To say that the world is divided between a before and after the emergence of Covid-19 may sound like a cliché, but it certainly represents what has happened. Engineering – like perhaps no other area – and its professionals are called to provide innovative solutions to face the challenges, problems and opportunities that this pandemic… 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

Working in existing buildings is always a challenge. It is not always clear what criteria was used to design the existing HVAC systems. When it comes time to replacing existing equipment due to age or underperformance, the designer should always verify the current criteria the system needs to meet. For example, we recently designed the… 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