Insights

Hugo Avila, PE serves as a Senior Project Manager based in DBR’s McAllen office. He has over 27 years of experience in the building design and construction industry.

DBR is working with Arcadis IBI Group to design Cypress-Fairbanks ISD’s Middle School #20. Sprague Middle School will be the third and final school to complete the Bridgeland Educational Village site and will serve approximately 1,350 students to accommodate the area’s rapid growth.

To ensure the safety and functionality of CTE spaces, engineers must adhere to specific requirements that govern the design and installation of MEP systems in these areas. Engineers must exercise their creativity to design a custom-tailored solution to fit the specific program and instructor and to provide flexibility for evolving technologies and changing educational techniques.

DBR and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designed the new 52,000-square-foot Valdes STEM + Innovation Center. We were excited to help Greenhill to meet their goal to create a state-of-the-art STEM learning facility with a low carbon footprint.

DBR Engineering worked with VLK Architects on the newly constructed Brazoswood High School Career & Technical Education (CTE) Center in Clute, Texas for Brazosport ISD. The 91,000-square-foot facility serves 2,800 students with a variety of career programs.

Chase Collins serves as a Project Manager at DBR and has a wide range of project experience including K-12 educational facilities, commercial office buildings, and a variety of civic and public buildings.

The primary function of a school is to provide an optimum environment where teachers can communicate with students. In fact, up to 60% of classroom activities involve oral communications between teachers and students or between students. Speech intelligibility is critical in schools. But very often acoustic design is overlooked and the result is a poor acoustical environment.

Designing a new building or retrofitting equipment with energy or sustainability in mind is often an afterthought. There are many opportunities for long-term improvement of a building’s efficiency and occupant comfort that are overlooked. Both occupant comfort and operating cost can be improved with the implementation of simple low-cost to no-cost sustainable design strategies.

Zac Morton, PE, LEED AP serves as a Partner at DBR, managing the firm’s Practice Area Leaders and overseeing client relationships and projects in Central Texas.

DBR Engineering worked with Corgan Associates to provide mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services for a new STEM and CTE addition at Dripping Springs High School. We also provided technology consulting and building systems commissioning services.