Derek Pollary Joins Widseth Smith Nolting as Mechanical Technician
August 17, 2015
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Derek Pollary has joined the engineering department of Widseth Smith Nolting’s Brainerd office. He has a CAD Diploma from Hibbing Community and Technical College.
As a mechanical engineering technician at WSN, Pollary defines, researches, and designs engineering solutions to address building comfort, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness as they relate to client needs. His other responsibilities include energy modeling and analytic comparison of multiple HVAC systems for new and existing facilities; performing load designs on buildings to determine their heating and cooling requirements; design and construction phase commissioning of building systems; sizing of air and water distribution systems; selecting equipment; reviewing shop drawings and coordinating mechanical engineering work with other disciplines to ensure quality control.
Prior to his position at WSN, Pollary worked at Hibbing Taconite for Cliffs Natural Resources as a Maintenance Planner. In his position, he managed maintenance budgets, provided labor and resource estimating, supervised employees, and communicated with outside vendors. He also previously worked for The Design Group as a Mechanical Designer/Project Manager, where he designed plumbing, HVAC, and hot water systems for commercial, educational, and institutional buildings.
Widseth Smith Nolting is a multi-disciplined firm of more than 180 employees providing engineering, architecture, land surveying and environmental services. Its offices are located in Brainerd, Alexandria, Bemidji, Crookston, East Grand Forks, and Rochester, Minnesota, and Grand Forks, North Dakota. More information is available at WidsethSmithNolting.com.
As a mechanical engineering technician at WSN, Pollary defines, researches, and designs engineering solutions to address building comfort, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness as they relate to client needs. His other responsibilities include energy modeling and analytic comparison of multiple HVAC systems for new and existing facilities; performing load designs on buildings to determine their heating and cooling requirements; design and construction phase commissioning of building systems; sizing of air and water distribution systems; selecting equipment; reviewing shop drawings and coordinating mechanical engineering work with other disciplines to ensure quality control.
Prior to his position at WSN, Pollary worked at Hibbing Taconite for Cliffs Natural Resources as a Maintenance Planner. In his position, he managed maintenance budgets, provided labor and resource estimating, supervised employees, and communicated with outside vendors. He also previously worked for The Design Group as a Mechanical Designer/Project Manager, where he designed plumbing, HVAC, and hot water systems for commercial, educational, and institutional buildings.
Widseth Smith Nolting is a multi-disciplined firm of more than 180 employees providing engineering, architecture, land surveying and environmental services. Its offices are located in Brainerd, Alexandria, Bemidji, Crookston, East Grand Forks, and Rochester, Minnesota, and Grand Forks, North Dakota. More information is available at WidsethSmithNolting.com.
Contact:
Emily Schirmer, Marketing Specialist
Emily.Schirmer@wsn.us.com, (218) 316-3687
