Senior Electrical Engineer and Commissioning Agent Added to Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch Nashville Capabilities

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Engineering design and consulting firm Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch (M+NLB) announces the addition of John Wiseman, PE, LEED BD+C as Senior Associate and David Drennon, LEED Green Associate as Commissioning Agent in the firm’s Nashville office.

“Our commissioning group focuses on weaving total quality control with overall construction management to ensure high performing building, and David’s education, experience and focus on energy only adds more depth and knowledge to our services.”

Wiseman joins M+NLB from TLC Engineering, where he served as an Electrical Project Engineer. He brings over 20 years of experience in project management, electrical engineering, quality control, and facility design to M+NLB. As Senior Associate, Wiseman will provide technical leadership and project management of electrical design services throughout all phases of construction. Wiseman is a LEED BD+C accredited professional, a licensed Professional Engineer in 13 states and a member of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.

Wiseman’s noteworthy past project examples include: Gateway Medical Center, a $200 million dollar, 270-bed acute care replacement hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee; St. John Broken Arrow Medical Center, a 106,000-square-foot, 68-bed new acute care hospital and connecting 70,000-square-foot medical office building in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; and a new central utility plant with five paralleled 2 megawatt generators for the Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

"I am excited to welcome John to our team in Nashville," said Damon Greeley, Principal of M+NLB’s Atlantic region. "His advanced energy, sustainable design and building information modeling project delivery experience will strengthen our eastern U.S. capabilities and support our mission to better serve the needs of our clients.”

With a Masters in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and proven strategic planning and project management experience, David Drennon joins M+NLB as Commissioning Agent. As a certified LEED Green Associate, Drennon’s experience includes facility energy audits as well as LEED and Energy Star requirements for commercial facilities. In his new role at M+NLB, Drennon will be responsible for reviewing commissioning design criteria and specifications, reviewing building systems for energy efficiency improvements, as well as developing and administering pre-functional and functional tests for various building mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.

“With a mechanical engineering and a masters degree in civil engineering with a focus on construction management — coupled with experience in building energy auditing, David brings another level of construction knowledge to our commissioning group,” said David Lennon, Principal in the Nashville office and co-lead of M+NLB’s commissioning group. “Our commissioning group focuses on weaving total quality control with overall construction management to ensure high performing building, and David’s education, experience and focus on energy only adds more depth and knowledge to our services.”

Founded in 1962, M+NLB is a full-service mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology engineering consulting and design firm, also providing value-added commissioning, equipment planning, materials and waste reduction, and environmental performance consulting services. It has offices in San Francisco, Irvine, and Sacramento, Calif.; Portland, Ore.; Nashville, Tenn.; Denver, Colo.; Baton Rouge and New Orleans, La., Seattle, Wash. and Houston, Tex. The firm serves the healthcare, mission critical, laboratory, and higher education sectors. www.mazzetti.com.