Mr. Atwater serves as Principal/Project Manager on various types of mechanical engineering projects for Bridgers & Paxton. He is the Principal-in-Charge on B&P's task order contracts at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). As Principal, Project Manager, and Lead Engineer, Mr. Atwater has completed many projects for public, private and government clients. He has specialized experience working at Department of Energy facilities including BWXT Pantex Plant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. He has also managed large design-build mechanical projects for over 10 years.

His project experience includes, LANL's Chemistry Metallurgy Research Replacement Project, Beryllium Technology Facility, Security Systems Support (S-3) Facility, Strategic Computing Complex (SCC), and the Emergency Operations Center in Los Alamos, New Mexico. His experience also includes the BWXT Pantex Administration Building in Amarillo, Texas; and the Los Alamos County, White Rock Public Safety Complex in New Mexico. He has designed large central plants for the new Tempur-Pedic Mattress Factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and a 6000-ton water-cooled central plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Within the scope of these facilities, Mr. Atwater has performed resource project scheduling, project management, cost estimating, alternative analysis including life cycle costs, risk analysis, detailed design calculations, selection and specification of equipment, design drawings, 3D design, and full construction services including permanent assignments at construction sites such as Denver International Airport.

Some of his specialty design experience includes non-reactor nuclear laboratory exhaust/supply systems, central chiller and boiler plants, custom cooling towers, fueling systems, SCIF facilities, smoke control systems, thermal storage systems, and high reliability system design.