Barton Associates Editorial Team

UPMC Pinnacle has selected Barton Healthcare to provide mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering services for a new, five-story, 275,000 square-foot replacement hospital for Memorial Hospital in York, PA. The new 130-bed hospital is being built on the former Hawk Lake Golf Course in West Manchester Township. The project will construct a new state-of-the-art healthcare … Read more

Groundbreaking commenced on a 30,000 square-foot new research building located at 310 Innovation Boulevard, State College, PA. With estimated completion set for the winter of 2017, the new facility will include the 10,800 square-foot Morgan Advanced Materials’ Carbon Science Center of Excellence. Morgan Advanced Materials, a U.K.-based global leader in engineered carbon and ceramic materials, … Read more

Stomping out hunger, one can at a time. – Canstruction Mission Statement Barton Associates’ State College office won the People’s Choice award for their design entry, CAN-Bert, at the 1st Annual Canstruction State College Competition, held at the Nittany Mall in State College, PA. Canstruction is a global, not-for-profit anti-hunger project founded by the Society … Read more

Barton Associates is pleased to announce that Zackery Zimmerman has been hired as an intern in our Pittsburgh office. Zachary is currently in his final year at Robert Morris University majoring in Mechanical Engineering and is also currently obtaining his Masters in Engineering Management with his anticipated graduation in May 2017.

Barton Associates is pleased to announce that Lawrence Zdinak, Jr., PE recently joined the firm as the Director of Operations in our Pittsburgh office. With a career spanning over 21 years in engineering, management, and sales/business development, Larry brings extensive experience in higher education, K-12, public safety, correctional, sports/recreation, commercial, and healthcare to Barton, including … Read more

Barton Associates is proud to announce that Joshua Lange will work as an Electrical Designer in our State College office and Ryan Davie will work as a Mechanical Designer in our York office. Both employees served an internship with us this past year. Ryan is a recent graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of … Read more

Barton Associates is proud to announce and welcome Jennifer Harrington, PE, LC, LEED AP as the new Director of Lighting Design Jennifer brings over 13 years of experience creating aesthetically pleasing, highly functional and energy efficient architectural lighting designs for buildings. She graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering specializing in … Read more

The ownership of Barton Associates is pleased to announce three new shareholders in our firm. “We are very excited to have such an exceptional team of talented and committed individuals that have been and will continue to be significant contributors to the fulfillment of our firm’s vision,” said Michael Rader, PE, who serves as the … Read more

We recently hired Brandon Gianella as a Mechanical Designer and John Mastropietro as a Senior Electrical Designer to bring added strength in growing our Pittsburgh office. Brandon has over seven years of experience and has worked on various types of buildings including military, government facilities, high-rise residential and various commercial and retail buildings. He is … Read more

We recently promoted Ken McLain to CAD/BIM Manager of our State College office to further strengthen and grow the business. Ken McLain has been with Barton Associates for 5 years and in this time he has helped develop the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology within the State College office. He is highly proficient … Read more

We are pleased to welcome Michael Ginder, PE, LEED AP as a Senior Electrical Engineer to work in our York office. Michael has over 11 years of expertise in electrical systems design and analysis for healthcare, education, corporate, athletic, entertainment and other design projects. He is a graduate of Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science degree … Read more

Barton Associates is pleased to announce that three employees have earned their Professional Engineer (PE) License. Amy Diehl, PE Amy L. Diehl, PE earned her Professional Engineer (PE) license from the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists. Amy recently joined Barton and holds a bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering from … Read more

Employee volunteers from the York office joined with the United Way of York County and participated in Day of Action. This year seven staff members volunteered at New Hope Ministries located at 135 Baltimore Street in Hanover PA to help with outside maintenance of their new building. New Hope Ministries was our agency of choice for … Read more

Employees from the State College office joined Special Olympics Pennsylvania and volunteered during this year Summer Games by assisting in the basketball competition. It takes about 2,000 volunteers to make the Summer Games happen. Duties range from making 3,800 dormitory beds for athletes and coaches to carrying tables and chairs to score-keeping and time-keeping areas. … Read more

We are happy to welcome three new interns, Kristen Cole, Ryan Davie and Matthew Torello to work in our York office. Kristen completed her third year at Penn State University majoring in Architectural Engineering with a Mechanical Option and plans to continue to get her Masters upon graduation. Kristen is the President of Alpha Rho Chi … Read more

We are pleased to welcome Chad Shelley as an Electrical Designer to work in our York office. Chad brings over 13 years of experience in the engineering profession and previously held the positions of CAD Drafter, Electrical Drafter and CAD/Revit Specialist at his previous job. He earned an Associate’s Degree in Computer Aided Drafting from … Read more

We are happy to welcome two new interns, Joshua Lange and Jonathan Alles to work in our State College office and welcome back Nolan Amos whom also interned last year. Joshua Lange is a student at Penn State University majoring in Architectural Engineering with a Lighting/Electrical Option. He has previously interned at Penn State’s Office … Read more

We are pleased to welcome Robert Hiner as a Construction Services Representative to work in our York office. Bob brings over 36 year of experience in Construction Services and Project Construction Management. He worked for ATCO Mechanical for 14 years and then started a Mechanical Contracting Business, H&R Mechanical, Inc. which he owned and operated for … Read more

We are excited to welcome Amy Diehl, EIT as a Mechanical Designer and Jeffrey Hoffecker as a CAD Technician to our team. Amy is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering. She has over 5 years of experience in HVAC and mechanical building system design of healthcare, … Read more

We are pleased to announce that Jonathan Slagel, PE, LEED AP has been promoted to Vice President of our York office. Jon joined Barton in 1994 and has 20 years of experience as a project manager and mechanical engineer. He will serve as a business unit leader and oversee the daily activities of the York office, … Read more