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Blackney Hayes Architects launches new engineering division

Blackney Hayes Architects launches new engineering division

The new division, BHH Engineers, will be led by Mark Hershman, PE.


By By BD+C Staff | April 26, 2012
Mark Hershman, PE
Mark Hershman, PE
This article first appeared in the June 2012 issue of BD+C.

Blackney Hayes Architects announced the launch of a new engineering division to provide MEP consulting services out of the firm’s Independence Park, Pa. offices. The new division, BHH Engineers, will be led by Mark Hershman, PE, whose firm M. P. Hershman PE Inc. has collaborated with Blackney Hayes since 1992.

BHH Engineers will provide services directly to building clients as well as to Blackney Hayes, retaining the clients served by Hershman’s previous firm, which include the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Housing Authority, and the City of Trenton to name a few. BD+C

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