GBA’s Chicago office promoted Abigail Steimel and Brandon Ross to Senior Project Engineer at the recent semi-annual meeting.
Abigail Steimel, PE, CEM, joined the Evanston office in 2022. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2020 and recently qualified as a Professional Engineer in Illinois. Abigail’s work focuses on mechanical engineering, including multiple engineering software applications. Recipient of the James W. Bayne Award for Outstanding Senior Design at the University of Illinois, she serves clients in education, healthcare, science/technology, and other sectors.
Brandon Ross, PE, joined the Evanston office in 2024. An architectural engineering graduate of the University of Cincinnati, he has more than five years of M/P/FP design experience. Brandon’s work focuses on mechanical engineering, and he primarily serves clients in healthcare, higher education, and commercial sectors.
GBA congratulates these team members for their valuable ongoing contributions to the firm, which specializes in energy and resource consulting for large, energy-intensive facilities as well as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and medical/specialty gas design services; commissioning, retro-commissioning, and monitoring-based commissioning; energy and resource benchmarking; energy conservation studies; MEP infrastructure planning and upgrades; LEED and Green Globes consulting; sustainability consulting and code compliance; and computerized building modeling. Founded in 1973 in Evanston, IL, the company also has offices in Wisconsin (Madison, Wauwatosa) and the New York metropolitan area (Hoboken, NJ).
