Jim Hoffman Elected ACEC Vice Chair

Summer Consultants, Inc. announces the election of Jim Hoffman, PE, LEED AP O+M, CEM as a Vice Chair of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) earlier this year, and is serving as a member of the association’s Executive Council as the Mid-Atlantic Region Vice Chair for a two-year term. Since his election, he has… Read More

Kyle Urda Promoted to Associate Principal

Summer Consultants, Inc. announces the promotion of Kyle Urda, PE, LC, RCDD to Associate Principal, effective immediately. “Kyle’s dedication to quality, service to our clients, and internal leadership have had a large impact for us and our success. We are happy to recognize him for his achievements,” stated James Hoffman, PE, LEED AP O+M, CEM,… Read More

Eric Auth Earns Professional Engineer (PE) License

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 Awarded GSA Region 3 IDIQ Contract

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

The Art of Fire Protection Design

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