AlfaTech & AT-PD INSIGHTS: Quarter 4 | 2021

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ALFATECH and AT -PD

QUARTER 4 | 2021

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FEATURED LIGHTING PROJECT

we are HIRING JOIN OUR TEAM

Modern Animal Los Angeles, CA

Modern Animal is a veterinary clinic designed to be a great place to work. In contrast to typical clinics, we designed a truly transparent home for the company’s flagship, where visitors can see from the street straight through to the treatment areas. The entire experience of visiting an animal clinic, from entry to treatment, has been equally considered. In our first space to delve into the human-animal relationship, we eliminated the barrier between the front customer areas and the ‘back of house’ using materiality, spacial adjacencies and natural light to blur the line between traditionally separated zones. (1) location complete, (2) in construction, (2) in design and (4) new locations about to begin design.

Who better to refer outstanding new employees than the stellar team members we already have? Did you know AlfaTech is paying referral bonuses of $3,500 to you for each great candidate you bring in who becomes a successful hire? Check ADP for details, listing of positions, and submit an Employee Referral form.

BIG NEWS – AlfaTech relocated its Monrovia profit center to a new location on November 9 th , 2021. The new office features an open floor space, full kitchen, and mezzanine level. Monrovia Office Update

GREEN TIPS

Monrovia Office

1. Send E-Cards instead of paper cards

2. Buy a live potted local tree

3. Use fresh evergreens & pinecone décor, then compost them

4. Buy energy-saving LED holiday lights

5. Buy local and organic foods

6. Use reusable dishes, glassware, silverware and napkins when entertaining 7. Bring reusable bags for holiday shopping

8. Give handmade gifts

9. Donate old toys or gifts

10. Be creative with your gift wrapping (newspaper, reuse gift bags, etc.)

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Featured San Francisco Project

AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering design for the new Mabel Mattos Elementary School which is in a residential neighborhood in Milpitas and serves 800 Prek-5 students. The new school is being built as a center for “22nd century learning” with classrooms referred to as learning communities that support 96 to 120 students with four to five teachers leading a grade level. Phase 2 of this project encompassed three (3) new two-story buildings, classrooms C, D and E as well as a multi- purpose/kitchen in building F and 30’x40’ lunch canopy. Services included HVAC, plumbing including site gas piping, electrical limited to power, lighting, site lighting and path of travel, fire alarm, clock paging system and IT data cabling and Title 24 for the MEP systems. Featured San Jose Project Mabel Mattos Elementary Milpitas, CA

Twelvemonth Restaurant Burlingame, CA

AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, technology, lighting engineering design, and LEED services for the tenant improvement for a new high-end restaurant. The single-story 10,000 SF project includes a community garden, a newly landscaped courtyard, a potential rain catchment system, and an on-site photovoltaic array. The interior of the building will be fully renovated, along with a structural upgrade and new MEP systems serving the new restaurant. Interior program spaces and lighting design includes new indoor dining areas and sunroom, outdoor seating and dining areas, front and back of house cooking and food prep areas, support spaces, greenhouse, daytime bakery area, and new restrooms. Lighting design work included new dimming controls, automatic daylight sensing at perimeter windows, and areas with skylight. A 46-KW system of photovoltaic panels on the roof, incorporating the latest in microinverter technology. Special features include all-electric food equipment to minimize fossil fuel consumption. All-electric food service equipment to reduce fossil fuel consumption by the building accounts for about one-quarter of the

AlfaTech also provided electrical engineering services for eight (8) 24’x40’ interim classroom portables

State’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. The project will finish by February 2022.

Learning by Design Outstanding Project, 2021

Twelvemonth Restaurant

August Jason Anderson – Sr. Project Manager, ATPD Kelsey Beets – Project Specialist, ATPD Jamel Gonzales – Project Specialist, ATPD Jessica Mamea – Project Manager, ATPD Susan Isreal Fermil – Electrical Engineer, San Jose Brandon Meneses – Mechanical Engineer, Monrovia David Turner – BIM Technician, San Diego October Lindsay Metternich – Payroll Coordinator, Corporate Razly Nasoordeen – Plumbing Designer, Monrovia Albert Tao – Electrical Engineer, San Francisco Welcome New Employees!

