Congratulations to Eric Auth for earning his Professional Engineer license in the Commonwealth of Virginia! A graduate of the University of Maryland’s fire protection engineering program, Eric passed both the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) and Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) – Fire Protection exams and completed more than four years of direct fire protection engineering work… Read More

Summer Consultants was awarded a $10 million IDIQ contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) Region 3 to provide full engineering design services for the repair, alteration, renovation and modernization of federal facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Projects may include site investigations, pre-design and existing conditions studies, programming, renovation design and commissioning projects. Summer Consultants… Read More

I began my career in the fire protection field as a consultant engineer. My main duties consisted of surveying facilities for fire hazards and recommended improvements, including the repair, replacement or provision of new fire protection systems. Now, as a licensed fire protection engineer, I am designing the systems that are to be improved or… Read More

Fire codes exist to make sure that buildings have adequate safety measures to protect the people who live and work in them. For owners of office buildings, such safety measures are a legal necessity; but many owners also need to implement additional fire suppression measures for specialized, enclosed areas in their buildings, such as server… Read More

Last week Amanda and I attended the I2SL (International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories) conference in Raleigh, NC. There were a broad range of individuals in attendance, including: government, university, and private labs users, health and safety, procurement, and facilities groups lab equipment vendors HVAC and controls equipment vendors sustainability champions architects and engineers The sessions… Read More