Engineered Systems & Services, LLC

Engineering For A Better World

About the firm

Engineered Systems & Services, LLC (ESS) is a Suwanee, Georgia-based engineering practice founded in 2008. ESS delivers mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering, construction management, facilities management, historic preservation, and cultural resources management for commercial, water/wastewater, and industrial facilities. Clients include engineering and architecture firms seeking specialty MEP services, private building owners, and federal government facility managers. ESS holds professional engineering licenses across eight southeastern states and has completed more than 200 projects since founding.

Established: 2008
Team: Small
Firm type: MEP

Credentials

LEED AP

People

Jonathan RuckerFounder

Capabilities

Building Mechanical Engineering

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HVAC system design, evaluation, and upgrades for commercial, water/wastewater, and industrial facilities. Capabilities span dehumidification system design, ventilation, air pollution and odor control, and process pumping systems, with startup and commissioning support at project close.

HVAC system design and upgrades
Dehumidification system design
Air pollution and odor control
Ventilation system design
Process pumping systems design and evaluation
Startup and commissioning

Electrical Engineering

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Electrical system design for commercial buildings and facilities, covering power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, building automation, security systems, and instrumentation and control.

Power and lighting design
Fire alarm and fire protection systems
Building automation systems
Security systems (video surveillance, intrusion detection, access control)
Instrumentation and control systems

Construction Management

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Bidding assistance, construction administration, and field inspections for commercial, government, and water/wastewater facility projects. On design-build procurements, ESS manages scope verification, construction documents, and owner cost-limit compliance, coordinating among architects, contractors, and owners to achieve schedule and certification targets.

Construction administration
Construction inspections
Bidding assistance

Facilities Management

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Operations, maintenance, and evaluation services for federal government installations and private building owners, including facility assessments and ongoing management support.

Facilities operations and management
Evaluations and assessments

Program Management

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Multi-year federal program and project administration covering team staffing coordination, performance management, tools and training acquisition, and liaison with government counterparts. Services span conceptual planning through design development and construction documents.

Federal program management
Conceptual planning and design

Historic Preservation and Cultural Resources Management

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Section 106 compliance management, review of installation actions for effects on historic properties, and state historic preservation office reporting support. Services cover historic buildings, archaeological site evaluation, collections curation, and compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, NAGPRA, and ARPA for federal installations.

Historic preservation
Cultural resources management
Architectural historical services

Industries

Commercial · Wastewater · Water Supply · Industrial · Federal · Government · Defense · Historic Preservation · Transportation · Religious

Projects

Fort Moore Cultural Resources Management

Fort Moore, Georgia · Defense · Client: Department of Defense

Project details

ESS serves as prime contractor providing project administration for a team of archaeologists and historic preservation specialists at Fort Moore. Now in its third year of a five-year contract, the engagement covers 650-plus historic buildings, more than 3,500 archaeological sites, and compliance with Section 106, NAGPRA, ARPA, and Army Alternate Procedures. ESS improved team staffing, redirected discretionary funds toward training and certifications, and acquired dedicated GIS-capable computing to support site mapping and tracking.

Beulah Missionary Baptist Church Natatorium Dehumidification

Decatur, Georgia · Religious · Client: Beulah Missionary Baptist Church

Project details

ESS conducted a detailed field assessment and engineering evaluation of the natatorium within a 69,000-square-foot Community Family Life Center in Decatur, Georgia. Root causes of widespread corrosion in interior metals and structures were identified. ESS designed a replacement outdoor packaged dehumidification unit with redesigned ductwork to improve indoor air quality, control humidity and reduce envelope condensation, and minimize migration of corrosive gases to adjacent spaces. Deliverables included engineering calculations, equipment selection, drawings, and specifications for demolition and installation.

Atlanta-Fulton County Group 4 Library Renovations

Atlanta, Georgia · Government · Client: Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library System

Project details

As part of a design-build team, ESS designed HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and fire protection systems for renovation of seven Fulton County branch libraries. Work encompassed scope verification, design development, construction documents, and construction administration under design-build procurement targeting LEED Silver. Advanced building automation systems for HVAC, lighting, and security were integrated alongside materials inventory tracking, video surveillance, and physical access control. A fire pump was added at the Fairburn branch to address inadequate water pressure for the new sprinkler system. East Point and Fairburn branches achieved LEED Gold; remaining branches are pending LEED Silver.

Hartsfield-Jackson Airport HVAC Systems Assessments

Atlanta, Georgia · Transportation · Client: City of Atlanta Department of Aviation

Project details

Mechanical systems assessment of HVAC infrastructure at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on behalf of the City of Atlanta Department of Aviation.