GBA’s 2025 Sustainability Report Released

Grumman|Butkus Associates continues documenting its efforts to “walk the walk” of sustainability with the release of its annual Sustainability Report. In 2013, the firm released its first annual corporate sustainability report. We recently completed the 13th edition,...

GBA Recognized as Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly Business

Grumman|Butkus Associates has once again earned recognition as a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Business from the League of American Bicyclists. Bicycle Friendly Businesses include local businesses, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies across the United...

Electrification, Modeling Depth, and the Expanding Life Cycle of Engineering Responsibility

By: Douglas Frey, PE, LEED AP, Vice President Increasingly, engineers and their clients are discussing electrification mandates, performance-based energy codes, and AI-enabled modeling tools. Individually, none of these factors are new. What is new is how they are...

GBA Promotes 10 Employees

GBA's Chicago, Milwaukee and New York regional offices promoted 10 staff members at the recent semi-annual meeting: Fiona Martin McCarthy, PE, QCxP, BEAP, LEED AP, and Luis Contreras, CEM, BCxP, CEA, LEED AP, were promoted to Associate Vice President. Alex Schultz,...

Untangling the Wires: Building Automation System IP vs. MS/TP Network Topologies Explained

By: Douglas Frey, PE, LEED AP, Vice President In the world of building automation systems (BAS), the network topology you choose can make or break your system’s performance, scalability, and ease of maintenance. Whether you're working with legacy systems or designing...

Before You Design That BAS: Questions Engineers Should Ask Building Owners and IT Teams

By: Douglas Frey, PE, LEED AP, Vice President Let’s be honest: Designing a building automation system (BAS) today isn’t just about controlling HVAC and lighting. It’s about navigating firewalls, VLANs, cybersecurity frameworks, and cloud policies. If you’re an...

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