Why Choose Us

Fox & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1966 as a firm specializing in land surveying. Today our firm has grown to provide a comprehensive range of zoning, land planning, surveying, engineering and environmental services. Our firm specializes in surveying, land development, highway engineering and municipal engineering.

Fox & Associates, Inc. maintains an excellent reputation based on prompt quality services and cost effective designs. The principals of our firm have a strong direct involvement with all of our projects. We have built the firm on the “prompt quality services”, a philosophy that has enabled us to thrive with a large percentage of repeat business. Please find below a more detailed listing of our discipline specialties:

Rezoning Services
Zoning Variances
Annexation Services
Land Planning Services
Boundary Surveys
Topography Surveys
A.L.T.A. Surveys
Subdivisions
Construction Stakeout

Highway Engineering
Water and Sewer Engineering
Residential Site Planning
Commercial/Industrial Site Planning
Non-tidal Wetland Delineation/Permitting
Forest Stand Delineations
Forest Conservation Plans
Landscape Architecture
Floodplain Studies/Permitting

Building Codes

Each project is designed to meet or exceed applicable building code requirements. We maintain an in-house library of codebooks and commentaries relevant to mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems design. Our library includes publications from: American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); Council of American Building Officials (CABO); International Codes Council (ICC); International Building Codes (IBC), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and their National Electric Code and Life Safety Code. Codebooks for other federal, state and local jurisdictions are included in our library.

In addition, L.S. Grim is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders working to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.

Construction Administration Field Services

L.S. Grim Consulting Engineers has an in-house field services division, which provides organization and management of construction projects for clients. Not only does this division provide site supervision and management for projects in which L.S. Grim was the designer but we also offer third party owner representative services. In addition, we provide general construction supervision for owners to manage and supervise their construction projects, acting as their eyes and ears on-site.

Commissioning Services

L.S. Grim Consulting Engineers has trained staff to offer Commissioning Services. Commissioning is the process of assuring that all systems and components of a building or industrial plant are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client. A commissioning process may be applied not only to new projects but also to existing units and systems subject to expansion, renovation or revamping.

Experience

L.S. Grim Consulting Engineers is a mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm with more than 30 years of experience. As a full-service firm, we provide design and management services for mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection and telecommunications systems serving commercial, industrial and residential projects for architects, developers, institutions and contractors in the mid-Atlantic region.

LEED Certification

L.S. Grim has a LEED-certified engineer on staff with an expert understanding of the LEED Certification process. A LEED AP is an individual who has taken and passed the LEED exam and possesses the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in the design process supporting sustainability and to propel the building design through the certification process. The LEED green building rating system promotes the practices of sustainable design, addressing all building types, and focusing on sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials and resource selection, and indoor environmental quality.

Project Management

We have established in-house procedures to organize and expedite the completion of each project. A project manager (team captain) is assigned when the contract is received to coordinate and provide a single contact for the design of the project. During the initial schematic phase, we collect the data required to understand the project such as visiting and measuring the job site, preparing load calculations, providing preliminary sketches, cost estimates, meetings with using agencies and other pertinent information.

Quality Control

We have implemented an in-house quality control system to assure the accuracy of drawings, specifications, and other materials necessary for the bidding and construction phase of each project. Our team is available to provide support during the various phases of a project. An in-house data collection system is utilized to track all incoming and outgoing materials related to each project.

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