Acronyms
VFD
What is a variable frequency drive?
A device in an HVAC system that controls the amount of conditioned air flowing into a specific zone, like a room.
What is VAV Box?
A high efficiency, oil-free system that use magnetic fields to levitate the compressor shaft to provide cooling.
This partner use to live in Florida?
Who is Will Leffler?
The process of tracking and assigning cost to a specific project to determine its profitability.
What is job costing?
VRV
What is Variable Refrigerant Volume?
An HVAC component that controls temperature in a specific zone by using a fan to mix primary conditioned air with return air from a ceiling plenum.
What is a Fan Powered Box (FPB)?
An outdoor unit that is a complete self contained HVAC system housed in a single unit.
What is an Rooftop Unit? (RTU)
This person played one year of football at Valparaiso.
Who is John Schulz?
An accounting method where revenue and profit are recognized only when the entire project is finished.
What is the completed contract method?
MPT
A self-contained, wall mounted heating and cooling system on the exterior wall of a building.
What is a PTAC?
An indoor or outdoor unit that handles conditioning air but needs separate systems for heating, cooling or both.
What is an air handling unit?
This person once designed the worlds largest corn maze.
Who is Chad Elliott?
A report that verifies the wages paid to all workers on a project often required for government contracts.
AFMS
What is an Air Flow Measure Station?
What is a cabinet unit heater?
Can be thought of as a specialized heat exchanger where water and air meet with the purpose of reducing the temperature of the water. When this happens a small amount of the water evaporates.
What is a cooling tower?
This Premier Mechanical Pipefitter is a welding instructor at the 597 Union School.
Who is Mike Leonard?
A portion of the payment that is held back until the project is fully completed and defects are fixed.
What is retainage?
NPSH
What is Net Positive Suction Head?
Provides a blend of both radiant and convective heat. Has a sleek low profile vs its traditional counterpart.
What is panel radiator (Runtal)?
This unit can take the place of a boiler and a chiller to give water temperatures between 45 and 130f.
The name of the winery owned by one of the original PMI founders.
A method that recognizes revenue and expenses as a project progresses, based on the percentage of work completed. It is a common and sometimes required method for reporting income.
What is the percentage of completion method?