GBA Promotes Two Employees

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GBA’s Chicago and New York regional offices promoted Timothy Venturella and Brendan Erskine to Senior Project Engineer at the recent semi-annual meeting.

Timothy Venturella joined GBA’s Evanston office in 2023. He graduated with a BA in Public Relations from the University of Wisconsin in 1998. He earned an Associates of Applied Sciences in Computer Aided Drafting and Design from ITT Technical institute in 2009. He also holds a JATC Certificate of Apprenticeship as a Journeyman Carpenter (2002) from Southeast Wisconsin Carpentry. Tim is responsible for HVAC design, drafting, and coordination of a wide variety of commercial buildings with an emphasis on healthcare (hospitals and medical office buildings).

Brendan Erskine joined GBA’s Hoboken office in 2020. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from the State University of New York Maritime College in 2016. He also holds a U.S. Coast Guard, Third Assistant Engineer’s License. Brendan concentrates on mechanical systems commissioning for healthcare, educational, cultural, commercial, and multifamily residential projects.

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).

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