JPA provides a full range of mechanical and electrical design and engineering services from feasibility through occupancy.
In addition to HVAC, plumbing, electrical distribution, and emergency power systems, we design control systems, lighting, fire protection systems, and technology infrastructure.
Specialized Services
- Antiterrorism/Force Protection Criteria
- Building Energy Simulation
- Building Information Modeling
- Daylighting Analysis
- Design-Build RFPs
- Historic Structure Reports
- LEED Certification Documentation
- Master Planning
- Value Engineering Studies
Specialized Systems
- Energy Recovery
- Geothermal Heat Exchange
- Hazardous Exhaust
- Laboratory and Medical Gases
- Lighting Controls
- Pure Water
- Streetscape & Site Lighting
- Thermal Storage
Specialized Building Types
- Athletic/Recreation Centers
- Central Plants & Infrastructure
- Clean Rooms & Special Environments
- Data/Communications Centers
- Dining Facilities & Kitchens
- Historic Properties
- Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities
- Libraries & Media Centers
- Mission Critical Facilities
- Museums & Theaters
- Residence Halls
- Schools & Educational Facilities
- Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities
- Sustainable/Green Buildings
- Visitor Centers
- Vivariums & Aquatic Research Laboratories
A Century of Excellence
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Featured Project
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD
Providing a major addition to this urban campus, the new 253,000-SF complex includes a state-of-the art sports facility, facilities management/public safety building and a satellite central utilities plant (SCUP).
Featured Project
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
Washington, DC
JPA designed the MEP infrastructure for a 580,000-SF underground facility for the five-million visitors to the U.S. Capitol each year.
Featured Project
Peninsula Regional Medical Center
Salisbury, MD
Phased implementation of the Master Plan to significantly expand facilities at this premier regional tertiary care medical center on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Featured Project
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Renovation of the first floor in Building 49 transformed existing office and laboratory space into a BSL-2 research area.
Featured Project
Great Seneca Creek Elementary School
Germantown, MD
This was Montgomery County’s pilot LEED project and is the first LEED certified school in Maryland, achieving Gold status.
Featured Project
Roland Park Country School
Baltimore, MD
A new 60,000-SF athletic center for this college preparatory girls’ school features an eight-station indoor rowing tank facility, the first of its kind in a Maryland school.
Featured Project
Fairfax County Public Safety Operations Center
Fair Lakes, VA
Fairfax County and the Commonwealth of Virginia consolidated regional public safety and transportation functions to a new government office park near Dulles International Airport.
Featured Project
Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens
Mount Vernon, VA
Two new facilities totaling 71,200-SF added 23 galleries and five theaters to the historic family home of our nation’s first president.
Featured Project
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Opened in 1915, this 146,000-SF academic building is the oldest and largest on the Homewood Campus.