BR+A is pleased to announce our latest staff promotions to Associate Principal, Senior Associate, and Associate. View our digital announcement brochure on Issuu here.

BR+A staff (across our nine offices) created a two minute video tribute for essential workers on the front lines of this pandemic. I hope you will take a moment to watch, as many of those we are honoring represent our valued clients, family, friends, partners, and just plain heroes. So from our family to yours, we thank you. Click here to watch our video.

"University of Virginia Medical Center was able to redesign and accelerate portions of a $394-million expansion project to meet demand for bed capacity brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Charlottesville facility opened 15 ICU isolation beds on April 2 on a 28-bed floor of the six-floor patient tower portion of the project. Three floors of the tower, which are roughly 25,000-sq-ft each, are tentatively scheduled to open by June with the remaining three held as a shell for future space." BR+A is proud to be part of this team. Click here to read the rest of the article.

The COVID-19 situation is unprecedented in modern history. BR+A is closely monitoring it so that we can continually react quickly to changes in government and healthcare requirements. Safeguarding the health and well-being of our staff, their families, and those of our clients and partners who support us are paramount throughout this event. We want to assure you that BR+A will continue, to the fullest extent possible, to serve our clients and ongoing projects within the limitations on safe travel and safe interactions. We have set up our employees with equipment and services to allow them to...

BR+A Consulting Engineers is pleased to announce that Sarah McGillicuddy has joined our firm as Director of Business Development. With over 15 years of business development experience in the AEC industry developing strategies, tools, and tactics to expand businesses, she will be responsible for developing new business, fostering client relationships, and growing BR+A’s national presence. “Sarah’s industry knowledge, relationships/connections, and creativity will serve BR+A well as we continue to grow. We are excited to have her on the team,” said Allan Ames, President of BR+A. “I am elated to...

BR+A Consulting Engineers is pleased to announce that James DeFilippi has joined our Proton Engineering team. With more than 18 years of experience in the radiation oncology field (the last 10 years focused exclusively on proton therapy), he brings extensive knowledge to our proton team. Specifically on the technical operational aspects of the proton equipment, the needs of proton therapy clinical end-users, developer based approach planning, and equipment startup sequencing, particularly the impact it has on construction schedules. This depth of knowledge will further broaden BR+A’s ability...

We are proud to announce that Jacob Knowles, BR+A's Director of Sustainable Design, was awarded the Green Design award by the Boston Real Estate Times at their 2019 Excellence Awards in Commerical Real Estate.

Please join us in recognizing the following BR+A team members who have been promoted to Senior Associate. These valued individuals have brought their passion for innovative engineering and construction to BR+A and to our clients. Thanks go out to all of them for their invaluable contributions to our continued success. Congratulations! Jacob Arana PE HVAC | Miami Kristen Banas PE HVAC | Chicago Dene’e Braithwaite Electrical | Boston Youngmi Choi PE Fire Protection | Boston James Connell PE, CBCP Electrical | Boston Jenny DeFino LC, IES, LEED GA Lighting | New York Ricardo Duran PE, LEED AP BD+C...

Our New York office continues to grow. BR+A is pleased to announce the promotions of Andrew Kozak, PE, AEE Fellow, LEED AP and Raymond Prucha, PE, LEED AP to Principal. BR+A brings unsurpassed technical expertise and wide-ranging creativity to everything we do. As an employee-owned company, BR+A is a place where individuals are celebrated and close collaboration fuels our success. Please join us in recognition of Andrew and Ray, both of whom have brought great expertise and skill to our team, as well as the engineering world at large.

We are extremely proud to announce that MIT.nano has received the American Council of Engineering Companies Grand Award for Engineering Excellence! This award was received by Cris Copley and Travis Wanat at the ACEC Gala in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 2019. Under the Direction of MIT Senior Project Manager Travis Wanat; Wilson HGA Design Principal Samir Srouji; Turner Construction Project Executive Peter Johnson; BR+A Principal-in-Charge Cris Copley; and BR+A Sustainable Design Leader Jacob Knowles; the project sought to create the highest performing and most energy efficient academic cleanroom...