![]() ![]() “He was very specific about what he wanted to do, and he wanted to use the least adaptive equipment. “To say Bobby was skeptical would be putting it mildly,” says Leah. With the deadline of tax season looming, the duo worked together to find innovative ways for Bobby to return to his life and his job. But she persisted and was so positive when I was so negative. I told Leah that unless I could use my arms, hands, and keyboard, it was useless. ![]() “I was totally against using the technology. ![]() “There was no room for failure,” Bobby explains. So, when he met Leah Barid, OTR/L, ATP, in Shepherd Center’s Assistive Technology Center, he was skeptical she could help. Bobby had lost most function in both of his arms, making returning to his job in time for the impending tax season seem impossible. Being the sole breadwinner for his family, he was unsure how he would support them and pay his medical bills. When Bobby transferred to Shepherd Center in November 2022, he was not hopeful. After his son found him, his wife called 911 and Bobby was rushed by ambulance to WellStar North Fulton Medical Center in Roswell, Georgia. As he was getting ready for bed that evening, Bobby fainted, hitting his head on the door and the floor, and sustaining a C-2 level spinal cord injury. He was ready to relax, have a beer, and turn in for the night. It had been a long day at work, and the day’s activities had been so time-consuming, he’d forgotten to eat. On October 30, 2022, Bobby Kwak pulled into his driveway with a sigh. So, when he sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI) after a fall, his top priority was getting back to work. He works hard to provide for his family and strives to excel at his job. This successful installation provided best-in-class equipment and technology resulting in a highly dependable and safe facility fuel oil system that will last for many years.Bobby Kwak is a Suwanee, Georgia native, a father, a husband, and an accountant. A Pneumercator TMS-3000 environmental tank monitoring, level and leak detection system including a MODBUS RTU interface was also installed to allow for remote monitoring to interface with the facility’s Building Management System. A pumping distribution and controls system was designed and constructed to reliably provide fuel to all the boilers and generators. Our facility fuel oil solution included two new underground double wall fiberglass storage tanks and piping system. As part of our proposed turnkey facility fuel oil system solution, we included a shoring system which was designed and installed by Jones & Frank for the site. Jones & Frank could only install one tank at a time and our shoring system design took this into account. It was located between a parking deck and an existing Central Energy Plant building. There was a very challenging aspect to this plan – the new fuel oil tank system location was in a very tight area with existing obstacles. A new hospital addition resulted in the need to remove the old facility fuel oil system, and to furnish and install a new state of the art facility fuel oil system. ![]() Shepherd Center, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is a private, not-for-profit hospital specializing in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord and brain injury. New Facility Fuel Oil System for Shepherd Center ![]()
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