Siemens Advantage Services Flying High at Pensacola Naval Air Station

Onsite service contract for five years, $7 million for maintenance of building systems 


BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., April 23  /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a five-year, $7 million contract to maintain and optimize the building automation systems for the Navy at the Pensacola Naval Air Station (PNAS) in Pensacola, Fla. The Advantage Services agreement, which provides five full-time operators and service technicians, covers control systems managing and monitoring the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, utilities, fire safety and other mechanical systems at the Mainside, Saufley Field, Corry Station and Naval Hospital buildings on the base.

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A longtime provider of building automation solutions and energy efficiency services to PNAS, home base to the famous Blue Angels, Siemens will assist PNAS facilities management in achieving substantial energy consumption reductions, as well as occupant comfort standards and rigorous systems monitoring. The service agreement, let through a master contract with DEL-JEN, Inc.,* is performance-based and guarantees time-to-problem resolution, indoor air quality comfort parameter--out-of-prescribed-limit reporting, and timeliness of preventive maintenance action.

Siemens technicians will conduct the daily monitoring and maintenance of all direct digital control hardware and related devices.  "By engaging Siemens to conduct this work," says John Remich, director of the facilities management division for Naval Facilities Engineering Command, "We knew there would be a seamless protocol developed and an end result of real energy savings for the base."  Remich, along with Jim Kane, deputy public works officer, work under the direction of USN Commander Kristina Nielsen, publics works officer for NAVFAC.

"Siemens has served PNAS for more than 13 years and now has 65 buildings with its controls and automation systems onboard," says Siemens Building Technologies branch general manager Bobby Marcus. "This contract reveals the confidence the Navy has in us and demonstrates Siemens commitment to supporting the entire base with services and technologies that continue to deliver substantive, lasting improvements to the base's facilities. We're all quite proud to be assisting the U.S. defense infrastructure with this project."  For example, by integrating building systems base-wide, Siemens has been able to generate greater uptime for the overall system, while helping PNAS save energy and lower its utility costs.

As a leading provider of energy and environmental solutions, building controls, fire safety and security systems solutions, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., makes buildings comfortable, safe, secure and less costly to operate. With U.S. headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Siemens Building Technologies employs 7,400 people and provides a full range of services and solutions from more than 100 locations coast-to-coast. Worldwide, the company has 28,000 employees and operates from more than 500 locations in 51 countries.

*DEL-JEN, INC. (DJI), founded in 1977, provides support services to the U.S. Government principally supporting the Department of Defense and the Department of Labor.

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