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Zachary Blondin has joined Ring & DuChateau’s Plumbing group as a BIM specialist. He graduated from UW-Milwaukee in 2018 with a Bachelor’s in Architectural Studies and has five years of professional experience at a variety of industry-related firms. While [...]

Nic O’Mally has joined Ring & DuChateau’s electrical team as a BIM specialist. Initially, Nic will train in the Brookfield office then work out of Ring & DuChateau’s growing Madison office. He brings to his new position 10 years [...]

Three new staff members have joined the Ring & DuChateau HVAC department this month to keep up with project demand. Ryan Muller joined the team as an engineer. He is a mechanical engineering graduate from [...]

Peter Gudopp has become Ring & DuChateau’s newest plumbing engineer. He joined the plumbing group part-time as an intern in late 2022, bringing with him a strong interest in sustainable design along work experience as a construction laborer, in [...]

Ian Wright is the newest full-time member of Ring & DuChateau’s lighting group. Wright joined Ring & Du late last year as an intern with the group, and according to Holly Blomquist, Ring & DuChateau partner and lighting group [...]

The historic renovation of Marquette University’s St. Joan of Arc Chapel, for which Ring & DuChateau provided lighting design as a subconsultant to The Kubala Washatko Architects (TKWA), has been recognized by Partners for Sacred Places with a Faith [...]

Ring & DuChateau has been named to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s 2023 Top Work Place list! This is the 7th year we’ve made the list. We’re thankful to have been included and grateful to our staff, who made this happen. [...]

Holly Blomquist has been promoted to Ring & DuChateau’s newest partner. She has been with the firm since 2014, starting as a lighting designer, followed by a promotion to lighting group manager in 2017, and being named an associate [...]

Sam Escobedo has joined Ring & Du’s HVAC department as its newest BIM technician. After a year and a half of coursework at UW-Milwaukee, Sam targeted his interest in the AEC industry by earning an Associate’s Degree in Architectural [...]

Muyi Adonri, who joined Ring & DuChateau as an intern in December, has accepted a full-time position as an engineer in the HVAC department. He earned his master’s degree in Architectural Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering in February [...]

Through Ring & DuChateau's steady and sustained growth over the last 60+ years from a handful of staff to our current group of 90, we’ve maintained what is central to our continued success – quality engineering. What is unique [...]

Pablo Guerrero has become Ring & DuChateau’s newest  Designer of Engineering Systems (DE) licensed by the State of Wisconsin. Earning the license required a minimum of seven years of experience, combined with education, three letters from licensed engineers/designers advocating [...]

Paul Lippitt is the newest member of Ring & DuChateau’s Plumbing team, joining the group as a project engineer based in the Madison office. He is a licensed Master Plumber and Registered Designer for both plumbing and fire protection [...]

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 [...]

In recognition of dedication, achievement and ability to represent our company in developing its culture with clients and within our own team, Ring & DuChateau has named eight new Associates to its leadership team. They are: Mike Bartley, Senior [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Daily Reporter honored seven projects for which Ring & DuChateau provided engineering design as Top Projects for 2021 in a ceremony May 11. They include: ▪ Hmong American Peace Academy ▪ Oriental Theatre Revitalization ▪ St. Joan of [...]

Winners of the 25th 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Downtown Milwaukee’s Brighten the Passage project, for which Ring & DuChateau provided lighting design, has been recognized with an Award of Excellence in Urban Place Management from the International Downtown Association (IDA). “This is a pretty special recognition,” said [...]

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 [...]

The Wisconsin Health Engineers Association (WHEA) Chapter 1 recognized Ring & DuChateau as its sponsor of the year for the 2020-2021 season. Ring & DuChateau Partner/Senior Commissioning Provider Dave Guberud accepted the award on behalf of Ring & DuChateau on [...]

Phase 1 of Bottleworks District, a new mixed-use development in Indianapolis for which Ring & DuChateau provided engineering design and services, is officially open. Ring & DuChateau’s Bottleworks team, led by Associate/Project Manager Jason LaRosh, has been working [...]

Starting January 4, the passage under Interstate 794 from the Historic Third Ward to downtown Milwaukee will be more beautiful, bright and interactive with the installation of a programmable aesthetic lighting system as part of the Brighten the Passage project. [...]

Ring & DuChateau provided engineering services for four projects earning The Daily Reporter’s Top Projects of 2019 awards. The projects awarded were Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Al Hurvis/Peak Transportation Center, Marquette Athletic Human Performance Research Center Marquette University Physician [...]

