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...
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 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 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 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...
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...
The Sustain Evanston program, a sustainability recognition initiative of the City of Evanston, IL, has affirmed Grumman|Butkus Associates as part of its 2021 group of recognized commercial businesses.GBA was first listed as one of the inaugural group of Sustain...
Jeffrey K. Conner, PE, LEED AP, CCP, BCxP, has retired from daily duties with GBA's Wisconsin team as of July 31.Jeff joined GBA in 1981 as a mechanical engineer in the Illinois office. In 1984, he founded and incorporated GBA's first Wisconsin office in Wauwatosa; he...
The Green Building Initiative has named David Eldridge as part of its 2021 Class of Green Globes Fellows.Eldridge, PE, BEMP, BEAP, HBDP, LEED AP BD+C, is an Associate of GBA's Evanston office, concentrating on energy management, analysis, modeling, benchmarking, and...