Bowdoin College Schiller Coastal Studies Center Wins Honorable Mention
The Bowdoin College Schiller Coastal Studies Center’s Living and Learning Center (LLC) won honorable mention in the Commercial/Institutional category in the annual PHIUS Passive Projects Design Competition 2022. PHIUS (Passive House Institute US) is a non-profit organization delivering the industry standard for high-performance zero-energy building. Read More…
Tufts University SEC Won 2022 AIA COTE Top Ten Award
We are pleased to announce that the Tufts University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) has been honored with the prestigious AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Award. This LEED Gold certified facility consists of 175,000 square feet of laboratories, classrooms, support rooms and other core facilities creating a unique space for students, faculty...
SEFA Lab of the Year 2021 – Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex
Excellence – Innovation – Teamwork It is a tremendous honor that the Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) is the 2021 SEFA Lab of the Year. The SEFA Lab-of-the-Year™ Award expresses the highest honor that can be given to a laboratory building, bringing enormous pride to everyone who participated in this effort. This project...
CREW CT Blue Ribbon Awards 2021
At last night’s 26th Annual CREW CT Blue Ribbon Awards Showcase, van Zelm Heywood & Shadford, Inc. was thrilled to be on a winning project: Best in Class: Workplace Innovation Award & People’s Choice Award for LAZ Parking Home Office in Hartford, CT! Thank you CREW CT and congrats to Tecton Architects, One of a...
Harvard SEC Achieves Sustainability Certifications
Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) achieves LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge Petal certifications. This is an unprecedented achievement for Harvard, and both especially stellar achievements given the diversity of the building, complexity of the program and the size (over 500,000 gross square feet). This is the largest building, and the first building with wet...
Amherst College New Science Center Receives Two BSA 2020 Awards
We are honored to have served as the MEP engineers on the Amherst College New Science Center which won two awards at the Boston Society of Architects gala last week… an Honors Award for Design Excellence and a Citation for Sustainability Design. The project is also a previous national AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE)...
UPENN Trustees Approve Vagelos Laboratory Design
We are excited to be working with BEHNISCH ARCHITEKTEN on the University of Pennsylvania Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology and are pleased that the project has received design approval by the University’s Board of Trustees. The new $173 million facility at 3200 Walnut Street will consolidate existing and emerging energy research programs by...
Congratulations to van Zelm Engineers’ 2020 Employee Recognition Award Winners!
Congratulations to van Zelm Engineers’ 2020 Employee Recognition Award winners! The three outstanding winners were selected by our principals and team leaders due to their outstanding performance, dedication, and leadership skills. The award winners received the awards at our annual luncheon which also recognized staff who received their service milestones at van Zelm Engineers. (Photo...
Maintaining Safe and Healthy Environments During COVID-19
van Zelm can Help! At van Zelm Engineers, our highest priority is the safety and well-being of our staff and clients, as well as their families and the communities we serve. Now, more than ever, we take our role as consultants seriously as the corona-virus pandemic has dramatically changed everyone’s lives and workplaces. Ventilation and...
Congratulations to van Zelm’s Talented Leaders
A company’s success is driven by teamwork. As our company continues to grow, so have these van Zehn leaders. We celebrate the promotion of these individuals for their engineering excellence, creativity, and dedication to our clients. – Steve S. Krawczynski, President & Chairman