609 Main

condo-hotel-office

Z6 Commissioning mobilized to perform high voltage electronic leak detection (ELD) testing at the 609 Main office tower; the building is a brand new 1,050,000-square-foot, mixed-use property located in Houston, Texas, reaching 50 stories in height. The building was listed by Bisnow Houston as one of the 14 projects changing the face of American cities and is pre-registered LEED®, with an expectation to attain Platinum certification upon completion. The building entails approximately 30,000-square-feet of green roof area on the buildings 12th, 13th, and 49th floor, that have had hot applied waterproofing applied to deck and planter boxes. These waterproofed areas were tested in accordance with ASTM D7877 and deficiencies identified by Z6 Commissioning personnel.

Project Information

Owner: Hines

Client: Walton Roofing

Location: Houston, Texas

Services:

Electronic Leak Detection (ELD) testing

Markets: Commercial

Project Scale:

1,050,000 SF
50-story

Project Status: Early 2017

Type of Construction: New Construction

Bill is the managing and founding partner of W.H. Coltzer International (WHCI), Zero/Six Consulting, LLC (an architecture and exterior building envelope consulting firm), Z6 Commissioning, LLC (a performance testing firm), and Coltzer Company, LLC (construction company). As the son of a general contractor, Bill grew up participating in the family construction business and after graduating from Texas A&M in 1984, became a licensed Architect in 1993. Since the creation of Zero/Six Consulting, LLC in 2003, Bill has participated in the remediation, design, and testing of numerous facilities across the Nation ranging in values of a few million dollars to over a few hundred million. The combination of construction knowledge, architectural training, and real-world experience gives Bill a unique perspective in the dispute resolution process.

Jeff is the Director of Engineering of Zero/Six Consulting, LLC (an architecture and exterior building envelope consulting firm). After graduating from The University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Jeff has used his expertise in the field with roofing, waterproofing, and fenestration inspections, as well as in the office with computer-aided drafting, modeling, and engineering analysis. He has been deeply involved in the testing aspects of building envelope commissioning serving as the Quality Control Manager to ensure the Z6 ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited laboratory and team are strictly following international test standards to accurately, objectively, and impartially report on the integrity of building materials and products to certify that the installed systems interface as intended. Jeff has been Appointed Qualified Inspector by The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).