For the 7th year in a row, Ring & DuChateau has been named a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The honor is awarded to employers based on results of staff surveys. “This award recognizes the company, but [...]

Ring & DuChateau’s Pablo Guerrero has earned a Certified HVAC Designer (CHD) designation from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). According to the ASHRAE website, the CHD certification validates competency to design HVAC systems to [...]

Partner/Senior Commissioning Provider Rachel Rueckert and Associate/Lighting Group Manager Holly Blomquist were named as Notable Women in Construction & Design by the Milwaukee BizTimes. The list was published May 25 as part of the publication’s Notable Women series. “This [...]

Two Ring & DuChateau electrical department interns, Jaclyn McNulty and Collin Rayome, were on the winning team for the 2020 AEI International Student Design Competition. Rayome was hired as an intern in September 2017, while McNulty joined the team [...]

Engineers, by profession, are pledged to hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of professional duties. As engineers who specialize in healthcare facility systems design, we have the expertise and experience to provide [...]

No one understands better than healthcare facility professionals the urgency of the current COVID-19 situation. As healthcare engineers we have a duty to protect public safety, and we understand your needs. Our teams are ready to help you develop [...]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, a project for which Ring & DuChateau provided systems design, has been awarded a Milwaukee Business Journal 2020 Real Estate Award. Ring & DuChateau provided mechanical systems design, plumbing and fire protection [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 his YouTube video debut, Ring & DuChateau Partner and Senior Commissioning Provider Dave Guberud had the opportunity to explain the commissioning process and what it meant for the new Secura Insurance Corporate Headquarters in the Village of Fox Crossing. [...]

Ring & DuChateau is expanding to Madison! Our second office location means local engineering services for current and new clients in the Madison area. We could not be more excited to be part of our new community! Work is in [...]

Alec Zambrowicz and Holly Rate have joined Ring & DuChateau’s growing HVAC group as engineers. Zambrowicz, who started in his new position in August, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He worked [...]

Keith Modlinski is the newest addition to Ring & DuChateau’s electrical group, joining the team in early September as an AutoCAD and Revit specialist supporting the power, lighting and technology teams. He has earned degrees in architectural drafting and [...]

A Ring & DuChateau team of 24 staff and family members stepped out to support Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin at the Briggs & Al’s Walk and Run September 14. Ring & Du staff also supported the effort by raising [...]

Cole Crawford has joined Ring & DuChateau’s electrical group as a senior project engineer. Crawford, a graduate of Milwaukee School of Engineering, has more than 11 years of electrical design experience. He worked at firms in Phoenix and Chicago [...]

Ring & DuChateau has been named a Top Workplace for the sixth consecutive year by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Currently a team of 90 engineers, designers, technicians and support staff, R&D placed 17th of 75 companies included in the small [...]

Senior Lighting Designer Marge Cooper officially retired from her role as Ring & DuChateau lighting design matriarch on May 1. Cooper entered the field of lighting design in 1992, after earning her degree in Architecture from the University of [...]

Ring & DuChateau plumbing intern Nora Ureche has been awarded a 2019 Alfred Steele Scholarship from the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE). Ureche is a student at Milwaukee School of Engineering and a member of the Wisconsin Chapter of [...]

Ring & DuChateau’s HVAC group has added Jeff Van Kauwenberg as a Senior Project Engineer. Van Kauwenberg is a Milwaukee School of Engineering graduate with more than 10 years of engineering consulting experience, most recently with local engineering firm RTM. [...]

The Commons at Marquette University, the new student housing and food service facility that opened in fall of 2018, has achieved LEED® Silver certification. The project had no credits denied in the certification process, achieving 56 points for its Silver [...]

Ashley Modlinski joined the Ring & DuChateau plumbing group as a CAD technician in April. Modlinski was previously a kitchen and bath designer for a firm in Mukwonago. In her new position at R&D she will primarily be handling CAD/Revit [...]

Ring & DuChateau is excited to welcome Mike Hoadley as a Senior Project Manager focusing on project planning, project procurement and project quality assurance. He brings to the newly-created position a wealth of knowledge and experience from the contracting [...]

Lem Hobbs has joined Ring & DuChateau’s HVAC group as a CAD Technician. Hobbs brings to the position 10 years of experience with local electrical and mechanical contractors, having worked on projects including the Fiserv Forum, UW-Madison fitness center [...]

