Lakewood, CO – Shaffer • Baucom Engineering & Consulting is pleased to announce the celebration of its 15-year anniversary. From humble beginnings to exceptional success, SBEC has been serving clients in Colorado and Wyoming for more than a decade. Located in Lakewood, Colorado, SBEC was founded to provide superior engineering and consulting services to institutional, industrial, federal and commercial clients. Collectively, SBEC’s Senior Mechanical and Electrical Engineers represent one of the regions most professional, complete and qualified group of design individuals in the areas of healthcare, higher education, K-12 education, aerospace, industrial and science + technology facilities design.

Prominent projects over the last 15 years include Boulder Community Foothills Hospital, the first hospital in the nation to achieve a LEED rating (Silver); University of Colorado at Boulder, Indoor Practice Facility Renovation & Additional achieved LEED Platinum in 2011; Colorado School of Mines Brown Hall and Mining Addition achieved LEED Gold in 2010; University of Colorado at Boulder Institute of Behavioral Science achieved LEED Platinum in 2010; and numerous projects for Craig Hospital and Lockheed Martin Space Systems.

SBEC was founded in 1998 by Dennis Baucom and Gary Shaffer and started out relatively small. “We briefly worked out of Dennis’ house on Raccoon Creek Golf Course,” explains Mr. Shaffer. At the time, the firm consisted only of Dennis, Gary and two other employees. “We’ve grown steadily to a staff of 30, providing mechanical, electrical and plumbing solutions for large, complex projects and long-term owners.” Today, the SBEC organization consists of a highly qualified and motivated team of mechanical and electrical engineers, senior construction administration specialists, designers, CAD operators, and support staff. More than 75% of SBEC’s engineers are LEED Accredited Professionals.

SBEC’s first clients included Parkview Medical Center, Craig Hospital, the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Colorado Department of Human Services. Mr. Shaffer adds that SBEC continues to provide M/E/P design services to those clients. “We have been working with this firm since it got started in business,” says Mr. Vince Velasquez, Director of Facilities Management and Construction for Parkview Medical Center. “They have helped in the development and design of hundreds of projects for all of our facilities. They have done an outstanding job, and have been an integral part of the success of our hospital throughout the years.”


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