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,...

Hospital COVID Response: Planning Your Next Steps

During the past few months, many hospitals have scrambled to make urgent facility changes to accommodate a surge, or anticipated surge, in patients seeking treatment for the COVID-19 virus. The changes have been hastily made in response to an emergency, and they have...

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