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Building Better Schools: The Importance of Proper Ventilation

Is your building properly ventilated? What is proper ventilation? How do you know if you have it? These may not be the burning questions you ask yourself when evaluating student performance, but if your key business is education, perhaps they should be at the top of your list. Some facilities personnel see ventilation as an … Read more

Stephen Oskin Hired as Director of Mechanical Engineering

We are pleased to announce and welcome Stephen Oskin, PE, LEED AP as Director of Mechanical Engineering for the firm. Stephen has over 16 years of experience in the industry and has extensive project experience in education, commercial, healthcare, telecommunications, data center, and technology markets. He is a graduate of Penn State University with a … Read more

Michael Rader Promoted to President

We are pleased to announce that Michael Rader, PE, CEM has been promoted to President of the firm. Michael joined Barton Associates in 1997 as a mechanical engineer and for the past three years has served as the Chief Operating Officer for the firm. He will also continue to serve as the Principal-in-Charge of the … Read more

Matthew Wilkins Hired as a Mechanical Designer

We are pleased to welcome Matthew Wilkins to our team as a full-time Mechanical Designer in the York office. He recently served an internship with us for the past year. Matthew is a recent graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Business Administration. During … Read more

Is Your Lighting WELL?

For many years now, the design community has been laser-focused on creating ‘green’ buildings that use less energy and have a smaller impact on their surrounding environments. That is until recently. Due to growing concern amongst the healthcare community that Americans are spending too much of their days indoors coupled with the scientific community’s increasing … Read more

We’re Speaking at the Spring 2018 KAPPA Conference!

Please join Rachel Prinkey with Penn State University, Rami Berner with Bostwick Design Partnership, Michael Rader with Barton Associates and Andrew Schrenk with PJ Dick as they present at the Spring 2018 KAPPA Conference hosted by Penn State University. Their presentation, “Prevention Through Design — A Case Study of the Penn State School of Music Recital Hall Project”, will be held on … Read more

Choosing the Right Contractor – It’s a Matter of Success or Failure

Your project has gone through a comprehensive planning and design process to ensure that the project design objectives and goals are fully captured in the documents. You are ready to start work. Now what? The successful implementation of your project requires one more, extremely important step, selecting the right construction partner. How can you do … Read more

David Myers Returns as Senior Electrical Engineer

We are pleased to announce and welcome back David Myers, PE, LEED AP as Senior Electrical Engineer to work in their York office. David was previously employed with the firm for over 15 years and worked on over 500 projects for clients such as Gettysburg College, Milton Hershey School, Mount St. Mary’s University and Penn State … Read more

Tony Ricketts Hired as Mechanical Engineer

Barton Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce and welcome Tony Ricketts, PE, LEED AP BD+C as a Mechanical Engineer to work in our Pittsburgh office. Tony has over 14 years of experience in the industry and has extensive project experience in healthcare, education, commercial, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, data center, and technology markets. He is a graduate … Read more

Who Is Deciding What Goes Into Your Facilities?

Managing the construction of new facilities or renovation and maintenance of existing facilities with multiple design and construction firms can be a daunting task even for the most experienced owner. One way to help eliminate miscommunication and set expectations of all project stakeholders is to have written design and construction standards. If you own, operate … Read more

Hybrid – A Mixture of Functions

When used as an adjective, “hybrid” is defined as something “of mixed character, composed of mixed parts”. In today’s society, the term is regularly used to describe cars, genetically modified plants, dog breeds, or any combination of two distinct styles. In the healthcare industry, the word hybrid is generally used to describe a mixture of … Read more

Calm Before the Storm – Is Your Hospital Prepared?

The severity of recent natural disasters across the nation, along with the Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers issued by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2016, has made emergency preparedness a point of emphasis for healthcare facility managers across the nation. On November 15, 2017, participating … Read more

Our Surgeons Want What Temperature in Their Operating Rooms?!

Does this question sound familiar? Every facility manager has probably muttered, or at least thought, this question at some point. With surgeons performing longer and more complex surgeries, requests for colder operating room temperatures has increased and it is not uncommon for surgeons to request room conditions that are outside of “normal” parameters. The question … Read more

Brian Fayman Hired as CAD Technician

We are pleased to welcome Brian Fayman to our team as a CAD Technician in our State College office. He recently served an internship with us this past summer. Brian is a recent graduate of the South Hills School of Business & Technology with an Associate in Specialized Technology Degree in Engineering Technology. Brian is … Read more

Understanding Building Energy Usage

Fall is almost here and winter isn’t too far behind, so let’s make sure your building and wallet is ready for it! It’s important to understand how your monthly energy use is broken down by your building systems. Below represents a pretty typical breakdown for a building: System Type % of Total Energy Consumption HVAC … Read more

Matthew Torello Hired as Mechanical Designer

We are pleased to welcome Matthew Torello to our team as a full-time Mechanical Designer in our York office. He recently served an internship with us for the past two years. Matthew is a recent graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering with a focus on Mechanical Engineering. During his internship … Read more