RGD Engineers Provides Engineering Solutions for new Jewish Community Center & Meyer Academy

Construction is well underway for th $30 million Mandel Jewish Community Center and Arthur I. Meyer Academy on Hood Road. Tercilla Courtemanche Architects are responsible for the design and RGD Consulting Engineers will provide the engineering solutions.

Construction of Mandel Jewish
Community Center

JCC will offer a variety of educational and recreational activities including a summer camp, adult education classes and special need programs. the 56,000 sq. ft, JCC is expected to open this summer and has several notable features:

• Early Childhood Learning Center 
• Indoor children's play area
• Gymnasium 
• Fitness Studio 
• Social Hall 
• Fully equipped classrooms for adult education
• Art Gallery and Cafe
• Youth Lounge 
• Aquatics Center
• Playground 

Rendering of Meyer I. Jewish Academy

In addition, the property will be shared by the Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy. The 41,600 sq. ft. facility will serve up to 500 students k-8 grade and construction is expected to be completed in June 2014. Students will start the 2014-2015 school year at the new facility.

RGD has worked closely with Tercilla Courtemanche Architects throughout the construction of JCC and will continue to do so for the Meyer Academy. Both facilities will work together to provide the finest educational and recreational programs to the Jewish community. 

RGD Consulting Engineers is multi-faceted engineering based out of South Florida. For more information about RGD Engineers, please visit the RGD Website. You can also find RGD Engineers on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google +.

Happy Spring!

Happy First Day of Spring! 

The RGD Engineers' team is grateful for the beautiful weather in Jupiter, Florida. What an amazing start to spring.  Check out the Jupiter Inlet! 

RGD Consulting Engineers is multi-faceted engineering based out of South Florida. For more information about RGD Engineers, please visit the RGD Website. You can also find RGD Engineers on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google +.

New Education Center for Autism 

Golfer Ernie Els plans to build a learning facility for Autism

Jupiter, FL--March 8, 2013--Pro Golfer Ernie Els and his foundation plan to build a 100,000 sq. ft. school and resource center for children with autism in the Limestone Creek area near Jupiter.

The $30 million dollar project will be an "epicenter for autism, research, transition and treatment" and provide services for 300 students' ages 3-21 years. This will be the first charter school in Palm Beach County to offer education from first grade through high school followed by transition to adulthood.

The new facility will not only be an autism research center, but it will also offer students medical treatment along with a sports complex and a swimming pool. Plans submitted to the Palm Beach County suggest that the center will be opened at the conclusion of 2014.

RGD Engineers is proud to be a part of this amazing project. It will provide the design and management for many of the foundational components including the mechanical, electrical and plumbing designs. It is expected that this learning facility will attract international and national recognition.

RGD Consulting Engineers is multi-faceted engineering based out of South Florida. For more information about RGD Engineers, please visit the RGD Website. You can also find RGD Engineers on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google +.

Palm Beach's newest Cocktail Lounge: HMF

Palm Beach, Florida--March 5, 2013--Opened in December of 2012, The Breakers' newest restaurant venture, HMF, introduces a thrilling new take on the classic cocktail lounge. 

The HMF, named for The Breakers' founder Henry Morrison Flagler, is a nod to the timeless American glamour of the cocktail culture.  Hospitality designer, Adam D. Tihany, acting as a design consultant for Peacock + Lewis Architects, was challenged with the task of re-creating the historic Florentine Room into a "contemporary Palm Beach cocktail soiree." 

"The nostalgia and the glamour of yesteryear are quite en vogue, while palates continue to become more sophisticated," said Tihany.  "We conceived HMF to be an open, interactive arena of decadent delights, and to cultivate a distinctly social, dynamic and inviting environment for the resort's savvy clientele."  

For the remodeling of the former Tapastry Bar and L'Escalier, RGD Consulting Engineers was enlisted to create and manage the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing designs. RGD worked closely with Peacock + Lewis Architects to ensure that Tihany's vision was captured. 

The new space features an open theater-style kitchen, a wine wall, and two mahogany bars with the original high beamed ceiling and wrought-iron chandeliers. The HMF is opened daily and offers its regular menu from 5 p.m.- 10 p.m. and its late night menu from 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. 

RGD Consulting Engineers is a multi-faceted engineering firm based out of Jupiter, Florida.  For more information about RGD Consulting Engineers or any media inquiries, please contact Nate Davenport at 561-743-0616 or visit the RGD Website here.   You can also find RGD on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.