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HUB Certified Firm GS Engineers Partners with Jordan & Skala Engineers

HUB Certified Firm GS Engineers Partners with Jordan & Skala Engineers

Jordan & Skala Engineers, Inc. is proud to announce its new partnership with a full-service minority-owned MEP firm, GS Engineers, LLC. As a HUB certified firm in the State of Texas, GS Engineers focuses on higher education, K-12, state/governmental projects and sustainable / LEED projects. GS Engineers is led by Kendy Guillaume, LEED AP who also launched Jordan & Skala’s Houston office in 2008; and Andrew Smith, PE, CEM, LEED BD+C, who launched Jordan & Skala’s Dallas office in 2002…

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MEP Office Building Relocates to In-Town Charlotte

MEP Office Building Relocates to In-Town Charlotte

Jordan and Skala’s Charlotte branch started 2013 off in a big way – with a new office to better serve their clients and allow for expansion.  Located near Billy Graham Parkway and Interstate I-77, the new MEP office building is closer to Jordan & Skala’s clients and more central for the firm’s employees. After twelve years in the University area, the Charlotte office is pleased to offer clients and employees a shorter drive with the new in-town location. The new..

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USGBC LEED Silver Certified to Jordan & Skala Engineers’ Dallas Office

USGBC LEED Silver Certified to Jordan & Skala Engineers’ Dallas Office

Jordan and Skala’s Dallas office was recently awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Silver Certification for Commercial Interiors.  The USGBC LEED Silver Certified office, which held an industry open house showcasing its sustainable features, employs sustainable products, low-emitting finishes, energy efficient luminaires, lighting controls, water efficient plumbing fixtures, reused furniture, and reused building materials. And like all Jordan & Skala projects, the Dallas office interior renovation project was completed on schedule and within budget.

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Canstruction Competition Participated by Jordan & Skala Engineers for Atlanta Food Banks

Canstruction Competition Participated by Jordan & Skala Engineers for Atlanta Food Banks

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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Midtown High-Rise Residential Building SkyHouse Opens in Atlanta

Midtown High-Rise Residential Building SkyHouse Opens in Atlanta

Located at 1084 West Peachtree Street, in the center of trendy Midtown and a short distance from the hipster Old Forth Ward District in Atlanta, the new, 23-story Midtown high-rise residential building offers 320 units, luxury amenities, a parking deck and retail space on the ground floor. The project, which began construction in January 2012, is expected to open to tenants January 2013-just in time to usher in the New Year. Designed to comply with Energy Star’s new Multi-Family High-Rise..

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EarthCraft Multifamily Program Awarded Project of the Year 2012 to Oliver House

EarthCraft Multifamily Program Awarded Project of the Year 2012 to Oliver House

The EarthCraft Multifamily program awards “Project of the Year 2012” to the 82,419-SF four-story Decatur Housing Authority building which includes seventy-two (72) one-bedroom and eight (8) two-bedroom units and features a 50 kWh photovoltaic (PV) solar power generation system, geo-thermal heating and cooling systems, geo-thermal water heating, high efficiency lighting, water-saving plumbing fixtures, rainwater harvesting, thermally-efficient windows, enhanced interior insulation, enhanced natural ventilation, Energy Star appliances in all units, and makes maximum use of natural day lighting. The inclusion of..

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SMPS Dallas Chapter Newsletter Features Jordan & Skala Engineers Dallas Office

SMPS Dallas Chapter Newsletter Features Jordan & Skala Engineers Dallas Office

Check out the November issue of the SMPS Dallas Chapter Quarterly Newsletter to read about Jordan & Skala’s new Dallas office. The newsletter can be found here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8VIoZyRR0MebEwyWFlPb3BfZnM/edit?pli=1

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National Green Building Standard Verifier at Jordan & Skala Engineers

National Green Building Standard Verifier at Jordan & Skala Engineers

Aaron McEwin, P.E., LEED AP is the Director of Energy Services for Jordan & Skala and recently passed the National Green Building Standard Verifier exam. As a verifier, Aaron is able to discuss inspection and documentation needs with clients and is ultimately responsible for verifying that projects meet the criteria for green building certification.

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LEED Platinum Project Sponsored by JSE at the Texas Society of Architects Convention

LEED Platinum Project Sponsored by JSE at the Texas Society of Architects Convention

Jose Montoya, a member of Jordan & Skala’s Energy Service Division, presented a LEED Platinum project to record crowds at the 74th Annual Texas Society of Architects Annual Convention and Design Expo in Dallas recently. As the project LEED Certification manager for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Headquarters conversion project, Jose explained, how an early 20th century trolley repair shop listed on the National Register was transformed into a three story, LEED Platinum project. Jordan & Skala sponsored the..

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Austin Youth Housing Designed by CMH Architects and Jordan & Skala Engineers

Austin Youth Housing Designed by CMH Architects and Jordan & Skala Engineers

Dallas-based design firm, Craycroft McElroy Hendryx (CMH), and Jordan & Skala Engineers have partnered to take on an Austin youth housing community-service project of designing a 45-unit housing project on the LifeWorks campus in Austin, Texas, for youth who are aging out of foster care and looking to enter college and the workforce. With a modest budget and high aspirations, LifeWorks invited CMH, Jordan & Skala and CF Jordan, an award-winning general contracting company from El Paso, Texas, to invest..

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