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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 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 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 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...
SSM St. Mary’s Hospital Janesville Receives ASHRAE IL Award
ASHRAE's Illinois Chapter has recognized an existing-building commissioning project at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Janesville with its 2021 Excellence in Engineering Award.The Wisconsin hospital, which opened in 2012, is a 174,884-square-foot acute care facility...
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...