Paul and Melissa Schimnowski of Criterium-Schimnowski Engineers are recipients of the Criterium Engineers Affiliate Office of the Year award for 2021. The prestigious award was presented by David Leopold, Criterium Engineers President, during closing ceremonies for the multiday 2021 Criterium Engineers Conference, a virtual event held in late….
Congratulations to Kyle Hardy, P.E., R.S., and affiliate principal of Criterium-Hardy Engineers, based in the greater St. Louis, Missouri area. Kyle received the annual Criterium Engineers’ H. Alan Mooney Award for Distinguished Service. The award was presented by David Leopold, President, and Alan Mooney, Founding President, at the Criterium Engineers virtual conference held in late….
Criterium-Raby Engineers, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, recently began operations. It’s the newest franchise in the Criterium-Engineers network, serving north-central Georgia. Criterium-Raby Engineers operates in these four engineering services business segments: Commercial Residential Homeowner Associations Construction Engineering Landon Raby, affiliate office principal and licensed, Professional Engineer, is a civil engineer from St. Augustine, Florida with over….
Since the tragedy this summer in Surfside, Florida, building managers and condo boards have been reviewing the cost of deferred repairs and their fiduciary responsibilities when it comes to facility safety and maintenance with greater scrutiny than ever before. But where to look first? There are many types of condos from high-rises to townhouses to….
Most Common Areas of Concern As a member of the board or the property manager, what element of the condo complex poses the greatest danger to the unit owners and liability to the association? Slips and falls during the icy season? Decks collapsing from rot? Electrical fires? Well, if you picked “decks,” you are almost….
Caleb Pusey recently joined Criterium Engineers’ corporate headquarters team in Freeport, Maine. Caleb’s role as a software developer is new to the organization. His expertise will support Criterium’s strategic vision and ongoing development of a new, proprietary building inspection and report writing software platform. The platform will support inspections on new construction projects and existing….
Criterium Engineers headquarters is pleased to announce that Dan and Kelly Kessler—the new owners of the Criterium-Kessler Engineers in Las Vegas—were named office of the month. The Kesslers also own Criterium–Kessler Engineers based in the in greater Phoenix area. The AZ affiliate office is in its fifth year and the #3 office in the entire….
By nature, Mainers are traditionalists. Images coming to mind include Bean rubber boots; grey shingled fishing villages; and plaid flannel shirts. Though these iconic elements reflect Mainer’s practical side, Maine’s condo communities are not immune to the beneficial changes building science and technology have to offer. Let us consider some of the new features and….
Criterium Engineers’ founder, Alan Mooney, P.E., R.S., was interviewed for an informative Condo Media article on reserve studies that we are sharing with you. Alan Mooney, P.E., R.S., will never forget how heated things got years after his firm did a reserve study for a Boston-area condominium. The good news? The association had the foresight….
Criterium Engineers was founded in the days when building plans were meticulously designed and drawn by hand. The dedicated engineer’s talisman—the plastic drafting triangle—could once be found on almost every drawing table in our offices. And while a clear plastic triangle might easily be lost on piles of white paper, bright orange drafting triangles always….