November Xueqing Qi – Mechanical Engineer, San Francisco Aldrin Tordecilla – Associate Principal, San Francisco Spencer Ramsey – Human Resources Coordinator, Corporate Heather Smith – Senior Lighting Designer, Lighting Cory Soto – Lighting Designer, Lighting Juan Cobos – Mechanical Designer, San Jose Matthew Marcotte – Controls Engineer, San Jose Sean Kendrick Domingo – Design Engineer, Monrovia

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FEATURED SAN FRANCISCO PROJECT

Graham & Jillian McLeod

Uber Mission Bay 1 & 2 San Francisco, CA

Size: 420,000 SF

AlfaTech recently completed Uber’s innovative new San Francisco headquarters which is a ground up office building in the Mission Bay district. AlfaTech provided design/bid/build style Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) engineering, lighting design, and Technology (low voltage, security, audio/visual) services, throughout the entire project. AlfaTech is part of the construction administration effort and served as the engineer-of-record for mechanical and electrical installations. AlfaTech assisted the architectural design team with optimizing performance by assessing various utility, façade and wind studies. Life-cycle cost analysis, energy benchmarking, and computational fluid dynamics were critical tools to inform the design effort. The project is designed as an innovative, ultra-high-performance building that focuses on an occupant-centric workplace and includes an elaborate IT infrastructure, a façade that responds to programmatic needs, an under-floor air distribution system, a two-building atria system incorporating natural ventilation, and a central treatment system for collecting graywater and rainwater. The interactions between the occupants, the buildings, and the ambient, were at the heart of the architectural and engineering systems; targeting lower environmental metrics of 1,100,000 kWh in reduced energy use and 2,100,000 gallons in reduced water use. The atrium façade is a complex array of vision glass combined with operable windows and skylights held together by an intricate window wall system. The design intent is to provide transparency, natural ventilation and connection with outdoors. Operable windows were strategically located on each façade to provide natural ventilation when outdoor conditions are favorable. Weather stations on each building predict shifting wind patterns, wind pressures and temperatures and control the position of the windows to prevent damage to the façade and indoors. The entire power and controls wiring infrastructure was delicately hidden inside the mullions, as well as the drip irrigation system feeding the planters. The result is a beautifully designed and skillfully constructed façade providing the occupants with a wonderful space to gather and collaborate.

Vic & Jennifer Sibilla

Congratulations to Graham & Jillian McLeod on their recent marriage in Pacifica and to Vic & Jennifer on their recent marriage on August 7, 2020, in Laguna Beach. Send your big news to marketing@atce.com for a feature in future newsletters!

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InfoComm 2021: Can AI Take the Artificial Out of the Office Experience? – Linda Gedemer

Companywide Virtual Event December 10 th

Message from AT-PD and AlfaTech Management

We were hoping to hold this year’s Annual AT -PD and AlfaTech Corporate Meeting as a face-to-face gathering as we did prior to COVID, but some may not yet feel completely comfortable at a large gathering. Therefore, instead, we will meet via Zoom on Friday, December 10th, 2021, from 11 am to 2 pm. Please make sure you adjust your schedule accordingly and attend this meeting as we will update you on important topics including the following:

The office experience as we knew it was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, creating a new world for work that is open to interpretation for some of the brightest minds in design and AV. The challenge that many companies are facing and the question they’re repeatedly asking is how they make the office a place that employees truly want to be?

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Bessy and Nikki will schedule deliveries of corporate gifts and Visa cards for lunch (for you and your family) to your office or home prior to the meeting, December 10, 2021. It is unfortunate we cannot hold this gathering in person to meet our new staff, and to see many of you we have not seen for 16 months. However, we hope we are able to have an in-person gathering in Spring, 2022. Thank you all for your loyalty and hard work maintaining our continued success year after year, no matter the challenges we face.

Linda Gedemer is one of the experts applying her expertise and imagination to solving this issue and creating the workplace of the future.

