Historic & Hospitality:
Renovation of the bars and beverage service areas across multiple levels of the historic 1927 Saenger Theatre. Served as prime MEP consultant and plumbing engineer of record, reusing the existing plumbing wherever possible and working with the beverage system vendor so the original floor slab stayed intact. The work was phased around the theater’s performance schedule.
Saenger Theatre Bar Renovations
New Orleans, Louisiana · 2,000 SF
Multifamily 4-Plex Conversion
New Orleans, Louisiana · 2,300 SF
Conversion of a historic double shotgun home and its camelback addition into four modern apartments. Each unit has its own high-efficiency split heat pump system, with new plumbing and fire protection throughout, all fitted to the tight spaces and historic district requirements of an Uptown home.
Morelia Gourmet Paletas (Ice Cream Shop)
New Orleans, Louisiana · 1,100 SF
Build-out of a quick-service frozen dessert shop in a historic wood-frame building on Magazine Street. A split heat pump system was sized from a detailed load model, and an indoor air quality strategy allowed smaller equipment, lowering both installation cost and the owner’s long-term energy bills.
Seafood Processing Facility & Crab Stand
Poydras, Louisiana · 2,400 SF
Ground-up design of a new metal building for a family-run seafood business, with a screened patio for steaming and boiling crabs, a walk-in cooler, packing room, commercial kitchen and office. The building is conditioned by two split systems. A complete plumbing and gas design serves the kitchen and processing areas and ties into an on-site septic system, coordinated for State Fire Marshal and health department review.
Caire’s Landing Historic Renovations
Edgard, Louisiana · 6,000 SF
A nonprofit revival of a 19th-century River Road structure. Systems were routed to preserve historic fabric, with penetrations minimized and grilles aligned and finished to the original architecture. Brought in late on a stalled permit effort and delivered a coordinated, code-compliant set in under three weeks.
Full renovation of a historic masonry building on the iconic Magazine Street into a l restaurant with an open kitchen, service counter and covered outdoor dining. A roof-mounted variable refrigerant flow (VRF) split system was selected over a packaged rooftop unit to suit the existing roof structure, alongside a commercial kitchen hood with dedicated makeup air. Served as prime MEP consultant and mechanical, plumbing and fire protection engineer of record, working within historic district review and historic tax credit requirements.
Snowizard Restaurant Renovation
New Orleans, Louisiana · 1,500 SF
Wedding / Event Venue Conversion
Slidell, Louisiana · 3,325 SF
Conversion of a former auto restoration shop into a 150-guest wedding and event venue on a fast-track State Fire Marshal timeline. the HVAC system was designed to fit the owner’s budget while still meeting all code-required ventilation requirements for a full event crowd to keep guests comfortable. Additionally, a code strategy built around a fire-rated separation wall to save the owner the cost of a sprinkler and fire alarm system. A permit-ready MEP design was delivered in eleven days.
Commercial, Retail & Education:
EPIC Federal Credit Union Headquarters Facility Condition Assessment & Renovation
Metairie, Louisiana · 14,900 SF
Assessment of the HVAC systems at EPIC’s two-story headquarters ahead of a major renovation, followed by mechanical and plumbing design. The equipment was largely original to the 1990s and ran on a phased-out refrigerant, so the renovation replaces the HVAC on both floors with new, energy-efficient systems sized for the new layout.
EPIC Federal Credit Union New Orleans Branch Facility Condition Assessment & Renovation
New Orleans, Louisiana · 10,000 SF
Assessment of the HVAC at EPIC’s two-story New Orleans branch, which uses split systems on the first floor and rooftop units on the second. During the facility conditions assessment, it was observed that he equipment had approximately 10 to 15 years of useful life remaining, so it was recommended to reuse the existing units, avoiding the client more than $150,000 in replacement costs. Mechanical and plumbing engineer of record for the renovations that followed.
