Susan Marshall provides commissioning, diagnostic testing, and project management services for commercial, industrial and utility projects. She is experienced in all phases of engineering, from conceptualization and detail design through construction, commissioning and start-up.

Ms. Marshall is an expert in emergency power generation, fuel transport, and instrumentation & process control system implementation from large Distributed Control Systems to PLCs. Her experience includes process validation, testing, start-up sequences and procedure for process units, Life Safety Systems and critical systems commissioning activities, as well as maintaining test documentation and equipment documentation for turnover to the end client. Ms. Marshall has a wide breadth of experience coordinating commissioning teams for mechanical, electrical, fuel, life safety, and security systems. Her experience includes LEED commissioning of large commercial buildings: High Rise, Hospitals, Data Centers, and Higher Ed. Prior to commercial building commissioning, she worked in the industrial design-build sector participating in the concepturalization, design, buy-out, start-up, and operation optimization for process and instrumentation systems and in Oil and Gas Refining and Storage Facilities, Power Plants, Chemical Solvents and Olefins Plants.

Ms. Marshall has over 30 years of international industrial experience including time spent in operations, process trouble shooting, process design, capital project management, construction and facility start-up. She has managed multiple capital projects and lead interdisciplinary teams to successfully complete projects on time and within budget. Ms. Marshall has a thorough understanding of project planning, incorporation of business objectives, contract negotiation, fiscal and resource projections, monitoring, reporting and controls.

Ms Marshall is an English speaker fluent in German.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1980
Graduate Studies, Colorado School of MInes, 1981-1982

Affiliations

Tau Beta Pi - The Engineering Honor Society, Member
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member

Mr. Dodd has a wide breadth of experience in the mechanical facilities field with a broad knowledge of commercial, industrial, institutional and high technology mechanical facilities systems.

Mr. Dodd has been the owner of an HVAC service company, worked as a consulting engineer, and directed the engineering group for a large national mechanical design/ build company. Additionally, he was the operations manger for an international air-handling equipment manufacturer, and has acted as a LEED commissioning authority. Overall, Mr. Dodd has over 25 years experience in the design, construction, sales, service, energy auditing and commissioning of facilities mechanical systems.

Mr. Dodd has frequently provided, through analysis, monitoring, diagnostics and exhaustive engineering investigation lasting solutions for chronic problem buildings – systems that do not perform as designed. Additionally, Mr. Dodd is often called upon to provide clear and easy-to-understand analysis to non-technical participants and give expert testimony with regard to facility construction defect disputes in commercial and industrial projects

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, 1989

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Registered Professional Engineer, State of Colorado #29078
State of Colorado, Vocational Teaching Credential

AFFILIATIONS

PI TAU SIGMA - Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, Member
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, Air-Conditioning Engineers
American Society of Energy Engineers
Habitat for Humanity, Longmont, Colorado, Former Board of Directors

PUBLICATIONS

R. Dodd, R. Knollenburg, “Optimizing Clean Room Efficiencies." Proceedings;
Institute of Environmental Sciences Exposition, Anaheim, California, May 1995

R. Dodd, J. Bleem, C.B. Winn. "Summer Peak Reduction Opportunities In The Residential Sector." Proceedings; World Energy Conference, Reading, England, September 1990.

R.Dodd and D. Frey. “Commissioning as Evidence in Litigation.”
Proceedings; National Conference on Building Commissioning, May 2007