MA Engineers, Inc.

San Diego's Largest MEP Consulting Firm

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About the firm

MA Engineers, Inc. is a San Diego-based MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) engineering consulting firm with over 20 years of experience delivering innovative, sustainable, energy-saving design solutions for facilities throughout Southern California. Tracing its heritage to GEM Engineering (founded 1987), MA Engineers provides comprehensive mechanical and plumbing, electrical, passive design, sustainable design, lighting, and low-voltage engineering services across markets including education, higher education, healthcare, life sciences, government, military, hospitality, and corporate headquarters. It has 11 LEED Accredited Professionals on staff and offices in San Diego and Laguna Hills, California.

Team
Small
Firm type
MEP · Mechanical Engineering · Electrical Engineering

People

Michael AkavanPrincipal & CEO

Richard HernandezPrincipal

Jerry CoultPrincipal

Roy CampbellPrincipal

David K. NojiPrincipal

Vincent VegasPrincipal

Daniel GrammierPrincipal

Harold StuevenPrincipal, DQC Manager

Tom LunnebergPrincipal, Sustainability

Shahab SalehiPrincipal

Dwayne SattlerPrincipal

Brian HahnlenPrincipal

Eric LeftwichPrincipal

Ray ThompsonPrincipal

Benny SyAssociate Principal

Vincent LunaAssociate Principal

Capabilities

Mechanical & Plumbing Design

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Full mechanical and plumbing engineering including HVAC, fire protection systems, building automation systems, seismic retrofitting, energy audits and analysis, campus master planning, and design-build services.

  • HVAC Design
  • Fire Protection Systems
  • Building Automation Systems
  • Seismic Retrofitting
  • Energy Audits and Analysis
  • Campus Master Planning

Electrical Design

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Electrical engineering services including medium voltage distribution, emergency power generation, renewable energy systems, uninterruptible power systems, power quality analysis, short circuit and coordination studies, and arc flash analysis.

  • Medium Voltage Distribution
  • Emergency Power Generation
  • Renewable Energy Systems
  • Power Quality Analysis
  • Arc Flash Analysis

Passive Design

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Passive design strategies including natural ventilation, shading recommendations and analysis, envelope studies, daylight design and analysis, and heat recovery systems.

  • Natural Ventilation
  • Daylight Design and Analysis
  • Heat Recovery Systems

Sustainable Design

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Sustainable MEP systems design including displacement ventilation, VRF systems, thermal energy storage, passive chilled beams, solar hot water systems, rainwater collection, and recycled water dual-piped systems. LEED consulting and 11 LEED APs on staff.

  • LEED Consulting
  • Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Systems
  • Solar Hot Water Systems Design

Lighting Design

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Architectural lighting design including integration with architectural and engineering designs, Title 24 consulting, Title 24 compliant controls, 3D photometric analysis and renders, and daylighting design and analysis.

  • Title 24 Consulting
  • 3D Photometric Analysis

Low Voltage Design

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Low voltage systems engineering including fire alarm systems, voice/data systems, and electronic security systems.

  • Fire Alarm Systems
  • Voice / Data Systems
  • Electronic Security Systems

Commissioning

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Building commissioning services integrated from pre-design through post-construction for MEP systems.

Design-Build Services

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  • Design-build Delivery For Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing Systems

Industries

Education · Healthcare · Life Sciences · Laboratories · Government · Defense · Commercial · Hospitality · Mixed-Use · Residential · Justice & Corrections

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