We’re excited to celebrate our Principal, Regina Young, and her election to serve on two boards dedicated to ensuring the protection of life, health, property, and public welfare in Georgia.
Jordan & Skala Engineers’ Aaron McEwin, Principal and Director of Sustainability, has been recognized by Home Innovation Research Labs as a 2020 NGBS Green Legacy Partner of Excellence. Annually, Home Innovation Research Labs recognizes a select group of qualified candidates as NGBS Green Partners of Excellence. This year marks the first time that the organization added a special category of “Legacy Recipients,” individuals who have been named Partners of Excellence for five years or more. Through these awards, Home Innovation..
Engineering Georgia recently put the spotlight on Jordan & Skala’s mechanical legend, Vern Smith, highlighting his impressive tenure in the construction industry. Vern’s journey in the industry begins in 1969. It’s a career that witnesses the technological evolution from using massive calculators that are so large that they have to be rolled on a cart, to using computer applications that have the ability to design an entire building. The journey also shows Vern’s dedication to the craft and willingness to..
As the Atlanta American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) Chapter reaches its 50th anniversary, they also celebrate another significant milestone – their first woman president, Julie Hadfield. This spring, Jordan & Skala’s very own, Julie Hadfield, was elected president for the Atlanta ASPE Chapter. Julie joined the chapter in 2012 around the same time she first entered the plumbing engineering field. Encouraged by the networking and educational opportunities, Julie maintained her active status in the organization and has held several..
Congratulations are in order for our Dallas Office Manager, Rozena Duvernay, and her son, Devin Duvernay! Devin was selected as a third-round draft pick by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2020 NFL Draft! During his four-year collegiate career, Devin played wide receiver for the University of Texas Longhorns appearing in all 52 games and starting in 30 games. ESPN analyst, Louis Riddick, describes him “as a guy that can absolutely fly,” which is evident when considering his career stats. In..
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting Senior Associate & Mechanical Engineer, Regina Young, LEED AP, PE. Regina manages a team of twenty-two members collaborating to create the mechanical, electrical and plumbing design of buildings that range anywhere from large mixed-use developments to industrial warehouses. She began her career with Jordan & Skala in 2001 as an entry level designer and has since grown professionally by earning her EIT, PE and even exploring her own business venture while still..
We were honored to share the nomination with outstanding firms like The Beck Group and Rogers-O’Brien. The 2014 SMPS Member Firm of the Year Award recognizes professional member firms for their contributions and support to the SMPS Dallas Chapter. Jordan & Skala Engineers is delighted to be part of an elite group of professional firms bestowed with this honor. As an SMPS professional member firm we work together to create learning, marketing and business development opportunities in architecture, engineering and..
Sure, “rolling up one’s sleeves” is part of life in the building industry, but getting muddy? A good cause hosted by the USGBC Charlotte Chapter was motivation enough for a dozen future business leaders to don waders and get dirty on the banks of Little Sugar Creek in North Carolina. On June 19, 2013, the Charlotte, NC chapter of the USGBC organized their E-Pros, a.k.a. Emerging Professionals, to their bi-annual clean-up of Little Sugar Creek, an urban waterway that is..
Every year, ENR’s regional publications recognize the best-of-the-best young construction professionals, who are giving back to both their industry and communities. With the help of an esteemed judging panel, who considered each entrant based on their career experience, industry leadership, community service along with a variety of other factors, ENR Texas & Louisiana is proud to announce our region’s 2013 ENR Top 20 Under 40 winners. More than 80 entries came in to this year’s Texas & Louisiana contest,..
Jordan & Skala and Wakefield Beasley & Associates worked together to ‘canstruct’ a giant toilet to “flush out hunger.” In only three hours, 2,306 cans of Vienna Sausages were carefully stacked together to create the giant toilet. In total, 3,238 cans were collected, which will all be distributed to food banks throughout the city of Atlanta. Other firms that participated in the CANstruction competition were HKS, Cooper Carry, Niles Bolton, Macgregor Associates and Pond & Company.
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