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January 31, 2012 
Schulz joins Atkins as senior group manager for buildings sector
 

Alexandria, VA – Bradley Schulz, AIA, has joined Atkins as a senior group manager for the firm’s mid-Atlantic buildings practice in North America. In this role, he will focus on establishing and growing an architecture and design practice for federal, commercial, and municipal clients based in and around the Metro DC area, while leveraging Atkins’ federal, hospitality, and international design experience and reputation into the US.

With 23 years of architecture experience and 16 years of federal experience, Schulz has been involved with a wide range of projects in the US and internationally. His experience has focused on federal, Department of Defense, design-build, aviation, security, and planning projects. As a project manager, his notable experience includes multiple large, international design IDIQ contracts as well as hangars, headquarters, and educational projects ranging up to $200 million in construction value.

Schulz brings with him an extensive background in design-build as well as relationships with many of the nation’s largest builders. He has provided design and planning services for the Department of Defense around the globe including locations such as Korea, Japan, Guam, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Greenland, Iceland, North Africa, much of Europe, and the Middle East including Afghanistan.

“Brad’s strong architectural and global relationships will greatly contribute to the establishment and growth of Atkins’ architectural, design, and planning practice here in the US and in the mid-Atlantic region. We are glad to welcome Brad to the Atkins team and look forward to sharing his considerable expertise,” says Benton Rudolph, AIA, NCARB, Atkins national business sector manager for buildings.

Schulz has received numerous design awards, including multiple Awards of Excellence from the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command for projects at McGuire and MacDill Air Force Bases, as well as various honors from the American Planning Association, American Society of Landscape Architects, and National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. He has also authored multiple articles and white papers published in Army Engineer Magazine and The Military Engineer, and he is a regular speaker on the use of building information modeling.

Schulz earned a bachelor of arts degree in architecture from the University of Kansas and is a licensed architect in Missouri and Virginia. He is located in the firm’s Alexandria office and can be reached at 571.403.5662 or by email at bradley.schulz@atkinsglobal.com.

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For more information:
Carol Hobbs
Communications Director, North America
Tel: +1 407.806.4139
carol.hobbs@atkinsglobal.com

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Atkins (www.atkinsglobal.com) is one of the world's leading engineering and design consultancies*, employing some 17,700 people across the UK, North America, Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Europe. It has the breadth and depth of expertise to plan, design, and enable some of the world's most technically challenging and time critical infrastructure projects.

*It is the largest engineering consultancy in the UK (New Civil Engineer Consultants File 2011) and the 13th largest international design firm (Engineering News-Record 2011).

Recent projects include:

  • Critical program management of storm protection works in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Southern Louisiana, providing expertise in coastal restoration, engineering, environmental and GIS support to rebuild defenses and protect habitats.

  • Architectural and construction phase services for the new Tyndall Air Force Base Fitness Center, meeting LEED Platinum standards without impact to project cost.

  • Equal partner in a joint venture that is providing full-service program/project management support for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, a $7.8-billion project encompassing ecological restoration, water storage, flood control, and recreation.

  • Key transit projects – member of joint venture providing general engineering consultant team for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and project management oversight contractor for the Federal Transit Administration for major transit projects throughout the US.

  • Lead firm on the Ascend, Joint Venture, LLC team, which is designing the $1.2-billion Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. International Terminal roadway system at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

  • Meeting stringent nutrient removal requirements for wastewater treatment plants in the Chesapeake Bay area through design of upgrades to Howard County, Maryland’s Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s Seneca Wastewater Treatment Plant, and design and construction of enhanced nutrient removal facilities at Anne Arundel County’s Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant.

  • Multi-year architecture-engineering construction management services for the National Park Service in the USA, including projects such as rehabilitation of the Furnace Creek Visitor Center and Administrative Complex at California’s Death Valley to meet the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification standards.
 

Bradley Schulz, AIA

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