Fairfield School, Fairfield, MT

The Fairfield School is one of the largest in Montana's farm country. In a place where the prime crop is providing barley to Anheiser-Busch, the primarily one-story 88,000 square feet building housing almost 2,000 students covering grades K-12. The school is located in Fairfield, MT just 42 miles from Great Falls and the offices of Dunham-Bush representatives The Patterson Company.

The school was first built in 1939 heated by boilers. In 1956, there was a major expansion to add classrooms for the Elementary school. While other additions occurred in 1960 and 1992, the school had heating but no source at all of mechanical ventilation.

When the school recently launched a 2003 renovation and addition project, they included the replacement of the old firetube boilers and the addition o f three rooftops to provide much needed ventilation.

With project engineer L'Heureux, Page, Werner PC naming Dunham-Bush as an "an equal" in their specification, Steve Patterson jumped in with a very complete bid that included everything from the rooftops to the grills.

Using this all-inclusive bidding technique successfully, The Patterson Company joined forces with low bidder mechanical contractor Central Plumbing and Heating who won the job with the general contractor by providing the best overall packaged price over the competition. Working with Central Plumbing and Heating's Ted Corn , The Patterson Company placed a n order for three Dunham-Bush Roof Top Units - (2) RT 33's and (1) RT 18.

To meet the delivery requirement, the units were shipped from Dunham-Bush's Malaysian production less motors. To everyone's delight, the units arrived just in time to coincide with the crane required to lift the units to their new rooftop homes. Upon their arrival the contractor commented on the exceptional fit and finish of the units. "They looked great...extremely well put-together. We were pleased that they had come from so far away with no major damage," said the contractor.

Thanks to entire staff of The Patterson Company, Dunham-Bush enjoys a fine reputation for quality and performance in Montana. A reputation that will only be enhanced by this latest generation of Dunham-Bush equipment.