![]() Acorn’s proactive approach includes review of the design of engineers or contractors, code compliance consulting, value engineering, sustainability evaluation and performance optimization suggestions to owners and design/build teams.Īs the author of the book - Code Compliance for Advanced Technology Facilities, Mr. Acorn focuses much of his practice on design consulting, acting as an owner’s agent or extension of the staff of the designer/builder of complex projects. Utilizing his experience in design and design firm management, Mr. Acorn has been personally responsible for the design and analysis of HVAC systems, cleanrooms and critically controlled environments, industrial ventilation systems, process piping systems, energy management/control systems and commercial/industrial refrigeration systems. Acorn’s experiences as a mechanical engineer, project manager and design firm principal span the range of engineering endeavors including programming, conceptual design, facility evaluation and optimization, design for construction documents, start-up and commissioning and construction phase support of contractors. Forensic assignments include projects dealing with HVAC systems, alleged exposure to chemicals via industrial ventilation systems, refrigeration systems, design and construction of cleanrooms, fires and explosions, pressure vessels, pipelines, exposure to Legionella bacteria, and various types of product liability. As a forensic analyst and expert witness, Bill has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of jurisdictions. Acorn has significant experience as an expert analyst of system design, system failures, code compliance issues and cause/effect relationships of problems related to the built environment. He has received numerous awards for technical excellence and is recognized for his technical achievements, innovation and foresight by peers, associates and clients in the advanced technology industry. His active consulting practice involves all aspects of project delivery in the built environment, including code compliance for controlled and hazardous environments. For over 40 years, he has been involved in the analysis and design of hundreds of projects ranging from institutional laboratories to cleanroom facilities for the semiconductor industry. Acorn is principal and founder of Acorn Consulting Services. Electric League's “Energy Efficient Building Award” for AEC's office building, 1987.Electric League's “Energy Efficient Building Award” for Motorola's Wafer Fab Facility inMesa, AZ, 1988.Arizona Consulting Engineers Association's “Technical Excellence Award for MechanicalEngineering” for Motorola's MOS 6 Wafer Fab Facility in Mesa, AZ, 1988.Arizona Consulting Engineers Association's “Technical Excellence Award for MechanicalEngineering” for Motorola's MOS 12 Wafer Fab Facility in Chandler, AZ, 1991.Arizona Consulting Engineers Association's “Outstanding Technological AchievementAward” for Design of AFC 1000 Flow Control Damper, 1992.Valley Forward “Award of Merit” for Environmental Excellence - Motorola MOS 21 waferfab, Mesa Arizona.patent for a unique, linear control damper widely used in thecleanroom industry for the management of process air flow. National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying NCEES (Certificate No. ![]() University of Arizona - Bachelor of Science “With Distinction” in Mechanical Engineering, 1971. ![]() Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honorary Society. ![]()
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