Cleco Corporate Office Employee Entrance
Pineville, Louisiana · 397 SF
Design-build addition of a new secured entry vestibule and lobby at Cleco’s corporate office. The new lobby is conditioned by a ductless mini-split heat pump, and the building’s existing fire protection was extended into the addition.
Holy Sheets (Commercial Laundromat)
New Orleans, Louisiana · 3,300 SF
New construction of a commercial laundry with more than eighteen gas dryers. Zoned systems for the dryer, folding, and office areas, individual vertical dryer exhaust routing to avoid lint fire hazards, and a sidewall makeup air system that replaced large attic ductwork. Permit-ready in under two weeks.
EPIC Federal Credit Union Harvey Branch Renovation
Harvey, Louisiana · 4,700 SF
Mechanical, plumbing and fire protection engineer of record for the interior renovation of a single-story branch. A field survey confirmed the existing HVAC equipment could stay in service, so the design reuses it and reworks only the air distribution to serve the reconfigured lobby.
RentSmart Furniture Showroom & Coffee Shop
LaPlace, Louisiana · 12,833 SF
New metal building with a two-level furniture showroom and a white-box space for a future coffee shop. Five gas-fired packaged rooftop units condition the showroom, mezzanine and coffee shop, with the HVAC system laid out to suit the open, industrial-style ceilings. Full fire sprinkler protection was designed throughout the building.
FedEx Shipment Center Restroom Renovation
Harahan, Louisiana · 400 SF
Conversion of four single-user restrooms into two larger multi-user restrooms inside an operating package shipment center, with plumbing redesigned for the new layout and the existing exhaust and air distribution adapted to serve the new rooms.
Daycare Renovation
River Ridge, Louisiana · 3,860 SF
Renovation and reopening of a licensed daycare. The existing split-system HVAC equipment was kept and relocated to suit the new floor plan, sparing the owner the cost of replacement. Plumbing was redesigned throughout to meet both state daycare licensing and building code requirements.
Consulting, Investigations & Expert Witness:
Grain Transloading Facility, Alabo St. Wharf
New Orleans, Louisiana · ~140,000 SF
Fire protection code consultant supporting another engineering firm for the renovation of a large grain transloading facility on the New Orleans riverfront. The design updated the fire protection to account for grain dust hazards, supported a new fire pump to overcome low city water pressure, and developed an alternative code approach for the pump room with the State Fire Marshal, all on a tight schedule.
Expert Witness Support: Fatal Residential Fire
Consulting expert supporting the testifying expert in a residential fire lawsuit. Support included fire origin and cause analysis for a fatal fire in a 1940-era dwelling, covering damage pattern analysis, ignition source evaluation, HVAC failure mode analysis, and documentation of smoke alarm code deficiencies triggered by a prior renovation permit.
Louisiana
Expert Witness Support: Warehouse Manufacturing Fires
Consulting expert supporting the testifying expert in a landlord-tenant dispute following a series of fires at a leased warehouse housing an advanced building materials manufacturing process. Occupancy classification analysis for combustible dust and flammable liquid operations, rebuttal of the opposing expert's dust hazard analysis, and hearing preparation support.
Indiana
Pediatric Dental Office Plumbing Code Review
Independent third-party plumbing engineer retained by the contractor and engineer of record to resolve an installation dispute. Camera inspection observation and code analysis, followed by a signed and sealed engineering opinion issued directly to the owner.
Destrehan, Louisiana
Expert Witness Support: Fatal Fire and Explosion, Hazardous Materials Storage
Consulting expert supporting the testifying expert in a criminal matter arising from a fatal fire and explosion at a commercial building storing large quantities of oxidizing and flammable gases. Code research on gas classification, maximum allowable quantities, and high-hazard occupancy requirements, with case strategy and rebuttal support.
Michigan
Expert Witness Support: Sprinkler Freeze and Water Loss
Technical investigation, failure analysis, and litigation support to the testifying expert in a property subrogation matter arising from a frozen and ruptured attic sprinkler main in a two-story licensed residential care facility.
Ohio