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Services L.S. Grim Consulting Engineers is an engineering services corporation providing design, construction administration and management of facilities. Services primarily consist of design and specifications for mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems on commercial, industrial, and high-end residential projects. Clients include architects, contractors, developers, institutions, etc. As a full service mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering design and consulting firm, we offer mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services associated with buildings and facilities, including: Construction Administration Field Services L.S. Grim Consulting Engineers has an in-house field services division, which provides organization and management of construction projects for clients. Not only does this division provide site supervision and management for projects in which L.S. Grim was the designer but we also offer third party owner representative services. We have an on going relationship with Grubb and Ellis Management Services, of the Washington DC area, serving many of their client buildings in the greater greater Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia area. In these projects, we are the owner's representative and verify the accuracy of the proposed tenant renovations with respect to the base building to verify that no tenant fit-outs are detrimental to the base building systems. In addition, we provide general construction supervision for owners to manage and supervise their construction projects, acting as their eyes and ears on site. Experience L.S. Grim Consulting Engineers is a mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm with more than 20 years experience. As a full-service firm, we provide design and management services for mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection and telecommunications systems serving commercial, industrial and residential projects for architects, developers, institutions and contractors in the mid-Atlantic region. We have established in-house procedures to organize and expedite the completion of each project. A project manager ( team captain ) is assigned when the contract is received to coordinate and provide a single contact for the design of the project. During the initial schematic phase, we collect the data required to understand the project such as visiting and measuring the job site, preparing load calculations, providing preliminary sketches, cost estimates, meetings with using agencies and other pertinent information. Upon completion of the schematic phase, the design development and construction document phase continues with utilization of current technology. The most current versions AutoCAD and Auto Architect Building Package are utilized to produce all construction documents. SPECTEXTII is used as a foundation in the preparation of concise, complete project specifications using Microsoft Office. Our in-house printing center utilizes equipment capable of creating full-size plots, blueprints, vellums or bond copies of all construction documents with a digital