Engineering Services
HGS Engineering provides Architect and Engineering (AE) services and general engineering support to the federal government, State and local agencies, and private sector clients nationwide. Services include:
- Multi-Disciplinary Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Innovative Engineering
- LEED Facility Retro Commissioning
- Electrical Engineering
- Fire, Life, Safety Engineering
Multi-Disciplinary Engineering
Using a multi-disciplinary engineering team approach, HGS engineers designed
base camps for the Department of State in Afghanistan and for the Defense
Department in Niger. Teams included architects and civil, mechanical, electrical,
structural, fire protection, and environmental engineers. Engineering teams developed
design drawings, cost estimates, scopes of work, and construction schedules to support
the construction of the base camps. The camps meet all new
AT/FP standards. HGS provided
construction management support, site civil support, and quality control
of construction during the construction phase.
Civil Engineering
HGS engineers designed roads for the Alabama Department of Transportation and
landfills for the former Ft. McClellan in Alabama. HGS provided the staff
engineer at the Department of Homeland Security, Center for Domestic
Preparedness (CDP). After 9/11 and as the mission and facility grew, HGS
supported the growth of the CDP by developing plans, specifications, and
overseeing construction of parking lots, student training facilities, and dormitories.
Structural Engineering
HGS Engineering has a long and very successful history of supporting the US
military's Chemical Demilitarization Program. HGS engineers assisted in the
failure analysis of a major blast wall that experienced catastrophic failure
at the Anniston, Alabama Chemical Agent Demilitarization facility and assessed
repair strategies. HGS structural engineers have assessed the structural integrity and certified
piping and tanks having a lethal service application at the Anniston facility
and at the Aberdeen Chemical Agent Neutralization facility. In the private sector,
HGS engineers developed programs and produced standard designs for tanks,
compressors, and vaporizers for one of the world's
largest industrial gas manufacturers.
Mechanical Engineering
In addition to comprehensive mechanical facility assessments, HGS mechanical engineers conducted complex
finite element analysis for over 1,800 secondary market aircraft parts.
Engineers analyzed testing protocols to determine if pressures applied to
rebuilt parts exceeded rupture thresholds and determined blast pattern, projectile size, and energy in a failure mode. HGS conducted a probabilistic
risk analysis to determine the impact to employees in the event of a catastrophic failure and
explosion of parts being tested. HGS mechanical engineers recommended alterations
to the testing protocols, relocation of employees, and shielding to protect employees
engaged in part pressurization.
Innovative Engineering
HGS currently holds a patent on a designed concrete block with multiple
applications in soil retention, bridge and abutment protection, and coastal
erosion mitigation. The company also holds a patent on a passive solar structural
member and has filed for an Environmental Protection Agency Small Business
Innovative Research Grant to finalize design and commercialize the product.
LEED Facility Retro-Commissioning
HGS mobilizes a team of professionals (including architects, electrical, mechanical, building envelope and structural engineers) to identify energy savings opportunities. To date assessments have been completed at Moody, Bollins, Los Angeles and Edwards, Air Force Bases. The assessment is comprehensive and is supported by discreet, reproducible testing.
Electrical Engineering
HGS electrical engineers have responded to rapid mobilization requirements in Japan, Italy, Germany and across the United States in support of the US Air Force. HGS conducts electrical surveys and provides design and cost support for industrial clients like Honeywell and federal agencies like the Department of Homeland Security.
Fire, Life, Safety Engineering
HGS engineers assessed a Department of Homeland Security facility as it was being converted to a training facility. The assessment included code compliance, configuration, adequacy and functionality measures. HGS provided design drawings, specifications and estimates to bring the facility into compliance.