SSOE Group has been named to six Top 10 spots in the recently released, revenue-based ENR rankings, the premier publication covering the A/E/C industry. SSOE was named to the number two spot for Food Processing, Solar Generation, and Industrial and Manufacturing Green Firms. SSOE also ranked in the Top 10 in Automotive (4th), Chemical Plants (9th), and Industrial Process (9th). In addition, the firm was ranked 12th in Manufacturing and 84th among the Top 500 Design Firms, up 19 spots from 2009. Tony Damon, President and CEO states, "The rankings we received this year and in past years reaffirm the steps the company has taken to remain at the top of the A/E/C industry and sustain our business through the economic downturn. Each year SSOE continues to move up the rankings in the core industries we serve. Key to this growth during turbulent economic times has been our ability to return more than 1/3 of our revenue back to clients in the form of project savings." These rankings were published in the 2010 Engineering News Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook rankings and Top 100 Green Design Firms report. Both provide market analysis and rankings of the largest U.S.-based AEC firms and are ranked according to revenue for design services performed in 2009. For more information on these rankings visit: enr.construction.com/toplists/sourcebooks/2010/designfirms/default.asp Continue Reading →

3D has made it possible to view the design of a complete structure, its sections, and systems, and to rotate them all from the comfort of a keyboard. This leaves less to the imagination during the review process and construction. Add a sophisticated Gantt chart schedule and you can know a lot about how a project is going to come together. If progress stopped right there, we’d have a level of technology whose capabilities will intrigue us for a long time. But, it hasn’t. 3D is merging with the final dimension—time—in a way that will make the construction of complex, time sensitive projects more predictable. We’re entering the era of 4D. To understand how 4D works, imagine if you could travel forward into time and set up a camera at a job site that takes a picture each day, from multiple perspectives, of a project being constructed. Impose on each frame a readout of the day the shot was taken, make each element of the construction clickable and data-rich, and you will have an idea of what 4D portrays—before construction even starts. Basically, it is an “animated,” intelligent sequence of a virtual project being constructed. Continue Reading →

SSOE Group's Ed Royzman, PE, and Meredith Mayes, PE, LEED AP, discuss how master planning and smart phasing are the first steps to reduced utility costs and energy compliance at federal laboratories that have outlived their electrical and mechanical systems. Continue Reading →

This article discusses how to unplug the internal bottlenecks and remedy the design flaws that increase patients' length of stay in the emergency department. Continue Reading →

In an age of budget constraints and sustainability, master planning creates opportunities for firms and long-term benefits for clients. SSOE Group's Alan Liddy, senior project manager, is interviewed for an article on master planning for Engineering Inc.'s July/August issue. SSOE India project, Pearl City Food Port, a 300-acre Special Economic Zone, is also featured in this article. Continue Reading →