Dinter Engineering

Don West

Mechanical Project Engineer

Experience

Mr. West has over ten years’ experience as a Mechanical Engineer designing HVAC and plumbing systems for a variety of projects including health care, institutional, educational, and commercial facilities; office buildings; and warehouses. He is now a mechanical engineer in Dinter’s Phoenix office.

Donny has been responsible for design of mechanical/HVAC air distribution, plumbing and fire protection systems; mechanical calculations for HVAC design; selection of new HVAC equipment and of plumbing fixtures, including ADA-compliant fixtures; and design of water, waste, and gas distribution, backflow prevention devices, and chillers and water towers.

Professional License:

Mr. West is professionally registered as a mechanical engineer in a number of states.

Education:

University of Nevada, Reno - Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering - 1999.

Professional Activities

Member of:
ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (active member and past-president of local chapter)

Project Experience:

Arizona Department of Revenue, Phoenix, Arizona: Elevator Modernization (Mechanical Designer/Construction Observer for Phase I design of five cab traction elevator systems and renovation and rebuild of a freight elevator; included modifying the HVAC system to accommodate new equipment in the elevator equipment room.) ($518,000)
Arizona State Veterans Home, Phoenix, Arizona: Dining Room Remodel Expansion (Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager for design and construction observation services to extend existing HVAC, plumbing, and wet-pipe fire sprinkler systems for a new two-story addition to expand the existing dining rooms to 1,900 sq.ft. each on each floor by infilling the existing courtyard.)
Brown Field Municipal Airport, San Diego, California: Design/Build Fuel Lines (Mechanical Engineer for design of fuel piping system for electric generator.)
Dazzle Dental Office, Queen Creek, Arizona: Tenant Improvement (Mechanical Engineer/Designer/Construction Observer to provide HVAC, plumbing, and medical gases’ (four types) systems for a complete, new, state-of-the-art, 6,000 sq.ft. dental facility with two lobbies (separate for adults and children), offices, laboratory, X-ray room, and operatory for dental surgery.)
Equity Industrial Properties: Fuller Commercial Office Center, Gilbert, Arizona (Mechanical Engineer/Designer/Construction Observer to provide evaporative cooling, plumbing, and fire protection systems for shell-only construction of industrial/office portions of 26,300 sq.ft. building.)
Family Dentistry Office, Phoenix, Arizona: Dr. Covington Tenant Improvement (Mechanical Engineer/Designer/Construction Observer to provide HVAC, plumbing, and medical gases (four types) systems for a complete, new, state-of-the-art, 2,000 sq.ft. dental facility with a lobby, offices, laboratory, X-ray room, and operatory for dental surgery.)
Foothills Community Park, Goodyear, Arizona: Aquatic Facility (Mechanical Engineer/Designer to provide HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection systems for new aquatic facility with outdoor competition swimming pool, restrooms with showers and lockers, 5,300 sq.ft. control building, and 1,958 pool equipment building; included design of backflow prevention on water service.)
Lamoreaux Marketplace, Phoenix, Arizona (Mechanical Engineer/Designer/Construction Observer for retail shell only construction of eight 3,000 sq.ft. tenant spaces in new building; included providing HVAC for shell; plumbing rough-in for domestic cold water, sanitary sewer and sanitary vent piping; fire protection for shell only. Subsequent work included grease interceptor sizing and selection and design of fire sprinkler system modifications for a kitchen/restaurant in a tenant improvement space.)
McDonald's Restaurant, Nogales, Arizona: Remodel (Mechanical Engineer/Designer to provide plumbing for installation of new SSBS (self-serve beverage station) and SSCS (self-serve coffee station) and new air distribution diffusers for new ceiling.)
