Commissioning

Commissioning & Retro-Commissioning in Healthcare Facilities

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…

Zweig Letter

RTM’s Recent Merger Featured in Leading Industry Publication, The Zweig Letter

RTM Engineering Consultants was recently featured in The Zweig Letter—a weekly publication by the Zweig Group highlighting important trends, management tips, and best practices in the architecture/engineering (A/E) industry. The newsletter gives an inside look at how real people in A/E and environmental services firms tackle today’s challenges. The two-page feature touches on RTM’s recent merger…

Women Working

RTM Advocates for Women in STEM-Focused Workforce

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…

Mechanical Considerations When Designing MRI Suites

Within a hospital, needs vary significantly by department and specialty treatment area; RTM Engineering Consultants understands each area’s unique specifications and requirements involving mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection (MEP/FP) systems. Our expert team of engineers has designed and created engineering solutions for more than 75 healthcare clients, and understands the complexity of this sector.…

RTM Team Members Earn Commissioning Authority (CxA) Certifications

As a member of the AABC Commissioning Group (ACG), a non-profit association dedicated to the advancement of independent third-party commissioning professionals, RTM Engineering Consultants work to ensure employees have a better understanding of the commissioning process by educating, training, and encouraging team members to gain certifications such as Certified Commissioning Authorities (CxAs), and Certified Commissioning Technicians…

RTM Does Canstruction Chicago

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.…

RTM’s Oakley Square Apartments Received the Polk Bros. Foundation Affordable Rental Housing Preservation Award

RTM Engineering Consultants’ Oakley Square Apartments project received the Polk Bros. Foundation Affordable Rental Housing Preservation Award at the 22nd Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards (CNDA) managed by LISC Chicago on February 18, 2016. The award was presented to The Community Builders, Inc., the project’s nonprofit real estate developer, and was one of two RTM…

Milan Engineering now part of RTM

Milan Engineering Joins Forces with RTM for Expanded Expertise and Service Capabilities

Milan Engineering, an Orlando-based consulting firm that provides comprehensive MEP/FP engineering services to the public and private sector, has recently merged with RTM, an engineering consulting partner to some of the nation’s most respected architectural firms and Fortune 500 companies. Milan will continue to provide high quality and responsive design services for clients in the…

RTM Joins Forces with Geiger+Larson Engineering

RTM Joins Forces with Geiger+Larson Engineering February 1, 2014 RTM is proud to announce our merger with Geiger+Larson Engineering, based in Milwaukee, WI., that allows both companies to expand our offerings and expertise. Going forward, Geiger+Larson will operate as part of RTM, so current clients will continue working with the same project managers as the…