Bruce E. Brooks & Associates, Consulting Engineers, was founded in 1980 and provides mechanical and electrical consulting services to a wide range of institutional, corporate and professional clients. The three principals, Bruce Brooks, Brad Randall and John Hodos, along with Tami Knopp (Associate), Danette Ernst (Associate), George Swisher (Associate and Lead Electrical Engineer) and Charles Argue (Associate and Lead Mechanical Engineer) direct a staff of approximately twenty-plus dedicated and talented engineers and support personnel.

The firm's services include conditions assessment, feasibility investigation, life cycle analysis, master planning, building daylight and energy modeling, system design, administration of construction, and commissioning. The firm concentrates in three major project types:

Architecturally Significant Projects: Since its founding, the firm has been committed to the belief that good architecture and good engineering have to be an integrated function, from the initial visualization of the project, to its commissioning and placement into service. The firm is known for its careful and sensitive incorporation of building systems in both historic and new structures of architectural significance.

Sustainable Architecture: Environmental responsibility has always been one of the guiding principles of the firm's design work. It holds as its philosophy that many of the measures that make a building sustainable are simple, cost effective and should be an integral part of good design. More exotic measures require rigorous analysis before they warrant an Owner's investment. Five of the firm's senior personnel are LEED accredited professionals.

Specialized Environments: The firm has built a reputation in the analysis and design of facilities with specialized environmental and reliability mandates. Services range from the design of archive spaces with strict temperature, humidity, fire protection and UV light level constraints, to the design of mission critical telecommunication and data centers. They also design laboratory and medical facilities with variable volume fume hoods, complex pressurization relationships, specialized laboratory utilities and strict emergency and standby power requirements.

The firm believes that it has two overriding responsibilities to its clients and building owners. First it is to provide a facility that is safe and healthy for the people who occupy, visit and maintain it. Second, it is to be our clients' faithful advisor in obtaining the best value for their construction dollar, both in initial cost and in operating, repair and replacement cost.