Summer of 2020, the height of the coronavirus pandemic. I was but a mere intern. The office was nearly empty, with just the two other interns, our respective mentors, a few administrative employees, and some transient management. With how small in numbers we were, everyone who stepped into the office felt like a mentor to… Read More

Like so many firms, Summer Consultants went through a lot of changes over the past 16 months since the unofficial start of the covid-19 pandemic. We turned on a dime from working in the office each day to working remotely. We continued to complete projects while navigating new recommendations. We even had new employees starting… Read More

The majority of our clients at Summer Consultants are government, military or institutional organizations.  Because of that, many of the buildings we work on are not readily accessible to the general public, but occasionally we have a project that is.  One weekend, without even planning it, I stumbled upon a project that I had a… Read More

In 2019, I was part of the design team for an elevator upgrade project at the US Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland.  The project consisted of modernizing or replacing four elevators in four different buildings across the campus; Alumni Hall, Bancroft Hall, the Chapel, and Sampson Hall.  As the mechanical design engineer on the… Read More

While much of the building industry has moved away from steam as a form of heating, there is still a need for engineering firms with this unique skill set, particularly in the National Capital Region. 10 months into my time at Summer, I was given the complex task of designing two separate steam stations that… Read More