Our staff is experienced in developing innovative engineering solutions in concert with the development of the architectural design. Our design methodology allows engineering systems to blend with the building’s design themes thereby enhancing the architectural statement instead of overpowering or degrading it.
The principles of our methodology include: understanding the design intent, fulfilling the user’s needs, and harmonizing the engineering systems with the architectural design. The procedures of this methodology include: total quality management, and a comprehensive computer aided design and analysis approach. We implement the ideals of total quality management as an integral feature of this methodology; utilizing it throughout the development of the project. This entails: assuring our principles are embraced, maintaining communication between the design staff, utilizing check lists, and by review of the design by a second group of engineers with a “fresh set of eyes”.
We offer the most technologically advanced mechanical, plumbing and electrical design services in the metropolitan Washington-Baltimore area. WAI always invests in state-of- the-art technology. While technology gives us quality tools, our staff provides our clients quality service. Our employee professional development program and continuing education programs maintain our staff’s knowledge of the latest industry research. Together they provide knowledge, experience, understanding of issues, and technical capability on each project in a cost effective manner.
WAI’s engineers use the latest version of AutoCAD’s specialized mechanical, electrical, plumbing software (AutoCAD MEP 2008), which includes Building Information Management (BIM) features. We use AutoCAD for analysis, design and drafting in a simultaneous integrated approach, linking the most advanced analysis M/E software with the drawings. This allows us to update our drawings and perform coordination with our clients electronically. We also offer Microstation cad services. Our integrated technological approach produces clean, accurate, and coordinated construction documents in the most cost effective manner possible.
WAI’s design staff are unique in that they are comprised entirely of professional  engineers; registered P.E.’s or E.I.T.’s. Each engineer designs his/her work directly in the latest version of AutoCAD (2008); generating construction documents of unsurpassed quality.
Our staff are experienced in a broad range of project types including new design and retrofit projects. Many of these are of nationally recognized stature. Each individual has an intrinsic relationship with architecture; most have either an Architectural Engineering degree or work experience in an Architectural Engineering firm. This allows our staff to blend architecture and engineering together as well as recognize the importance of aesthetics in each project.
Prior to forming Weigand Associates Inc. (WAI), Elizabeth Weigand practiced structural engineering as a design and project engineer. Later, Ms. Weigand went into facilities design with the Department of the Treasury where she utilized her multi-discipline architectural engineering expertise in managing projects as a contracting officer technical representative (COTR) and branch head of the Office of Engineering Facilities Projects Branch.
Ms. Weigand has project management experience as both a government representative and as a consultant; including design and construction management phases.
EDUCATION: Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Structural Specialization - 5 year degree
Mr. Weigand has been the project manager and primary engineer in charge of the mechanical, plumbing, and electrical study and design for a variety of project types, including: military, federal, historical, schools, religious, high-end residential and medical.
Mr. Weigand’s formal training and design experience qualifies him as an expert in: lighting design, life safety systems, fire protection, plumbing, HVAC, energy management, acoustics, and economic analysis.
EDUCATION: Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Environmental Systems (Mechanical/Electrical) Specialization - 5 year degree
Mr. Towhidi has been in charge of the studies, designs, supervision, and execution of all aspects of electrical systems, system analysis, system quality, life safety and communication systems for WAI for the past 10 years. Project types he has worked on include: governmental facilities, schools, churches, commercial buildings, housing and sport complexes, amusement parks, hospitals, maintenance facilities, computer/data centers, industrial projects, laboratories, electrical substations, power transmission lines and pump stations.
EDUCATION: University of Montreal, Canada - Master Degree Program, Continuing Power Electrical Engineering
Polytechnic - Tehran - Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
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