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Consulting-Specifying Engineer 40 Under 40 Jack McCarthy, PE, 38 Electrical Engineering Principal, Integrated Design Group, Boston Tufts University, BS in Electrical Engineering cCarthy is a self-proclaimed “gym rat” who usually works out seven days a week. A reformed eater who is “no longer just a spaghetti and meatballs guy,” he’s learning how to expand his cooking skills in between traveling to professional ballparks around the country with a few friends. He recently took on a new role at Integrated Design Group as the department manager to spearhead the company’s international expansion in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East. McCarthy’s specializes in energy efficiency projects and research to help reduce the carbon footprint within data center design, which he calls “the biggest energy hogs out there.” McCarthy’s projects include an L.L. Bean LEED Silver data center built with rapidly renewable materials and an energy-efficient lighting control system. He also worked on a Tier-4 data center in Bahrain, the first telecommunications carrier-neutral facility of its kind, which will be completed by the end of the summer. McCarthy’s advice to others: “Never give up your drive to learn. Always be on the cutting edge, trying to do as much research as you can.” Erin McConahey, PE, 37 Associate Principal, Mechanical Engineering, Arup, Los Angeles UC Berkeley, BS in Mechanical Engineering, MS in Structural Engineering M F or the past six years, McConahey, the co-mechanical discipline leader for the firm’s Los Angles office, has directed the Americas Design School training program. McConahey worked on the 600,000-sq.-ft San Francisco Federal Office Building that includes natural ventilation in the perimeter office space on seven of the 13 floors. It is one of the first times the government allowed the use of natural ventilation in the buildings, she said. McConahey also oversaw the Hamilton extension to the Denver Art Museum. With its tight environmental controls and 3-D design challenges, McConahey opted to deliver the full construction documents as a 3-D model to reduce on-site conflicts and change orders. She is a member of the National Register of Peer Professional for the U.S. General Services Administration that handles design reviews of government projects, as well as a member of Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s advisory board. She teaches mechanical engineering for architects at Southern California Institute of Architecture and the University of Southern California, along with Sunday school at her church. She is learning to play the acoustic guitar and has worked with Rebuilding Together, which fixes up homes for the low-income aging or disabled population. Jason McFadden, EIT, 25 Project Manager, Barton Malow Construction Services, Atlanta Penn State, BS and MS in Architecture Engineering cFadden jokes he became an engineer by mistake. “I wasn’t accepted into the business school at Penn State because I didn’t take a foreign language in high school,” he said with a laugh. Instead, he became an architectural engineer who specializes in construction management. Now he gets to work on stadiums and ballparks across the country. McFadden, who will take his LEED Accredited Professional exam this summer, said his most rewarding project was working on the Penn State Ballpark, where he was able to integrate his thesis into reality. The ballpark, which McFadden said was the first LEED Certified stadium in the country, recycled 76% of the construction materials in pre-sorted containers. He then used low-VOC paints and carpets, electronic sensors to decrease energy usage, and had a light-colored roof installed to reduce the heat island effect. As a result of that project, McFadden is now working on the new $4.5 million Georgia Tech Softball Stadium, which is pursuing a LEED Silver rating and will include an innovative underground cistern that will store enough water to irrigate the field for two to three weeks during times of drought. McFadden, who played the trombone in the Penn State marching band, enjoys running, playing golf, and going to see the Braves and Phillies when he’s not at the beach. Allan Montpellier, PE, LEED AP, 37 Senior Vice President, Flack + Kurtz, Seattle University of Alberta, BS in Mechanical Engineering M W orking in the United States on a green card from Canada, Montpellier supervises 45 people as the director of the Seattle office. He oversees such projects as San Francisco’s Pier 1, located in a historic building with 4-in. concrete walls that made it challenging to create a sustainable solution. To do so, Montpellier used natural ventilation and radiant heating and cooling coils that adjusted the air by circulating it, much like a convection oven. As the project manager and lead mechanical engineer, Montpellier also oversaw the Seattle Aquarium renovation, which began using wastewater as a cooling source and won an ASHRAE regional technology award as well as a 2007 ARC Award from Consulting-Specifying Engineer. “I take great pride that our firm is at the forefront of sustainability,” he said. “When I walked out of (the movie) ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ I was happy say to my wife (Feliz) that I work for a firm that is trying to make things better.” Montpellier loves to golf, travel, and scuba dive and is training for the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon. Montpellier and his wife have a daughter, Katherine, 2, and are expecting a baby girl in September. 26 Consulting-Specifying Engineer • JULY 2008

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