Lucas Schneidmiller has joined the R&D HVAC team as a project engineer. He comes to us from Spokane, WA and is a 2016 graduate of Gonzaga University. His six years of experience, two years at Boeing and four years at a small consulting firm in the Spokane area, includes projects in healthcare, commercial, multi-family and senior living markets. He currently holds Professional Engineer licenses in Washington and Idaho, and is working toward licensure in Wisconsin. Welcome, Lucas!

Madison Youth Arts Center (MYArts) was recently recognized as an energy efficiency success story by Focus On Energy®,  Wisconsin’s energy efficiency and renewable resource program. Ring & DuChateau provided mechanical, plumbing/fire protection, and electrical, including lighting and technology, systems design for the new 65,000 sf facility that brings several youth arts programs together under one roof. In total, MYArts received $29,000 in incentives for the efficient design solutions the Ring & DuChateau team specified, including:

▪ Variable air volume (VAV) system

▪ High efficiency condensing boiler

▪ Displacement ventilation

▪ Demand control ventilation

▪ Reduced lighting power density

Eppstein Uhen Architects, a Focus On Energy® Trade Ally, provided architectural services for the project which was completed in 2021.

https://www.focusonenergy.com/success-stories/energy-efficiency-madison-youth-arts-center

Jim Schrager joined Ring & DuChateau’s electrical group as an engineer June 27. Schrager is a 2015 graduate of Milwaukee School of Engineering and brings to the position seven years of industry experience. He was previously with CannonDesign and Oneida Engineering Solutions (OES). Schrager enjoys projects that require more technical design, his experience for which includes hospitals, medical office buildings, clinics, central plants and laboratories. Welcome, Jim!

Winners of the 25^th Annual Mayor’s Design Award in Milwaukee include the Oriental Theatre Revitalization and Hmong American Peace Academy, both of which feature Ring & DuChateau design.

The R&D lighting group provided lighting design for the historic revitalization project at The Oriental Theatre. The team coordinated interior lighting layout and specification for upgrading historic lighting throughout the facility’s three auditorium spaces including architectural accents, color changing LED and integrated seat and handrail lighting. The project also included upgrading lighting controls and lobby lighting updates.

For the Hmong American Peace Academy Ring & DuChateau provided mechanical, plumbing/fire protection and electrical design, including lighting and technology. The new 99,000 sf high school facility includes 38 classrooms, a new gymnasium and a multi-purpose resource center.

Award recipients were announced May 12 and awards will be presented at a ceremony May 18.

https://city.milwaukee.gov/DCD/Aboutus/News-Releases/25th-Annual-Mayors-Design-Awards-Recipients-Announced

Jason LaRosh has been promoted to partner on Ring & DuChateau’s leadership team. LaRosh joined Ring & DuChateau in 2017 as a project manager and became an associate at the end of 2018.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering, and a master’s in business administration from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently holds engineering licenses in several states, including Wisconsin, Alabama, Colorado, Illinois and New York. Additionally, he is a Certified Energy Auditor (CEA) and LEED® Accredited Professional.

Since starting at R&D, LaRosh has served as project manager for multiple mixed-use developments including Bottleworks, several multi-family housing facilities, and many municipal/county projects including Marathon County North Central Health Care Campus Facility Upgrades.

“We are extremely excited to have Jason join the partner group and look forward to his ongoing contributions to the company,” said Ring & DuChateau President Dave DuChateau.

LaRosh was a partner with Angus-Young Architects/Engineers in Janesville, WI prior to returning to the Milwaukee area to join the Ring & Du team. With his addition, Ring & DuChateau’s partnership group stands at 13 members.

R.D. Ruffin has joined Ring & DuChateau’s Plumbing Group as a project manager. Ruffin, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering as well as a professional engineer license in Wisconsin, brings more than two decades of experience to Ring & Du’s team. His most recent position was with a manufacturer’s representative. Prior to that, he was director of mechanical engineering with Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. (HGA) for nearly 20 years. His work experience includes department leadership as well as project management and plumbing systems engineering for projects ranging from small remodels to large replacement healthcare facilities. Beyond providing engineering support for projects across markets, R.D. will focus on project management support for Froedtert Health projects.

In August 1961, Ring & DuChateau consulting engineers opened its doors to provide engineering services to clients throughout the Milwaukee area. Its founders, James Ring and Joseph DuChateau, were two young engineers with a penchant for quality and a vision for the future. Their founding principles, practice quality design and emphasize service, remain the cornerstone of Ring & DuChateau’s work today. While the firm’s principles haven’t changed, many other things have.

Since the early days of a handful of staff, Ring & DuChateau has grown to be one of the largest engineering firms in Wisconsin with a staff of 90 engineers, designers, technicians and support staff. Ring & Du’s first home was a small office building on North 117^th Street in Wauwatosa. With growth, the team moved to a much larger space in Wauwatosa to house its growing staff, and in 2014 we moved to our current home, a two-story office building on Capitol Drive in Brookfield. In 2019, we expanded further by opening an office in Madison to provide more local services to new and existing clients.

We’ve also expanded our service area nation-wide with engineers now licensed in 27 states.

While our home, staff and service area have grown, so too has the menu of services Ring & DuChateau offers clients. Initially providing HVAC and plumbing engineering services, Ring & DuChateau now also offers electrical engineering, commissioning services and technology, lighting and utility design.

For these many years of opportunity and growth, we sincerely thank our staff for their hard work and dedication to quality, and our clients for their collaboration and trust.

For a more detailed history of our past 60 years, check out the timeline at the bottom of our firm webpage: https://www.ringdu.com/our-firm/