![]() His knowledge landed him a gig teaching in Saudi Arabia, where he instructed engineers in process plant instrumentation at a petrochemical plant. “These are not your typical shopping mall or school,” he said. 2 mechanical-electrical building, and power plant at Alaska’s Fort Greely. (Think Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars Strategic Defense Initiative.) As the HVAC Construction Project Manager, he designed extensions in the seismic bracing and duct system for the mission critical Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GDM) Segment projects including: the IFICS Data Terminal (ID T) 1 and 2, Missile Field No. When he’s not brewing beer for his restaurant, Silver Gulch Brewing & Bottling, America’s most northern brewery, he’s working on antiballistic missile defense systems. Except the weapons Brady deals with are on a much larger scale. University of Alaska-Fairbanks, BS Mechanical Engineeringīeer and bullets are Brady’s specialty. Project Manager, Sun-Air Sheet Metal, Fairbanks, Alaska They were married within nine months and now enjoy hiking together with their schnauzer Bentley. Biller jokes it was love at first sight when he met his wife Heather when they were 22. He loves running and reading about architecture. As a Jehovah’s Witness, Biller has helped build 15 churches and averages 20 hours a week in his ministry work. If a fire breaks out in a prison, the inmates must be kept locked up, but there has to be a secure system to evacuate them to another area of the prison, creating a delicate balance between security and safety. “It’s a very complex design since most places are designed to get people out,” he said. “So it’s checking everything against basic engineering principles.” As a fire protection inspector for the state’s fire marshal’s office, he worked on Wallens Ridge State Prison. “These currently aren’t addressed in the codes,” Biller said. As the approving authority, he also had to research and anticipate how unique green design features could be properly implemented, like using gray water to wash clothing and a high-pressured vacuum plumbing system in the toilets. ![]() As a certified fire protection specialist, one of Biller’s jobs was to review codes and keep inmates contained but safe if a fire broke out at the 300-bed, 257,000-sq-ft Western Virginia Regional Jail. For Roanoke County, Biller helps manage building permits, which include professional, residential, institutional, and industrial buildings. You can almost hear Johnny Cash blazing in the background of Biller’s life. Old Dominion University, BS Engineering Technology To relax, she plays on two soccer teams, drives her navy Italian Piaggio MP3 scooter, and hikes “14ers,” 14,000-ft peaks in the Rocky Mountains with her husband Jim.Īssistant Building Commissioner, Office of Building Safety, Roanoke (Va.) County Adams- Ball knows so much now that she ended up playing DJ on her wedding day when the hotel staff didn’t know how to operate the audio equipment. The LEED Gold certified building’s central lobby has 4-in.-thick cotton panels made of recycled jeans. She implemented an electro-acoustic system that picks up direct sound in the room, applies it to an algorithm, and subtly puts sounds back into the discrete speakers so the sounds of a violin will linger in the air, like the surround-sound of a vast auditorium. Adams-Ball was project manager on the Colorado College Cornerstone Art Center’s $33 million building, including a 450-seat theater. “I expect more out of myself and he expects more out of me,” she said. She started working as a CAD operator and because her father is the owner, she wanted to make sure she wasn’t receiving any favoritism. Eventually Adams-Ball began working for her father’s consulting and design company, which specializes in acoustics and performing arts systems designs for theaters. “But it was long hard work for very little pay,” she said. Originally, she enjoyed working as a chef, carving logos into melons and making dragon boats out of radishes. It doesn’t matter what industry, Adams-Ball always knows how to creatively cook something up. Metropolitan State College, BS Electrical Engineering
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