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GBA Promotes Three at Mid-Year
G/BA's Chicago and Milwaukee regional offices promoted three staff members in July.Christopher Sbarbaro, P.E., CPD, GPD, LEED AP BD+C, was promoted to Project Manager.Nathaniel Powers, P.E., was promoted to Project Manager. Samuel Schmidt, E.I.T, was promoted to...
EPA Ozone Ruling May Require Action by Chicagoland Organizations
Effective Sept. 23, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reclassified Chicago's ozone nonattainment status from "moderate" to "serious." Affected counties and townships in Illinois include Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Aux Sable, Goose Lake, and...
Mission Possible: Shuttered Hospital to COVID Surge Facility in Three Weeks
Grumman/Butkus Associates' engineering team recently played a pivotal role in a once-in-a-lifetime project: Turning the shuttered Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, IL, into a 430-bed COVID-19 surge response facility in less than a month. "It was a job we'll be...
2019 Sustainability Report Released
Grumman/Butkus 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 seventh edition, detailing...
Fiona Martin McCarthy Receives 40 Under 40 Award From Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine
G/BA Project Manager Fiona Martin McCarthy, PE, QCxP, BEAP, LEED AP O+M, has been named by Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine as a recipient of its 2020 40 Under 40 Award. The award is given annually to 40 nonresidential building industry professionals ages 40...
Consider Water Quality When Reopening Closed Buildings
As states and municipalities begin to ease COVID-related business restrictions, or at least to contemplate plans for "reopening," owners of all types of facilities that have been vacant should take measures for preventing bacterial issues related to water stagnation,...