In this installment of our Ask an Engineering Expert series, Timothy Larson P.E., Principal, Officer at RTM Engineering Consultants, answers the question: What’s a trend you see today in the design of hospital, healthcare, and medical campus structures, and what are the challenges you face that are particular to designing these types of facilities? A…
RTM Engineering Consultants announces its recent merger with Malone Finkle Eckhardt & Collins. MFEC is a full-service mechanical, electrical, and plumbing firm with office locations in Overland Park, Kansas and Springfield, Missouri. “We are thrilled to welcome MFEC to RTM Engineering Consultants,” said RTM CEO Tony Mirchandani. “This partnership allows us to further strengthen and…
In our first installment of Ask an Engineering Expert, Timothy Larson P.E., Principal, Officer at RTM Engineering Consultants, answers the question: how have the changes of LED technologies and specifications impacted the design of hospitals, health care facilities, and medical campuses? Larson explains that in today’s ultra-competitive healthcare marketplace, the advances in LED lighting have…
Healthcare facilities are complex structures containing distinct and diverse spaces – each with its own set of challenges and requirements. A hospital, for example, typically contains offices, patient rooms, imaging facilities, laboratories, operating rooms, laundries, and cafeterias. Every area must be kept safe and hygienic, meeting rigorous standards that are both labor- and energy-intensive. Because…
RTM Engineering Consultants continues to be an advocate in championing women engineers and encouraging more girls to get involved in careers focused on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. We understand that providing consistent, reliable and innovative design solutions to clients comes from a comprehensive staff of expert engineers that consist of both men and…
RTM Engineering Consultants recently teamed up with OKW Architects and W.E. O’Neil Construction for the 2016 Chicago Canstruction Design/Build Competition. The event, which benefits the Greater Chicago Food Depository, is an international competition that challenges teams of architects, contractors and engineers in the building industry to design and build structures completely out of canned food, following strict guidelines.…
Today is Earth Day – a terrific reminder of the importance of sustainable designs and that green building is at the forefront of many conversations in the MEP industry. RTM strives to provide sustainable solutions from incorporating LEED principles to recommending what plants work best in an office cubicle space. In celebration of Earth Day,…