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My Summer Internship at Jordan & Skala Engineers
“With the summer having come to a close and the school year back in progress, I have officially finished my second summer internship at Jordan & Skala Engineers. My first semester working at Jordan & Skala was in the summer of 2013. At the time, I was a member of a project team and assisted the mechanical engineers with drafting HVAC systems using AutoCAD. This past summer I was able to experience the other side of the A/E/C industry as..
Growth in Engineering Industry in 2015
According to the May/June issues of Engineering Georgia, the business of engineering is improving. Within the past few years, there has been overall tremendous growth in the engineering industry in terms of workload, expansion, and hiring. “Nationally, the architecture and engineering industry has seen 15 straight months of employment growth, from just under 1.36 million total engineers employed in January 2014 to almost 1.42 million as of March 2015,” according to Michael L. Sullivan of Engineering Georgia. The greater Atlanta..
Project Highlight: Ponce City Market
Jordan & Skala Engineers recently provided MEP engineering design for The Flats at Ponce City Market, a 2,000,000-SF mixed-use development located in the Old Fourth Ward of Atlanta, Georgia. Jordan & Skala’s scope of work included renovating and converting the existing 300,000-SF Sears, Roebuck, & Company Building’s East and West Wing into 580 new loft-style dwelling units. The Flats will feature a 2,500-SF leasing office and amenity area with restaurant and retail space below. The development additionally features office space..
University Commons at the University of Tennessee
Jordan & Skala Engineers recently provided MEP engineering design for University Commons at the University of Tennessee. This 12-acre, mixed-use redevelopment project includes retail and dining space, a 49,000-SF Publix grocery store, a 120,000-SF Walmart, and a PetSmart. It, additionally, includes 169,000-SF of cold, dark shell retail, 42,000-SF of white-box retail, and a 295,000-SF structured parking deck located behind the stores. University Commons is the first urban, multi-level, retail project in Knoxville and is just minutes from the central business..
Donated MEP Design Services for Brookwood in Georgetown (BiG) Community
Recently, Jordan & Skala donated MEP design services for Brookwood in Georgetown’s (BiG) new community center building located in Georgetown, Texas. The Brookwood Community is an educational, residential, and entrepreneurial community for adults with functional disabilities. In the Summer of 2011, Erin Klitz began a pilot program where students became artisans and began making and selling handcrafting pottery, and later horticulture and baking. By the end of the summer program, participants had planted over 1,700 sunflowers, handmade beautiful pottery, and..
SkyHouse Austin Achieves ENERGY STAR Certification
Jordan & Skala Engineers is proud to announce that Novare Group’s SkyHouse Austin achieved ENERGY STAR certification on February 4th, 2015. Jordan & Skala provided MEP and Energy Services engineering design for the 23-story, luxury, mixed-use development. The 325,000-SF building features 320 units including a mix of studios, one, two, and three bedroom apartments. Amenities include 5,600-SF of warm, dark shell retail space, 5,000-SF of amenity space on the top level, and 9,000-SF of open rooftop terrace space (pictured below)..