Continuing our “We are thankful… ” series, we are excited to share that Earth Day 2021 marked the occasion of when McMullan officially joined the SE 2050 Commitment in response to the SE 2050 Challenge which states: “All structural engineers shall understand, reduce and ultimately eliminate embodied carbon in their projects by 2050.”
Since the early days of our firm and driven by Founding Principal Denis McMullan’s personal commitment, McMullan has always sought to provide structural engineering solutions that utilize the maximum use of recovered and in-place structural materials.
Our diverse and extensive experience includes facility designs that make maximum use of recovered structural materials with high regional material content. Furthermore, our specifications for concrete, steel, and masonry are tailored to require use of high recycled content material and give preference to wood products made from forests certified by an FSC-accredited certification body.
Today, most McMullan projects are compliant with LEED guidelines for certification as well as prevailing green building design and construction codes, including those for new buildings, alterations/additions, renovations, rehabilitations, deteriorated concrete structure repairs, and adaptive reuses of structures.
Our commitment to SE 2050 extends to all client markets we serve. This includes federal to municipal agencies, public K-12 school systems, independent schools, institutions of higher learning, hospitals and healthcare systems, private and commercial developers/building owners, historic societies, nonprofits, and more. Plus, McMullan has spearheaded structural engineering designs for net zero energy buildings, such as DPR Construction’s Mid-Atlantic Headquarters shown above.
(Image Credit - Judy Davis, Hoachlander Davis Photography)
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