Building Automation System (BAS) Replacement - South Texas Region

Project Location: a) Austin State Hospital, 4110 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78751 b) Austin State Supported Living Center, 2203 W. 35th Street, Austin, Texas 78703 c) San Antonio State Hospital, 6711 S. New Braunfels, Suite 100, San Antonio, Texas 78223 d) San Antonio State Supported Living Center, 6711 S. New Braunfels, Suite 500, San Antonio, Texas 78223 e) Corpus Christi State Supported Living Center, 902 Airport Rd., Corpus Christi, Texas 78405 f) Richmond State Supported Living Center, 2100 Preston, Richmond, Texas 77469 Project Summary: The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, the following: The existing TAC Vista Building Automation System (BAS) software which controls the HVAC system for the facilities listed above, operates on Windows 7. Microsoft is ending the support of Windows 7 in January 2020 and the available operating system will be windows 10. The TAC Vista BAS software is not compatible with Windows 10. At this time, it is the Agency’s belief that it is the best financial and operationally reliable route to pursue an open platform system as defined by the American Society on Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) that can reside overtop of existing systems but provide a non-vendor dependent path forward with the ASHRAE standard. ASHRAE standard 135 has been established as the industry defining body and standard governing Building Automation Systems. The standard promotes an open standard language (protocol) across its devices.

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Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Instrumentation and Control for HVAC, HVAC Air Distribution, Central HVAC Equipment.