From Assessment to Action: A Conversation About Facility Conditions Assessments
Over the past four years, our commissioning and engineering team completed comprehensive conditions assessments at twelve Department of Juvenile Justice facilities. The effort resulted in detailed equipment inventories, prioritized capital recommendations, and several projects that have already moved into design and construction. Kelsey Leslie, Mechanical Engineer and Commissioning Team Lead, sat down with fellow Mechanical […]
Letters from a Long-Serving Engineer: The Farm Boy, The Blueprint and the Milestones
If you are reading this, there’s a good chance you’re standing at a significant threshold. Maybe you are a senior in college, staring down your final exams and wondering if you have what it takes to cross the graduation finish line. Or maybe you are a few years into your career, burning the midnight oil […]
Detecting Hidden Performance Issues in Laboratory Spaces
By David Burks, CxA, CxA+BE, CAPM, BECxP, FMPC When people walk into a laboratory, they usually notice the finishes first, marveling at the clean lines, glass walls and bright lighting. Such a room might look sleek and controlled, but, in a lab, appearance doesn’t equal performance. Behind the scenes, laboratory spaces are some of the […]
Letter from a Long-Serving Engineer
Dear Curious Minds, Thinking about a career in commissioning? As an engineer with decades of experience, allow me to share some thoughts. Commissioning (Cx) is a discipline built around learning, seeing, asking, testing, translating, and—when it’s done well—serving. It’s technical work, no question, but it’s so much more than that. It gives you a chance […]