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TDIndustries’ scope of work on the Orthope- dic and Sports Medicine Center included all air distribution for the hospital. That includ- ed air-conditioning, heating and exhaust – but it also included steam-producing boilers, which were needed for the autoclave steril- izers, as well as all the medical gases in the patient rooms. According to Randy, the most challenging aspect of the project was installing a curved linear diffuser in the atrium, on a wall that “continuously curved, kind of like a snake.” Getting a device built to the perfect specifi- cations required “a lot of collaboration and a lot of meetings,” he says – especially since the vendors were in Canada, and were not available to personally visit the site and in- spect it for themselves. “It took the sheet-rocker getting involved,” he explains. “It took engineers, project manage- ment, field teams, specialty laser scanning – it was probably the most challenging thing we had to do just because of all the back work.” Randy admits that he had some private skep- ticism before the installation, but says it was proved entirely unfounded. “It went in almost perfectly,” he says. “It was absolutely beautifully done.” FEBRUARY 2020 Beautifully done