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona: PHX Sky Train [a CMAR project] (Mechanical Engineer for design of facilities for phased new passenger train system with elevated guideways, elevated stations and Maintenance and Storage Facility (M&SF) with Automated Train Central Control Facility (CCF) located within. Work includes design of HVAC and plumbing systems for the 44th Street Station, independent of the existing T4 HVAC systems, with digital control/monitoring temperature control systems compatible with the existing Airport systems; design of high-efficiency, low-power and water-use-type plumbing systems for janitors’ sinks, floor drains, floor sinks, domestic water, and electricity for domestic water heaters in the stations. The 44th Street Station will be designed with central water-cooled chiller, cooling tower and water-side economizer, which is the same type of system that will be installed at the EEL Station should that Station ever be closed in. The EEL Station is currently being designed with provisions for a future HVAC system. The 44th Street Station will require a 350-ton chilled water plant and the EEL Station a 250-ton chilled water plant. The T-4 Station will utilize approximately 200 tons of chilled water to be furnished from the existing T-4 10,000-ton central cooling plant. (Stage 1: $370 million; total project: $800 million))
Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Reno, Nevada: RTC Ride and RTC Access Facilities: Seismic Gas Shutoff Valves (Prime A-E/Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager/Designer/Construction Observer to re-design existing gas system to accommodate use of seismic gas shutoff valves at gas line mains in four buildings at two facilities).
City of Reno Police Department, Reno, Nevada: Main Police Station HVAC Replacement (Prime A-E/Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager for design and construction observation services to remove, dispose of and replace existing 35-ton, multi-zone HVAC equipment on the roof of the main police station with four new, smaller units with high static supply fans and powered exhaust fans, high heat exchangers, dual compressors and economizers. The design reused the existing distribution air ductwork, with modifications and transitions as required to serve the new units and maintain the existing control zones.) ($117,000)
Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Reno, Nevada: Integrated In-Line Explosive Detection System Project (Mechanical Project Manager for design and construction observation to modify HVAC and fire protection systems for three phases of work involving 96,395 sq.ft. for expansion and remodeling of the airport ticketing lobby/baggage make-up areas to accommodate installation of state-of-the-art, space-conserving, in-line baggage conveyance and screening system utilizing Explosive Detection System (EDS) and Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) equipment behind the ticketing counter. Work included design for demolition of existing baggage make-up areas and ticket counters; for design of a TSA screening room with computer monitors, printers, and servers and a ticket lobby with new HVAC ductwork; and design for construction phasing).
Silver Peak Grill & Taproom on the River, Reno, Nevada: Modification and Reconfiguration of Kitchen Hood Exhaust for the Parking Gallery Ventilation System (Prime A-E for City of Reno/Mechanical Project Manager/Designer/Construction Observer to replace existing Type I kitchen hood with new kitchen exhaust fan and new make-up air unit with a larger airflow capacity on top floor of parking structure, routing new exhaust ductwork on exterior of the building to the new exhaust fan where air discharges vertically; work included a study to recommend modifications to current kitchen exhaust design to accommodate a new Type I kitchen hood.)
University of Nevada, Reno: Fleischmann Agriculture Building #032: Environmental Controls Upgrade for Rooms 135, 137, 137B, Animal Laboratory (Prime A-E/Mechanical Engineer/Designer/Construction Observer to provide a separate ventilation system and make-up air with heat recovery to reduce energy consumption using a new type of HVAC unit with space humidity control, and air distribution for a room divided into three spaces in the Biology Animal Facility and two additional rooms in Biology Animal Facility.)

