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Now hiring for a BIM Technician Intern at our Cedar Rapids Office.

Now hiring for an Electrical Engineer at our Cedar Rapids and Madison offices.

Now hiring for a Mechanical Engineer at our Cedar Rapids or Madison offices.

The new University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art consolidates and displays the university’s more than 12,400-piece art collection. Learn more.

Design Engineers employees take the opportunity to collaborate with students from Iowa and Ghana and learn more about MEP design trends in rural communities.

It was another exciting year at the 2023 AIA Iowa Convention. Read about Dwight and Adam’s reflections on the event and access our information packet.

Recently featured in the Architectural Record, DE reflects on how they helped bring the award-winning Marion Fire Station design to life.

Jared Ramthun, LEED AP BD+C, Selected for President of Cedar Valley ASHRAE Chapter Jared’s selection continues a ten-year tradition of service and excellence in the Cedar Valley ASHRAE Chapter. Design Engineers has actively participated in ASHRAE by having their employees involved at the executive level every year since 2003. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning […]

West Branch High School Gymnasium Recognized by Alliant Energy Alliant Energy selected OPN Architects, Inc. for a 2012 Excellence in Energy Efficient Design Award for the design of the West Branch High School Gymnasium. Design Engineers served as the primary Mechanical, Electrical  and Plumbing design consultant to OPN on this rewarding project. Award winners were selected from […]

Design Engineers Headquarters Our state-of-the-art offices in Cedar Rapids, Iowa were designed to be beautiful, light-filled, and sustainable. The project is LEED Gold certificated, including the maximum 10 points available for the optimization of energy performance plus 1 additional innovation point. The mechanical scope of work includes a water-efficient plumbing system including waterless urinals, dual […]

USGBC & Corridor Business Journal Recognize LEED Certification The United States Green Building Council, Iowa Chapter, and the Corridor Business Journal today recognized the engineering and design accomplishments of the Design Engineers offices with and award for Excellence in Sustainable Building. Designed in 2008 in collaboration with OPN Architects, the space achieved a LEED Gold rating in 2010. […]

Culinary Arts School, Full Service Boutique Hotel, Gourmet Restaurant, & Conference Center One of our most unique, complex, and rewarding projects, The Hotel at Kirkwood Center utilized massive heat exchanger fields and 9-ton midnight ice-makers to offset cooling needs, laser powered particulate matter sensing range hoods, and room-by-room occupancy and light sensors, to name a […]

DE designs intelligent MEPFT systems so buildings can run efficiently and effectively. We are proactive, collaborative, and tenacious problem solvers, energized by complex engineering challenges.

DE designs intelligent MEPFT systems so buildings can run efficiently and effectively. We are proactive, collaborative, and tenacious problem solvers, energized by complex engineering challenges.

DE designs intelligent MEPFT systems so buildings can run efficiently and effectively. We are proactive, collaborative, and tenacious problem solvers, energized by complex engineering challenges.

DE designs intelligent MEPFT systems so buildings can run efficiently and effectively. We are proactive, collaborative, and tenacious problem solvers, energized by complex engineering challenges.

DE designs intelligent MEPFT systems so buildings can run efficiently and effectively. We are proactive, collaborative, and tenacious problem solvers, energized by complex engineering challenges.

DE designs intelligent MEPFT systems so buildings can run efficiently and effectively. We are proactive, collaborative, and tenacious problem solvers, energized by complex engineering challenges.

DE designs intelligent MEPFT systems so buildings can run efficiently and effectively. We are proactive, collaborative, and tenacious problem solvers, energized by complex engineering challenges.