACR technicians in the United States.
Practical & Tactical Safety
Article | Construction Business Owner
In a recent cover story for Construction Business Owner, Southland Industries’ Henry Nutt III and Dodge Data & Analytics reveal the top three safety factors affecting teams today.
Our Industry is Broken
Article | Consulting-Specifying Engineer
When the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry is compared to others, it is clear that we are behind on major advancements and safety protocols. Over 70 percent of projects within the AEC industry are over budget or delivered behind schedule, or both, explains Southland Engineering’s Erin Miller.
Process-Driven Facility Designed to Optimize Office, Fabrication Spaces
Article | Facility Executive
“As a company that has always prided itself on innovation and collaboration, we were craving high-performance work and fabrication spaces that could serve to enhance our commitment to integrated solutions, our design-build-maintain model, and an environment that serves our most important asset: our people,” said Southland Industries’ vice president and division leader Payman Farrokhyar.
Southland Energy Breaks Ground on Phase 2 Energy Savings Performance Contract at Fort Riley
Fort Riley, KS
Fort Riley, home of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, collaborated with Southland Energy and the U.S Army Engineering and Support Center to develop and implement energy conservation measures to reduce energy consumption and enhance resiliency. The $25 million second phase energy project will upgrade 165 facilities totaling 3.7 million square feet. Improvements include LED lighting (interior and exterior), water fixtures, HVAC, controls, expanding the existing Energy Management Control System (EMCS), infrared heating system upgrades, direct exchange system coil treatment and restoration, building envelope improvements, and retro-commissioning.
Virtual Reality: The 3-D Solution to an Engineer’s 2-D Problem
Article | Propmodo
Virtual reality (VR) has proved useful to a wide range of applications in architecture, medicine and, of course, the ever-growing gaming industry. The next industry poised for transformation thanks to VR is the design-build industry, explains Mehran Salehi, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analyst at Southland Industries.
Leaning into Construction Safety
Article | Occupational Health & Safety
What makes operating a site under Lean principles different and inherently safer than other sites is the active role that each team member takes, along with the understanding that all voices have equal representation when it comes to creating a project flow that maximizes value and minimizes waste, explains Henry Nutt, Sheet Metal General Superintendent at Southland Industries.