Steven J. O'Brien, P.E.
Vice President/ |
- Company Role:
- Executive Committee
Member
Phoenix Office Manager
Principal Mechanical Engineer - Education:
- Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (1994)
- Professional Registration:
- Arizona
- Affiliations:
- American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers
American Society of Healthcare Engineers
Piping Industry Progress and Education - Experience:
- 13 Years
Mr. O'Brien joined Bridgers & Paxton in 1994, became a member of the Board of Directors in 2001. - Experience Summary:
- Mr. O'Brien oversees
the day-to-day operations of Bridgers & Paxton's Phoenix office,
which includes the project management of several MEP engineering/design
teams, in-house quality assurance reviews, engineering and design of
mechanical and medical gas systems, specification editing, construction
administration, and marketing.
He is responsible for in-house and out-of-house coordination, communication, and information transfer between the MEP project team members and other consultants. He maintains project involvement from the proposal phase through construction administration. His duties include as-builts, mechanical design/engineering, specification editing, heating/cooling load calculation, medical gas system design, steam/condensate system design, control system design including sequence of operation, on-site mechanical distribution, central plant design, shop drawing review, and site observations.
His expertise is in the areas of healthcare related design and engineering. He spends the majority of his time working on healthcare related projects and has completed numerous projects over the past five years at Yuma Regional Medical Center, Banner Desert Medical Center, State of Arizona Civil and Adolescent Behavioral Health Hospital, Yavapai Regional Medical Center, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, Mesa Lutheran Medical Center, Maricopa Medical Center, Valley Lutheran Medical Center, and Arrowhead Hospital.
Several recent healthcare projects managed by Mr. O'Brien have been delivered successfully via the CM@Risk or design/build project delivery method. These delivery methods have expedited the owner's ability to move into a facility several months prior to the traditional design, bid, build project delivery method permitting revenues to be generated earlier.
In addition to his healthcare experience, he has successfully completed facility designs for educational (primary and university), detention, manufacturing/industrial, and public works clients, which included new construction, renovation, and remodel projects.