ABD Engineering is a family owned consulting firm founded in 1990. Its founder has worked in the industry since 1980, and the staff holds more than 100 years of combined experience. Structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering are all handled in house, and building work is issued as a single coordinated drawing set.
| Mark | Discipline | Scope | In house since |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | Structural | Steel, concrete, masonry, and timber framing. New construction, additions, condition assessment, and repair design. | 1990 |
| C | Civil and site | Site layout, grading, stormwater management, utilities, and permitting support through the reviewing agency. | 1990 |
| M | Mechanical | HVAC and plumbing design, load calculations, equipment replacement, and energy code compliance. | 1996 |
| E | Electrical | Power distribution, service upgrades, lighting, fire alarm, and standby power systems. | 1996 |
| SW | Software | Custom applications, engineering calculation and design automation tools, and web and data systems. | 2026 |
ABD Engineering was founded in 1990 by an engineer who had been working in the industry since 1980. The firm opened as a structural and civil practice, and mechanical and electrical followed in 1996, completing the four discipline building practice. Software engineering has since been added as a consulting service.
A second generation of the family joined in 2008. Both generations currently work on projects, and the firm has remained privately held by the family since founding, with no outside ownership.
Project records are retained from 1990 forward, including calculations, drawing sets, and field reports. For buildings ABD has designed previously, that archive is available when the building is renovated, expanded, or sold.
| Rev | Year | Description | By |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | 1980 | Founder begins working in the engineering industry. | Founder |
| 01 | 1990 | ABD Engineering established as a structural and civil office serving local architects and contractors, issuing combined site and structure packages. | Founder |
| 02 | 1996 | Mechanical and electrical engineering added, completing the four discipline practice. | Gen. I |
| 03 | 2008 | Second generation joins. Existing building assessment and adaptive reuse become a standing practice area. | Gen. II |
| 04 | Current | Software engineering added as a consulting service. Family owned, with a project archive covering the full record since 1990. | Gen. I and II |
Design and analysis of steel, reinforced concrete, masonry, and wood framing, from a single beam replacement through a complete building frame. A significant share of the structural work is assessment and repair of buildings already in service, including buildings originally designed by others.
Site work from the property line to the foundation, prepared for review by the authority having jurisdiction. Scope typically includes the drainage design and the agency coordination required to move it through approval.
HVAC and plumbing design sized to the building's occupancy and operating profile. Work includes new systems, phased equipment replacement in occupied buildings, and surveys of existing mechanical systems approaching end of service life.
Power, lighting, and life safety design coordinated against the mechanical set. A large portion of this work is service and distribution upgrades in older buildings, where existing conditions govern the design.
Custom software for engineering teams, building owners, and manufacturers, from calculation and design automation tools through complete web and data applications. Each project is scoped in writing before development begins and delivered with documentation, the same way an engineering deliverable is issued.
| Ph. | Phase | Deliverables | Assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Feasibility | Site walk, existing condition review, and a written assessment of constraints before design begins. | Principal |
| B | Schematic | System selection, structural concept, preliminary sizing, and coordination with the design team. | Discipline lead |
| C | Permit set | Coordinated sealed drawings and calculations for the authority having jurisdiction, plus written response to plan review comments. | PE of record |
| D | Construction | Submittal review, RFI response, field observation reports, and closeout documentation. | Project engineer |
Single phase engagements are also taken, including peer review, plan review response, and investigation of failures or distress in existing construction.
A sample across sectors and disciplines. Project lists and references for a specific building type are available on request.
| No. | Project | Scope | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| P-01 | Riverside Crossing Mixed Use | Four story wood frame over podium, with the site grading and stormwater package for a constrained urban lot. | 2023 |
| P-02 | Mill Street Adaptive Reuse | 1920s industrial building converted to office use. Existing frame assessed and selectively strengthened, new mechanical and electrical throughout. | 2022 |
| P-03 | County Public Works Facility | HVAC replacement and electrical service upgrade in an occupied municipal building, phased around continuous operations. | 2021 |
| P-04 | Northline Distribution Center | Pre engineered metal building on poor subgrade, with truck court design and a regional detention basin. | 2020 |
| P-05 | Elementary School Addition | Classroom wing added to an operating campus across two summer construction windows, with full four discipline coordination. | 2019 |
| P-06 | Parking Structure Repair | Condition survey, repair design, and multi year phasing plan for a deteriorating post tensioned garage. | 2018 |
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