Category: GBA News

Jordan Martin’s Work at Kluczynski Building Wins Steinmetz Award

Jordan Martin’s Work at Kluczynski Building Wins Steinmetz Award

GBA Associate Jordan Martin, PE, has been honored with the Charles Steinmetz Award for Technical Merit by the Electrical Association of Chicagoland.The award is given annually to a consulting electrical engineer who has distinguished himself among his peers by...

GBA Publishes 2021 Edition of Hospital Energy and Water Survey

GBA Publishes 2021 Edition of Hospital Energy and Water Survey

Grumman|Butkus Associates has released the latest edition of its annual Hospital Energy and Water Benchmarking Survey, focusing on usage and costs for fossil fuels, electricity, and water/sewer.The survey also tracks hospitals' carbon footprint and energy costs per...

GBA Honors the Life of Inna Gorelik

GBA Honors the Life of Inna Gorelik

The Grumman|Butkus Associates team was saddened by the sudden passing of our colleague Inna Gorelik on April 30. Inna had been a member of the firm since 2000 and held the title of Project Engineer.Her training included Associate in Science and Bachelor of Science...

2021 Sustainability Report Released

2021 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 eighth edition,...

ASHRAE, ComEd honor GBA’s work

ASHRAE, ComEd honor GBA’s work

ASHRAE recently honored a GBA lab project at the Society level, while electrical utility ComEd praised the firm's work across its Energy Efficiency incentive program.The Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has...

GBA Named a Bicycle Friendly Business

GBA Named a Bicycle Friendly Business

GBA has earned recognition as a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Business from the League of American Bicyclists. The firm joins more than 1,400 local businesses, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies across the United States in transforming the American...

GBA Promotes 14 Engineers

GBA Promotes 14 Engineers

GBA promoted 14 staff members in December, including staff in three of the firm's four regional offices.Promoted to Associate Vice President were Karen Long, PE, and Hans Plichta, PE.Promoted to Associate were Jessica Cruz, LEED AP, CEM, CPMP; William Edwards, PE; and...

Ficek Honored as Plumber of the Year

Ficek Honored as Plumber of the Year

Joseph Ficek, CPD, GPD, FASPE, has been honored as 2021 Engineer of the Year by Plumbing Engineer magazine.An Associate and senior plumbing designer, Joe leads the plumbing/fire protection/specialty gas engineering group in the Evanston office of Grumman|Butkus...