To keep our team safe and our clients’ projects moving forward, Ring & DuChateau Consulting Engineers are temporarily moving to home-based work teams. We will continue to be productive and connected, utilizing web-based options to do so.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us with questions via email or phone (Brookfield – 414.778.1700, Madison – 608.733.5800).
Stay safe and healthy!
Ring & DuChateau welcomed Andy Gromowski to its technology design group as a technology designer this week. He was previously with Faith Technologies for 15 years as a site superintendent and estimator. Prior to that, he worked as a designer, installer and technical liaison. Before moving into the technology field, Andy was a construction electrician with the U.S. Navy.
“Andy brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from these positions, which will prove to be a strong asset to our projects and clients,” said Human Resources Director Linda Russell.
In cooperation with Women In Design (WID), the women of Ring & DuChateau gathered for a photo to celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8, 2020. The photo was posted by WID on social media as part of a collection of women in the design workplace, which of course includes our team in the MEP building systems design industry.
“When I go to WID meetings, I see a lot of architects and contractors but I don’t often see many MEP or lighting designers. This is a great opportunity to recognize the many women in these fields,” said Ring & DuChateau Associate/Lighting Group Manager Holly Blomquist, who is also a WID member.
This year WID also requested that photos submitted include the number of women firms have added over the past year. In 2019, Ring & DuChateau added six women to the team.
Ring & DuChateau Partner and Senior Commissioning Provider Dave Guberud was featured in a recent article spotlighting commissioning professionals involved with the Building Commissioning Association (BCxA). Guberud has been active with BCxA for several years, most recently as a board member until his term limit expired. Ring & DuChateau Partner and Senior Commissioning Provider Rachel Rueckert is also involved with the organization, currently serving as vice president of the Midwest Region. BCxA is an international organization which serves as the recognized authority and resource on commissioning, with membership made up of professionals committed to the highest standards and practices for the commissioning process.
Krista Raver has joined Ring & DuChateau’s electrical team as an engineer. A 2012 Milwaukee School of Engineering graduate, Raver began her career with a different local engineering firm but made the move to R&D to expand her engineering development with larger and more complex projects. She brings to her new position project experience in education, commercial and government facilities, including office buildouts and renovations, commercial kitchens, classrooms and labs.
When not providing electrical engineering design, Krista enjoys spending time with her family, making jewelry out of antique silverware and working out.
A recent article published on the news page of the University of Wisconsin-Madison website features a Ring & DuChateau-designed campus utility project. The Lathrop Drive/Bascom Hill Utility Repairs Phase 1 is a $32.6 million project whose design was awarded to Ring & DuChateau in 2018. Ring & Du’s project team includes project manager Josh Nickols, Justin Cosgrove, Ryan McNally, Alex Gilgenbach, Tu Phan, Lem Hobbs, Chris Ulm, Matt Jungers, Art Meredith, Pat Stiemke, Nick Roberts and Jaclyn McNulty.
See the article and additional photos here: https://news.wisc.edu/whats-going-on-underneath-bascom-hill/
Ring & DuChateau added to its depth of experience hiring two new veteran senior engineers to its team.
Senior Project Engineer Bob Novak brings to his new position more than 30 years of experience in plumbing systems design for a wide variety of projects. He will initially be in the Brookfield office, then will transition full-time to Ring & DuChateau’s new Madison office.
Greg Froh has also joined the team as a senior project engineer. Greg brings nearly three decades of mechanical design experience to his new position, having spent the past 28 years working first for PJS Engineering, then Thunderbird Engineering when the company changed to its current name.
Bob Novak
Greg Froh
The phones are working, the sign is on the door and staff have moved in- Ring &DuChateau’s new Madison office is now officially open!
“We’re extremely excited about our expansion and what the opportunity means for our ability to provide engineering services closer to our Madison-area clients, both current and new,” said Ring & DuChateau President Dave DuChateau. He added that the second location also means new opportunities for staff at both R&D locations.
The Madison office buildout includes 14 flexible workstations, a large conference area, seating areas, a printer room and a kitchenette. Although in a different location, the office will share technology resources with Ring & DuChateau’s Brookfield office, ensuring seamless work process for project teams.
Check out our new location at 301 S. Blount Street, Suite 101, Madison: https://www.ringdu.com/contact-us/
Ring & Du Lighting Designer Teresa Haas is also a lighting design instructor, serving as an adjunct faculty member at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD). She’s held the position in the Department of Interior Architecture and Design since 2018. The course is offered to juniors and seniors to give them an idea what light can do to enhance (or detract from) design in a space.
Although the position was initially a bit out of her comfort zone, Haas now feels gratified working with her students.
“It’s really fun to show students another side of design,” she said. “Some of them have even expressed interest in becoming lighting designers.”
The Hotel Goodwin/Velvet Buffalo Café won gold prize in ABC of Wisconsin’s Projects of Distinction awards program. Ring & DuChateau provided mechanical, electrical and plumbing/fire protection systems design for the three-story historic facility in downtown Beloit, Wisconsin. Built in the 1920s as a professional building, the space was transformed into a 34-room boutique hotel with a roof-top terrace, restaurant and wine bar.
The project, submitted To ABC for consideration by project contractor Corporate Contractors, Inc., was also named Best New Business and Best Interior Renovation by Downtown Beloit Association.
