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Trautman Associates Announces Management Changes

BUFFALO, NY:  Trautman Associates, an architectural and engineering firm with a staff of 48 professionals, announces the following changes to its management team, effective January 4, 2010.

Richard J. Stievater, AIA has stepped aside as President of the firm and will continue as a consultant and play an active role in many of the firm’s projects. He is succeeded as President by John J. Vujnovic, AIA, a practicing Architect for the past 21 years who joined Trautman Associates in 1988.

Robert P. Stelianou, P.E., is the firm’s Board Chair and Vice President. Also serving as vice presidents are Richard M. Gehring, AIA, and John F. Daly, P.E. Senior Associates are James M. Radwan, AIA, Robert H. Rumpl, AIA, C. Gary Jones, P.E., and Timothy M. Rider, AIA.

Vujnovic has served on the Board of Directors at the Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, including nine years as Chair of the Building and Grounds Committee and as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee; serves on the Building and Grounds committee for the Sisters of St. Francis at Stella Niagara; and on the Board of Trustees for Immaculata Academy, Hamburg.

Vujnovic holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Professional Studies in Architecture from the State University of New York at Buffalo, is a member of the American Institute of Architects, and the New York State Association of Architects’ Association for Project Managers. He is a former instructor for the School of Architecture at the State University of New York at Buffalo and for the Rochester Institute of Technology, Building and Technology Department.

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Engineering Firm Joins Trautman Associates

BUFFALO, NY: Trautman Associates, an architectural and engineering firm, announces the C. G. Jones Engineering firm, located in the Larkin Building, Buffalo, has joined Trautman Associates. Trautman’s employment grows to 48 diverse professionals at its office at 470 Franklin Street, Buffalo, offering a full spectrum of design services.

John F. Daly, P.E., director of Trautman’s Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering Department, said the additional six employees strengthens Trautman’s position as a leading design firm and provides Jones’ former clients access to Trautman’s full-service architectural and engineering resources. It also retains jobs in Buffalo.

C. Gary Jones, P.E. joins Trautman as a shareholder and Senior Associate and will manage Jones Engineering’s existing projects. The Jones firm, which recently completed extensive engineering work at the Larkin Building, will continue through Trautman Associates to be the building’s Engineer of Record.

Trautman Associates is ranked as the third-largest Architectural Firm in the Business First Book of Lists 2010.

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Trautman Associates recipient of 2009 Preservation Buffalo Niagara Award  --

BUFFALO, NY: Trautman Associates, a Buffalo architectural and engineering firm, has been honored by Preservation Buffalo Niagara for its "exemplary historic preservation efforts" in the rehabilitation of the Felician Sisters of St. Francis 136,000 SF Provincial House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located on Doat Street on the Buffalo/Cheektowaga border. The Trautman Associates’ project was one of only eight selected by the Preservation Buffalo Niagara from the surrounding seven-county region to receive an award.

"The awards are an opportunity to showcase individuals, corporations, and civic projects that have persevered in a very challenging economic environment to deliver high-quality projects and programs to restore, revitalize and sustain unique historical assets in the region," said Catherine Schweitzer, Preservation Buffalo Niagara chair.

Notable design features incorporated the Felician Sisters’ desire to focus on sustainability and environmental stewardship by including an underground geothermal well field that powers the building’s HVAC system by transferring the energy from water and soils deep underground to heat and cool the building, virtually eliminating the building’s need for fossil fuel energies.

Richard J. Stievater, AIA, Principal-in-Charge for the Felician project, accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

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