December 2009

Architecture and building engineering group sees huge growth

Mead & Hunt, a leading architectural, engineering, and planning consulting firm, adds new members to their architecture and building engineering team in Wisconsin.

Jeff Sorenson, CFM, is the new Business Unit Leader for Federal Programs in Mead & Hunt’s architecture and building engineering group.  He is leading more than 100 staff members in various disciplines at Mead & Hunt offices nationally.  A Certified Facility Manager, Sorenson has more than 25 years of experience leading and managing large and diverse public and private sector facilities projects, specializing in Army, Navy, and Air Force facilities.  His position’s main focus is to ensure that quality and cost–effective professional services are provided to an increasing number of federal clients.  Retired from the US Air Force, Sorenson brings a new perspective to Mead & Hunt’s leadership team.

Herbert Jensen, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP® , the new Architecture Department Manager, is leading the architects and engineering professionals supporting Mead & Hunt project teams all across the country.  He manages the operations of the department including overseeing all building projects and staff.  Jensen brings more than 25 years of leadership experience coordinating multi–disciplinary teams including clients and other consultants for architectural projects.  He has led teams completing projects for institutional, public, industrial, commercial, office, and historical architecture buildings.  Jensen’s project experience includes college campus facilities, government offices, medical facilities, churches, hotels, retail buildings, and financial institutions.  Jensen is a registered architect in 11 states, National Council of Architectural Registration Board (NCARB) certified, and a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited professional (LEED AP® ). 

Brian Dunn, P.E., brings more than a dozen years of on–the–job experience to his new position as an electrical engineer.  His responsibilities include industrial electrical power distribution systems design, lighting design, and the design of other special systems including process controls.  Dunn brings experience in engineering design, design–build, and energy consulting.  He has a master’s degree in electrical engineering and in business administration. 

Sar Schnucker, AIA, NCARB, CCS, CCCA, is a project architect whose responsibilities include producing architectural construction documents and coordinating multi–disciplinary construction documents.  In the past he has managed projects for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Navy, Air Force, Army, and Air National Guard.  Schnucker has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture.  He is a Certified Construction Specifier (CCS) and a Certified Construction Contract Administrator (CCCA).

Robert Lux, P.E., joins the team as an electrical designer specializing in communications, audiovisual, and security systems.  He designs industrial electrical power distribution systems, lighting, and other special systems associated with industrial buildings, such as process controls.  Lux has more than 25 years of experience in designing communications, audiovisual, and security systems

Peter Leoschke, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP® , an architect with more than 20 years’ experience, is a new project manager.  Leoschke will be responsible for planning and organizing projects, and managing project staff, schedules, and budgets.  He has led multi–disciplinary project teams from up to 12 different offices on projects ranging in size up to $44 million.

Richard Sorensen, P.E., LEED AP® , joins the team as a senior site designer specializing in aviation architecture.  With almost 30 years of experience, he has a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering.  Sorensen provides building site design, design and construction documents, survey coordination, and construction support for a wide variety of projects. 

Jason Pelletier, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP® , joins the team as a project architect.  He has a bachelor of design degree as well as a master of architecture.  Pelletier produces architectural construction documents and coordinates multi–disciplinary construction documents. 

Tess Anderson is a new administrative assistant in charge of coordinating contracts and project documents, as well as providing general support for the Federal Programs Business Unit. 

Mead & Hunt provides professional services in architecture, historic preservation, transportation, infrastructure, and water resources engineering to clients throughout the US.  Mead & Hunt was recognized as one of the fastest growing architectural and engineering firms by the Zweig Letter Hot Firm list; the corporation remains strong on Engineering News Record’s Top 500 design firm list with a current rank of 240.  Mead & Hunt, named by CE News as one of the top 10 engineering companies to work for in the nation, is employee–owned with more than 400 people in offices nationwide.