Mr. West's experience prior to Dinter Engineering employment includes:

China Springs Boys’ Dormitory, Gardnerville, Nevada (new building; mechanical and plumbing systems including ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures and backflow prevention devices, fire protection system, and water, waste and gas distribution). (new building with administrative facilities; designed mechanical system, which included equipment selection and air distribution, and plumbing system, which included plumbing fixture selections including ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures and backflow prevention devices, fire protection system, and water, waste and gas distribution). [2001; 2001]
China Springs Girls’ Dormitory, Gardnerville, Nevada (new building; mechanical and plumbing systems including ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures and backflow prevention devices, fire protection system, and water, waste and gas distribution). (new building with administrative facilities; designed mechanical system, which included equipment selection and air distribution, and plumbing system, which included plumbing fixture selections including ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures and backflow prevention devices, fire protection system, and water, waste and gas distribution). [2001; 2001]
Comstock Large Animal Hospital, Reno, Nevada (new veterinary hospital; air distribution for HVAC equipment, plumbing systems with ADA-compliant fixtures, and fire protection system). (new veterinary hospital with offices; designed air distribution for HVAC equipment, plumbing systems including ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures, and fire protection system). [2004; (constrn) not available]
First Independent Bank, Sparks Blvd. and Prater Way, Sparks, Nevada (new building; designed HVAC, plumbing with ADA-compliant fixtures, and fire protection systems and water, waste and gas distribution). (new building; designed HVAC system, which included equipment selection and air distribution, and plumbing system, which included plumbing fixture selections including ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures, fire protection system, and water, waste and gas distribution).
Irwin Financial Buildings A, B, and C, Carson City, Nevada (three new buildings; designed HVAC, plumbing with ADA-compliant fixtures, fire protection, backflow prevention devices, and water, waste and gas distribution). (three new buildings; designed HVAC system, which included equipment selection and air distribution, and plumbing system, which included plumbing fixture selections including ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures and backflow prevention devices, fire protection system, and water, waste and gas distribution).
Lahontan Fish Hatchery, Gardnerville, Nevada (new building; HVAC equipment selections and water distribution system for ultraviolet (UV) filter system inside the building). (new building; involved in mechanical design and provided mechanical calculations, HVAC equipment selections and water distribution system for an ultraviolet (UV) filter system inside the building).
Projects for Lyon County School District, Nevada:
1. Fernley Elementary School, Fernley, Nevada (new school; plumbing system with ADA-compliant fixtures; water, waste and gas distribution; backflow prevention devices; mechanical calculations for HVAC design and designed chillers/cooling towers). (new school with administrative and computer facilities, cafeteria and laboratories; plumbing system design which included ADA-compliant plumbing fixture selections; water, waste and gas distribution and backflow prevention devices; also provided mechanical calculations for HVAC design and designed chillers/cooling towers).
2. Fernley Intermediate School, Fernley, Nevada (new school; plumbing system with ADA-compliant fixtures; water, waste and gas distribution and backflow prevention devices; also provided mechanical calculations for HVAC design and designed chillers/cooling towers). (new school with library, administrative and computer facilities, cafeteria, gymnasium, and laboratories; plumbing system design which included ADA-compliant plumbing fixture selections; water, waste and gas distribution and backflow prevention devices; also provided mechanical calculations for HVAC design and designed chillers/cooling towers).
3. Yerington High School, Yerington, Nevada: Remodel (HVAC retrofit and design of ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures). (HVAC retrofit project, involving library, administrative and computer facilities and laboratories, which included selection of new HVAC equipment, air distribution design, and design of ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures). [2003; N/A]
North Tahoe Fire Station, North Lake Tahoe, California (new building; plumbing system with ADA-compliant fixtures, fire protection system, and water, waste and gas distribution; also provided mechanical calculations for HVAC design and designed chillers/cooling towers). (new building with offices; plumbing system design which included plumbing fixture selections including ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures, fire protection system, and water, waste and gas distribution; also provided mechanical calculations for HVAC design and designed chillers/cooling towers).
Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services, Las Vegas, Nevada: Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital (Mechanical Designer for HVAC air distribution incorporating an energy recovery system and including chillers/cooling towers, selection of ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures, design of fire protection and gas, water and sewer distribution for new 117,000 sq.ft., single-story, 190-bed psychiatric hospital). (Mechanical designer for HVAC air distribution incorporating an energy recovery system and including chillers/cooling towers, selection of most of HVAC equipment, selection of ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures, and design of fire protection system and gas, water and sewer distribution for new 117,000 sq.ft., single-story, 190-bed psychiatric hospital with administrative wing with hearing court room/conference room and offices for psychologist, medical doctor, and social worker).
University of Nevada, Reno: Student Union Building (new 160,000 sq.ft. building; HVAC air distribution and chillers/cooling towers, HVAC equipment selection, ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures; gas, water and sewer distribution; and fire protection system). (new 160,000 sq.ft. building with administrative, computer, and food service facilities; theater stage and library; designed HVAC air distribution and chillers/cooling towers, selected most of the HVAC equipment, and designed ADA-compliant plumbing fixtures; gas, water and sewer distribution; and fire protection system). [2006; under construction]
Walgreens, Elk Grove, California (new building; designed plumbing system, which included plumbing fixture selections, backflow prevention devices, a fire protection system, and water, waste and gas distribution). (new building; plumbing system, backflow prevention devices, fire protection system, water, waste and gas distribution). [2001; N/A]