Month: February 2015

Building Controls and Services, Inc. and the Kansas Independent College Association are excited to announce a new award that will be presented each year at the KICA Business Affairs and Operations Conference.

The “Facilities Operations Innovation Award” will recognize a KICA member campus that has enacted an innovative approach to campus energy management and efficiency. The awardee will have demonstrated best practices in developing and implementing the innovative approach and will be a model for other KICA campuses and other higher education institutions for responsible and effective facility operations efforts.

Matt Lindsey said, “The Facilities Operations Innovation Award is supported by the generosity of Building Controls and Services, Inc., a Wichita-based company and longstanding partner and supporter of the independent colleges of Kansas. We are excited about this award and look forward to the submissions.”

There is an application and selection process for this award. The applications must be submitted by March 13, 2015 and the recipients will be notified by March 27, 2015. The recipient will be officially presented with the award at the KICA Business Affairs and Operations Conference on April 23, 2015 in Newton, KS.

“We are honored to partner with KICA and believe in helping colleges be innovative with their facility operations. This will help colleges be more aware of potential reductions in operation costs they can utilize for their campuses,” said Chadd Currier, BCS Director of Performance Solutions.

BCS is an independently owned Siemens Building Technologies company that specializes in facility management systems, energy management, HVAC mechanical equipment, fire and life safety, building security systems, and customer training.  BCS was started in 1985 by Ken Stoppel, the president of the company.

Building Controls and Services, Inc. (BCS) has made many changes over the last couple of months, one of which is adding a parts division to complement its existing products and services. The parts division will be located behind the headquarters of BCS and is currently under construction with plans of opening in May. BCS Parts will stock hundreds of HVAC parts and accessories from a variety of vendors for commercial and residential mechanical contractors and commercial facility and maintenance personnel.

By adding BCS Parts, an additional employee, Tom Tallon, was hired as the Products Sales Manager to promote the products and services of the division. Tom will be handling all the sales of this division, visiting commercial and residential heating and cooling contractors, working at the counter, and offering training opportunities.

For the HVAC Equipment Division, BCS recently added Cook and Ruskin to their already diverse product lines, and in late 2014, added RGF Air Purification Technologies and SkyBlade. Both Cook and Ruskin are well known leaders in the mechanical contracting industry and have similar business philosophies as BCS, high quality products and customer service.  Listening and providing customized solutions to the customer are core values for all the companies. These partnerships have been created to add additional value and create a win-win-win situation for customers, BCS, and the product vendors.

Cook is a leader in the design and manufacturing of fans, blowers, gravity vents, laboratory exhaust systems, and energy recovery ventilators. Ruskin is an innovative, solutions provider of air and sound control problems in commercial and industrial applications. SkyBlade Fans deliver top efficiency to heating and cooling systems by reducing their run time, cycles and improving overall comfort. RGF Air Purification Technologies proactively kills germs and reduces odors in conditioned spaces through the various parts of an HVAC system.

The growth of the HVAC Equipment division includes the addition of three new employees, Clint Summers, Don Murphy, and Dane Pletcher, P.E., who will each bring a different and unique set of skills and experience to the HVAC Equipment business. James Herrman, BCS Vice President of Operations, says, “By providing these additional product lines and staff, we are better able to provide a complete package of mechanical products and services to customers and mechanical contractors, while also maintaining the level of customer service we have had for over thirty years.”