Engineering

On-Site Design Review - Palmer, Alaska

The NHTI team of professional architects, engineers, surveyors, CAD drafters/designers, and technical support personnel is able to facilitate design services for a variety of projects ranging from simple recurring design and review to large multi-phase and complex, unique design projects. NHTI engineers routinely perform civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical design services associated with buildings and telecommunications infrastructure. Our typical project has an engineering design, furnish and installation, turn-up and test requirement. Given our diverse and varied capabilities, we have the qualifications and professional licenses to handle any design project. NHTI engineers integrate all requirements of the building systems and the occupant load into a single design that accommodates all needs. We operate our company and projects ensuring that final design plans conform to customer requirements, comply with federal, state, and local regulatory codes, meet accepted industry standards, and conform to sound engineering practices. The following are brief descriptions of our engineering department capabilities.

Architecture

NHTI architects blend code compliance and aesthetics with design requirements into their final product. Our significant experience with implementing rigorous telecom design standards and other demanding industry requirements allows our team to produce a truly integrated design product. Once a final design is approved, NHTI architects follow through with construction management and customer interface.

Civil - Structure

NHTI professional engineers are proficient in designing structures, foundation systems, and site development plans. Projects include site feasibility studies, new site design/development, master plans, and tenant improvements/building renovations. A large percentage of our designs are located in extreme environments. These include high seismic activity zones, high wind and snow load conditions, extreme temperature fluctuations, and difficult or inaccessible terrain. Additionally, NHTI engineers benefit from the experience and knowledge of our operations/construction team since designs are reviewed during development to ensure constructability.

Electrical

NHTI electrical design experience includes design of new electrical power systems as well as modification of existing power distribution and service entrances, development of prime power facility design (including hybrid systems), emergency back-up power system design and upgrade, code compliance studies, plant inspections, and feasibility studies. NHTI engineers have years of practical experience with a full spectrum of power system design and implementation for large, complex telecom facilities demanding high reliability as well as small routine, and cost effective systems for single and multi-site networks. Power systems can range from simple radial distribution to N+1 isolated redundant distribution with diverse entrances including total facility UPS and/or inverter power with multiple Digital Static Transfer Switches (DSTS).

Other components that our engineers are fluent with include lighting systems, fire alarm, security, building monitoring, special grounding systems, lightning protection, telephone and LAN, fuel monitoring and alarm systems, fiber optic entrances, and a wide array of other systems commonly found in telecommunication and other commercial/ industrial facilities.

Mechanical

NHTI capabilities include comprehensive mechanical engineering and design services for commercial, industrial and institutional projects. Our staff has expertise in heating, ventilating and air conditioning, plumbing, fuel storage, fire protection, and controls systems. This design expertise includes plumbing calculations, heat gain/heat loss calculations, piping layouts and sizing, and air distribution system layout and sizing. Other services offered include energy studies, value engineering, and life cost analysis. Our typical project includes a requirement for redundant systems necessary to effectively cool large, high output communications equipment. We also specialize in developing mechanical systems that will survive and perform in extreme environmental conditions, where reliability is critical.

Telecommunications

NHTI telecom engineers provide a comprehensive and unique body of experience to our design projects. Our staff is comprised of professional electrical engineers, licensed electrical administrators, and registered communication distribution designers (RCDD) with both inside and outside certifications. New Horizons provides an integrated approach to the design and implementation of communications systems. Capabilities and experience include RF propagation and path analysis for microwave, cellular, PCS and other wireless systems, fiber optic design for cable plant, SONET systems, and other optical network designs, satellite network design for both gateway and VSAT installations, broadcast systems, broadband and wireless broadband systems, and feasibility studies and related design services for upgrades to existing systems. Design experience is supported and supplemented by long-term relationships with many equipment manufacturers and suppliers.

Surveying and Geotechnical Analysis

NHTI survey teams include registered land surveyors and assistants with survey backgrounds and geotechnical analysis experience. Both conventional and differential GPS surveys are conducted using equipment that allows centimeter-minus accuracy. This ensures that clients receive an accurate survey at a reasonable cost. Specialized geotechnical equipment is used to facilitate sub-surface sampling and analysis. NHTI has completed extensive soil analysis and foundation solutions in over 200 remote locations throughout Alaska and the Northwest.

Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD)

NHTI offers services provided by CADD designers and technicians who operate state-of-the-art CADD workstations fully loaded with the most powerful graphics and design software available on the market. NHTI's CADD team works closely with project managers and engineers to ensure that all designs and drawings follow industry standards and codes. Our technicians can also produce topographical, service area, cover area, and system area maps for cellular, wireless, and fiber optic projects. We are conversant in numerous government industry proprietary standards for computer aided drafting and design. NHTI can also adopt and learn new customer standards. Our team can deliver state-of-the-art designs, drawings, and maps for engineering projects of all types. We have the capabilities and equipment to meet and exceed all customer needs.

Environmental

NHTI has the capability, experience and resources available to achieve the goal of hazardous waste assessment, investigation and cleanup. New Horizons environmental restoration projects are successful because we solicit and encourage early and continuous involvement of customer and regulatory personnel. Our environmental department has the resources, capabilities, and experience to conduct all phases of environmental assessments, cleanups and restoration/revegetation projects. We design specialized remediation systems including bioremediation and groundwater treatment solutions. We also develop plans for and perform fuel storage tank removals, replacements, and regulatory closures.

Our staff has experience in obtaining permits for special land uses, in making wetlands determinations, and in conducting projects such as environmental impact statements and airport master plans. Consulting services include emergency response plan development, SPCC plans, site assessment and characterizations services, and environmental agency coordination.