About us

Our Company

Established in 1976 as Mechanical Design Associates, we have grown and evolved with our clients to provide professional engineering services for new building construction, building renovations, energy retrofits and industrial process support. Our diverse background includes experience in government, commercial, educational, industrial, research and development and healthcare facilities.

Our strength is the wide range of experience of our staff maintaining resilient relationships with our clients. Our strong relationships are due to our commitment to provide consistent and quality designs. We provide our services throughout the United States and work internationally.

MDA Engineering provides customized services for a wide variety of facilities and systems to fit your needs. We understand that there are multiple ways to complete a project and will work with you to achieve your project goals. Because many of today’s buildings serve multiple functions and many users, our experience can prove to be a benefit to you.

Our Mission

We are committed to providing our clients with mechanical & electrical engineering services responsive to their needs through professional, quality, cost-effective and innovative solutions

Our Vision

To be a total resource to fulfill client needs from concept throughout the entire useful life of building and production systems. Our goal is to be an extension to client staff providing technical, well-conceived, value added services.

Our Team

Kevin P. Lafferty

President, P.E., LEED AP

Randall J. Gardner

Vice-President, P.E.

Jacqueline Downs

Operations Manager/Accountant

Ronald S. Timko

Project Manager, P.E., LEED AP

Chad Goshe

Project Manager, P.E., LEED AP

Chuck Bohlke

Project Manager, P.E., LEED AP

Who We Work With

We often serve as the project design lead and work with selected sub-consultants to perform projects.

Current Professional Registrations

Our engineers hold active registrations in the highlighted states and are members of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, which allows us to obtain additional registrations on short notice.

  • Arkansas
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kentucky
  • Michigan
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin