An Alaskan Mechanical Engineering Firm
Cold Climate Engineering, LLC (CCE) is an Alaskan Mechanical Engineering firm that strives every day to improve the lives of Arctic Communities. Our core business is providing solutions for cold climate and remote region facilities and infrastructure with an emphasis on projects that make a positive impact on our communities.
With over 25 years of experience designing mechanical systems throughout Alaska and the Antarctic, our project experience covers a wide array of facility types and sizes including educational, healthcare, industrial, institutional, utilities, commercial, and residential projects.
Our designs are centered on minimizing long-term operational costs through a common-sense application of energy efficient design, with a hyper-focus on maintenance and constructability. We are known for providing designs that are innovative, yet simple and reliable.
We work closely with Owners and Facility Managers to design systems that match your needs, maintenance abilities, budget, and project goals. You are unique and every one of your projects is also unique.
Our Values
As an Alaskan owned company, we are grounded in the values of the Arctic. Our company was formed with an emphasis on improving the lives of Arctic Communities. Our goal is to make our communities safer and healthier, to grow the potential of every individual and organization.
Craig Fredeen, CCE’s President and Principal Mechanical Engineer works every day to make the Arctic a better place to live. He has over 25 years of mechanical engineering experience providing solutions to unique and challenging projects in some of the most remote and coldest environments in the world, from Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska to the South Pole, Antarctica. He has extensive design experience in HVAC, plumbing, power generation, controls, fuel systems, water treatment, utility distribution, and fire protection systems.
Solution Providers
Philosophy
We listen. The foundation of CCE’s design philosophy is based on proactive communication and that starts with active listening.
Every project is unique. Every project has its own unique definition of success comprised of a prioritization of first costs, building/systems performance, reliability, long-term operational costs (which includes energy efficiency), and sustainability. We proactively communicate with our clients to review and prioritize each of these categories and then collaboratively develop a solution specific to their need for that specific project. The designs are always based on the needs of the client, not the design team.
Projects & Services
With over 25 years of experience designing mechanical systems throughout Alaska and the Antarctic, our project portfolio includes hundreds of projects, in an eclectic array of facility types including:
- Educational: Pre-K, K-12, University and Vocational Education, we’ve done it all.
- Healthcare: Hospitals, clinics, assisted living, imaging, dental, medical office buildings.
- Industrial: Specialty exhaust systems including welding, wood dust collection, paint, and vehicle exhaust, hazardous environments, warehouses, factories.
- Institutional: Adult correctional facilities, youth detention facilities, VPSO, and mental health facilities.
- Utility: Combined Heat and Power (CHP), power plants, water treatment plants, and community wide well and septic upgrades.
- Utility Distribution: Direct buried, utilidors, lift stations, and water pump stations.
- Commercial: Breweries, data centers, restaurants, retail, offices, and many more.
- Residential: Singe and multi-family housing including low-income and senior housing.