A hotel located in the heart of downtown Chicago is equipped with a central mechanical system that is primarily located in a sub-basement that is below the level of lower Wacker. In the spring of 2020, many buildings along the Chicago River were flooded during heavy rains. Since many of the central MEP system for this building are located below the river, these systems were nearly completely submerged. AMS was called upon due to our expertise with retrofit and disaster recovery to join the team that would ultimately return the building to full operation.

In order to quickly return the hotel to full operation, AMS immediately expedited and replaced the domestic water booster system, certain other plumbing systems, provided temporary/permanent electrical switchgear restoration/replacement, replaced damaged DDC control systems, replaced central domestic water heating plant and completed a large scale renovation for ten air handling systems.