G&A’s Toby J. Kessler, P.G. Tours Green Features of Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia

Toby J. Kessler, P.G., a hydrogeologist for Gilmore & Associates, Inc. recently had the privilege of touring the green features of the new Science Center Building at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, for which Gilmore & Associates, Inc. provided a variety of site engineering and surveying services through a partnership with SMP Architects.

The June 18th tour focused on the sustainable features implemented into the design of the school, including rain gardens and cisterns, a vegetative green roof, a solar panel array, and eco-conscious building materials.

Gilmore & Associates, Inc. provided geotechnical investigation, professional land survey, environmental remediation services, construction observation and soils infiltration testing for the project.

Founded in 1918, Gilmore & Associates, Inc. is an engineering and technical consulting firm that offers a broad range of responsive and technically sound services including: surveying; municipal engineering; master site planning; civil and site engineering; code enforcement; construction observation and administration; landscape architecture; traffic and transportation engineering; water and wastewater engineering; geographic information systems; and geotechnical and environmental services. Gilmore & Associates has over 110 employees working in six offices throughout eastern Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit http://www.gilmore-assoc.com.