Jasmin Gibbs has joined Ring & DuChateau’s Electrical group as its newest CAD Technician. She graduated from Wisconsin Art Institute in 2015 with a degree in interior design. Jasmin has experience with CAD design and lighting design, having worked [...]

Alex Gilgenbach has joined Ring & DuChateau’s HVAC department as an engineer. She is a West Allis native and Milwaukee School of Engineering graduate, holding both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from MSOE. She brings to the new position [...]

Ring & DuChateau has named Holly Blomquist, Jason LaRosh and T.J. Smith to its group of associates. Holly Blomquist was hired as a lighting designer in 2014 and was promoted last year to project manager and lighting group manager [...]

Ring & DuChateau project team members got the rare opportunity to enjoy a night out in a completed project space during the Jan Serr Studio Sneak Peak on November 7. R&D provided multiple-discipline systems design, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing [...]

Connor Dunn has joined Ring & DuChateau as an intern for the IT team. Dunn is currently a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee pursuing a degree in IT Administration and Management. He will be working part-time as he [...]

Ring & DuChateau, LLP is excited to announce the promotion of Mike McGann to the role of Vice President.Mike has been with Ring & Du since 2008, acting as a Senior Electrical Project Manager for 6 years, as Associate for [...]

John Dusing has joined the Ring & DuChateau HVAC department for the summer as an intern. Dusing, who just finished his junior year at Notre Dame University in its mechanical engineering program, is a Brookfield, Wisconsin native home for [...]

Ring & DuChateau’s Wellness Committee enjoyed its first team outing at the Best Buddies Friendship Walk at Milwaukee's lakeshore on May 5. The event raised funds to support inclusion for individuals with developmental disabilities. R&D Senior Project Engineer Staci [...]

Ring & DuChateau was named a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for 2018. R&D placed 8th of 70 in its category of small companies (50-149 employees), plus earned a special award for Work/Life Flexibility. “We have won [...]

Virginia Depies has joined Ring & DuChateau’s Electrical Department as a senior electrical engineer/technology specialist.  Depies was most recently a technology designer with an equipment provider and before that an electrical designer/engineer with an architectural firm for 18 years. [...]

Ring & DuChateau’s HVAC department welcomed Kelsey Hailey as an engineer back in March, two months ahead of her graduation from MSOE with a degree in Architectural Engineering. Prior to working with Ring & DuChateau, Hailey completed internships with [...]

Despite the fact that he was set to retire, Doug Sauer has rejoined the Ring & DuChateau electrical team as an engineer. “I was set to retire May 1, but after seeing Linda (R&D Human Resources Director Linda Russell) [...]

Jaclyn McNulty is gaining practical experience as an intern in Ring & DuChateau’s electrical department. Currently a junior at Milwaukee School of Engineering, McNulty is working toward a degree in Architectural Engineering-Electrical Specialty. She began her internship in March [...]

Despite pouring rain, gusting winds and 40-degree temperatures, Ring & DuChateau Electrical Project Engineer Matt Jungers finished his first-time run of the Boston Marathon April 16. Jungers came in 1,019th with a time of 2:54:48 in a field [...]

Ring & DuChateau has promoted five new partners to its leadership team.  They are: Dave Guberud, QCxP Senior Commissioning Provider Mike McGann, PE, LEED® AP BD+C Senior Project Manager Electrical Systems Josh Nickols, PE [...]

HVAC Systems Engineer Gustavo Cantoral shared systems design history and innovations with 4th and 5th grade students at Waukesha STEM Academy’s Randall Campus on March 2. The presentation for 35 students was designed to give students a real-world look [...]

Senior Lighting Designer Marge Cooper shared her take on the theme of “Transitions” in a PechaKucha-style presentation at the monthly section meeting of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Milwaukee on February 15. During her 20-slide, 20-second-per-slide presentation, Cooper recounted [...]

Scott Ignasiak joined the Ring & DuChateau Commissioning team as a commissioning provider January 22. A 1999 graduate of Milwaukee School of Engineering, Ignasiak brings to his new position more than 19 years of experience in the HVAC industry [...]

Kevin Matthews has joined the HVAC team as an engineer. He has more than three years of mechanical engineering experience, most recently with the Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee. “Kevin will be an asset to our mechanical group [...]

Recent changes in Ring & DuChateau’s Lighting Design team have positioned the group to expand services by offering lighting design as a singular service to area architects. Holly Blomquist, LC, a lighting designer with Ring & DuChateau since 2014, has [...]

