Aloft Hotels provides fresh, purposeful environments and vibrant spaces with the combination of technology and design to enhance the hotel experience as the next generation of hotels. Avid Engineers was responsible for the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection system design for Aloft’s ground up hotel, located in Portland, ME. The hotel is five stories tall with just shy of 160 rooms, totaling approximately 57,000-SF. The building is built over one level of parking garage. As part of this design, Avid provided the building with a cooling tower and water source pump system accompanied with natural gas boilers to provide guests with comfortable space temperatures.