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Procurement Services

Posted By: Mike Dalka, Commissioning Procurement Agent

How can Midwest Associates’ procurement services add value to your supply chain? The reason some of Indiana’s largest companies choose Midwest Associates’ procurement services is simple: net value. Understanding how that value is created, however, isn’t always as simple. Here are just a few ways Midwest Associates (MWA) improves supply chain performance for our clients. […]

Fume Hood Safety & Testing

Posted by: Nick Rose, Commissioning & Lab Certification Technician

Fume hoods are the work horse of the laboratory testing field. Used for everything from storage to active chemistry these life saving devices allow operators to work with potentially harmful chemicals to create the everyday items that improve people’s lives. Often, however, owners and operators know very little about how these devices are balanced and […]

SMACNA Excellence Award

Congratulations to Midwest Associates Test & Balance Supervisor Joe Seagraves for being recognized for his expertise and leadership in the TAB field! Joe was honored with an Excellence Award at the recent Labor Appreciation Dinner by SMACNA, the Sheet Metal Contractors Association of Central Indiana! Along with his 40 years of field experience as an […]

TAB Project Update

Our Test & Balance team has been hard at work balancing the air and hydronic systems for Purdue University’s exciting Engineering and Polytechnic Gateway project. The project consists of two connected, five-story buildings named Dudley Hall and Lambertus Hall. Located near the intersection of Grant Street and Northwestern Avenue in West Lafayette, this striking, contemporary […]

Project Highlight: Hard Rock Casino

MWA was thrilled to provide commissioning services for the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana project! Located near the south shore of Lake Michigan in Gary, Indiana, the casino broke ground in January 2020, while everyone was still blissfully unaware of the approaching pandemic. MWA’s commissioning engineers worked with the project team to adjust to the […]

The Role of Commissioning in Owner Training

Innovations in building technology and design continue to improve how mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems operate to maintain safe, comfortable, and healthy indoor spaces. Those systems have become more reliable, energy efficient, and often fully integrated into sophisticated Building Automation Systems (BAS). However, they still require a trained and knowledgeable facility team to run and […]

Service Highlight: Maintenance Planning

Midwest Associates believes turning over a facility should include the information and systems necessary to maintain it from day one. That’s why MWA’s Commissioning team offers comprehensive Maintenance Planning. Our process typically includes the following services: asset data collection, maintenance strategy development including frequency & work procedures, building equipment Bill of Materials (BOM), working with […]

Thermal Imaging

Here at MWA, we sometimes get to feel a little like superheroes. Sure, we might not have Superman’s x-ray vision, but our infrared thermal imaging camera does allow us to “see” far beyond the visible light spectrum. A thermal imaging camera detects heat patterns emitted from an object, converts them to temperature, and displays them […]

The Blower Door Test

One of the advantages of working at MWA is our team’s ability to collaborate internally – across four distinct service lines. The blower door test provides an ideal opportunity for our Commissioning engineers and Test & Balance technicians to work together, each bringing their unique skillsets and experiences to a project. Alexis, from our Commissioning […]

Highlighting Construction Safety

Midwest Associates’ Construction Safety team is currently onsite and leading the safety effort for one of MWA’s largest projects to date – the Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital. For a sense of scale, the MWA Safety team manages 500 craftworkers each day. There are 35 contractors currently onsite. Our Safety team coordinates and manages another […]