Several new staff members joined the Ring & DuChateau team this fall: Teresa Haas has joined the Ring & DuChateau lighting design group as a lighting designer.  She brings to her new position experience as both [...]

Ten R&D staff members geared up August 17 to bike in support of local charities in the EUA Beyond Design Bike Tour. R&D sponsored the biker’s participation while supporting the event that raised funds this year for the Eppstein Uhen [...]

Teams were built, (fashion) statements were made, no windows were broken. These were a few of the successes of Ring & Du’s first-ever Office Open miniature golf tournament held at the Ring & DuChateau offices August 9. Nearly 50 staff [...]

Ring & DuChateau Lighting Designer Colleen Kroll took the opportunity to showcase R&D’s electrical systems and lighting design at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther Arena May 25, serving as a tour guide for an Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Milwaukee Chapter [...]

Several new staff have joined the Ring & Du Chateau team in recent months. Philip Warren joined the Electrical Systems team as a CAD technician in February. He is initially providing CAD support for the entire department, but will eventually [...]

Renovations at Pabst Milwaukee Brewery and the Wgetthta building have been awarded 2017 Cream of the Cream City honors by the Milwaukee History Preservation Commission. Ring & DuChateau provided lighting design for the new Pabst Milwaukee Brewery located in the [...]

The fish were biting and the rain held off (mostly) for the R&D employees, family members and boat captains who set out at dawn June 3 for the 2nd Annual R&D Fishing Trip on Lake Michigan. “The response last [...]

Ring & DuChateau Senior Lighting Designer Holly Blomquist presented her take on the theme “Together We Can” for the Women In Design: Milwaukee quarterly event April 20. She spoke about lighting design services she donated for Escuela Verde, a Milwaukee [...]

For the fourth consecutive year Ring & DuChateau has been named a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. R&D placed sixth in its category of small companies (50-149 employees). “This award is a true reflection of not only what [...]

Two projects with MEP systems designed by Ring & DuChateau earned Milwaukee Business Journal 2017 Real Estate Awards. The projects, Wgetthta Renovation and Uline Distribution Center W-2, were two of the 17 projects recognized by the publication. The Wgetthta Renovation [...]

The University of Wisconsin La Crosse’s new student center, for which Ring & DuChateau provided construction administration services, has achieved LEED® Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council. The 204,787-square-foot, $55 million facility opened to students in January [...]

Six projects for which Ring & DuChateau provided systems design have won Top Projects 2016 Awards given by The Daily Reporter: Acuity Insurance East Galleria West Bend, Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital Birth Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Neonatal Intensive [...]

Ring & DuChateau Consulting Engineers has named Linda Russell as the company’s human resources director. Russell has more than 25 years of experience in human resources and has worked with R&D as a consultant with similar responsibilities since 2007. “Linda [...]

R&D Senior Commissioning Provider Dave Guberud opened up the world of commissioning to a group of Bradley Tech High School students February 9. His presentation at Froedtert Hospital’s Milwaukee campus was part of the TechTern partnership between the Milwaukee Public [...]

Our building has earned 2017 ENERGY STAR® certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency! The next time you visit, check out the little blue label on display at our entrance – it represents proven, verified superior energy performance over a [...]

The Milwaukee Business Journal has recognized Ring & DuChateau consulting engineers as one of Wisconsin’s largest engineering firms. The top-25 list published in the newspaper’s February 3, 2017 issue ranked firms according to number of licensed engineers on staff. “We have [...]

What is commissioning, what projects need it and who is best qualified to provide it? Get answers to these questions and get to know the Ring & DuChateau Commissioning Team in the new issue of Ahead of the Curve newsletter [...]

Justin Cosgrove has joined the Ring &DuChateau HVAC engineering design department. Cosgrove, a 2013 graduate of Milwaukee School of Engineering, returns to the Milwaukee area after working for the past three years in southeastern Michigan. While his focus in that [...]

Participation was at maximum capacity as 148 golfers took to the Western Lakes Golf Club greens September 9 for the 2016 Wisconsin Healthcare Engineering Association golf outing. The event, which is coordinated for WHEA by Ring & DuChateau, featured hole [...]

R&D employees celebrated the bounty of Lake Michigan during a fishing trip in August. The group took advantage of early morning conditions, with four boats getting out on the lake at sunrise and bringing in dozens of salmon before returning [...]