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Growing Partnerships

The Ventura lighting team has a growing partnership with Gold’s Gym and are working in locations nationwide.

Current work includes lighting design for the Gold’s Gym’s flagship location in Santa Monica, CA.

More information coming soon!

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Charity BBQ Event

2021 Rankings and Awards

Company Rankings:

AlfaTech was proud to take part in the Ace Mentor Program of Austin’s BBQ Cookoff. The event took place on Saturday October 2 nd , 2021, in Austin, Texas.

• Giants 400, Top Construction Management + Project Management Firms 2021: Ranked #3 • Giants 400, Engineering/Architecture Firms 2021: Ranked #4 • Giants 400 – Telecommunications 2021

The grilling team won: • 1st Place Desert • 1st Place Pitt masters Choice • 2nd place Chicken • GRAND CHAMPION!!!! • AlfaTech won the entire event!!

BMG Music

Watt Plaza

Congratulations to all parties involved for your great work and help raising AlfaTech’s brand recognition. Michael Soto led our team to victory!

Project Awards: • ENR, Top 500 Design Firms 2021: Watt Plaza Lobby Vantage Data Centers Campus • Calibre Awards: BMG Music – LA J2 Global *If you hear of any projects being nominated for upcoming awards, please notify us at marketing@atce.com. Thank you!

CoreNet Northern California Corporate Real Estate Awards After having to cancel last year's Gala, the CoreNet Global Northern California Chapter was thrilled to host an in-person event in November at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. To ensure safety, the event was reduced by nearly 50%. Members of AlfaTech’s leadership team attended the event and hosted several of our most important clients. AlfaTech has been a longtime supporter of CoreNet for over 20 years. READ MORE

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HOLIDAY DRINK Champagne Holiday Punch By Pam Brandon When it comes to holiday entertaining, especially for larger groups it’s hard to beat punch. Rather than getting stuck in the kitchen or behind the bar all night making drinks, you can make a large bowl ahead of time and leave yourself free to socialize. And if you’re looking for a holiday recipe that’s light on its toes but still has depth, Erick Castro’s punch checks all the boxes. This Champagne Holiday Punch has a blend of holiday flavors in a convivial and bubbly format. It’s a drink that will take your holiday

HOLIDAY RECIPE Sweet Potato Casserole By Caelan Robinson Ingredients: • 3 pounds sweet potatoes peeled and cut into cubes • ½ cup brown sugar packed • ⅓ cup butter softened • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract • ¾ cup pecans chopped, divided • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon or to taste • salt and pepper to taste • 2 cups miniature marshmallows Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease a 9 x 13 pan OR cast iron pot. 2. Place sweet potatoes in a pot of boiling water. Simmer for 15 minutes or until fork tender. Drain. 3. In a large bowl (or in the pot the potatoes were cooked in), mash the sweet potatoes with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, vanilla and salt & pepper. 4. Fold in half of the pecans and spread into prepared pan. 5. Sprinkle with the marshmallows and the remaining pecans. 6. Bake for 15 minutes or until marshmallows are golden brown and potatoes are heated through.

toast up a notch! Ingredients: •

1 1/2 cups jenever (a malt-accented beverage rich with baking spice, but the beauty of the drink is that it works with virtually any spirit imaginable) 1 cup Champagne (or any kind of high-quality bubbles, dry not sweet)

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1/2 cup Cointreau (or dry curaçao or a good triple sec)

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1 cup club soda

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3/4 cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed

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1/2 cup simple syrup

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8 dashes Old Fashioned bitters

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Garnish: pineapple slice Garnish: star anise pods Garnish: grated nutmeg

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Serves at least 8.

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Instructions: 1. Add a large block of ice into a punch bowl, or 2 cups of ice cubes. 2. Add the jenever, Champagne, Cointreau, club soda, lemon juice, simple syrup and bitters into the bowl and stir gently to combine. 3. Garnish with pineapple slices, whole star anise pods and grated nutmeg.

*Send the marketing team your favorite recipes for future features!

*Send the marketing team your favorite recipes for future features!

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