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Matula, Dennis

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Dennis Matula

Adjunct Faculty | College of Engineering and Science: Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering

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dmatula@hrfjk.com
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Dennis L Matula, PE, has a unique blend of engineering, management, and business experience.   He has over forty-seven years of experience in engineering, project management, design, and management from the corporate world of the Fortune 100 companies: Johnson Wax, 3M, and Pillsbury; to the entrepreneurial start-up of his own architectural engineering firm.  He was hired to start-up the MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection) divisions of three nationally ENR ranked A/E firms as the Professional of Record, POR. He has earned an outstanding reputation from his peers for leading multi-discipline teams, mentoring staff, and providing design leadership to the World’s largest retailers and restaurateurs.  He developed a unique nomograph on “Maximizing Productivity in Prototype Building Design”.

Mr. Matula is a licensed professional engineer, PE, in 42 states (16 active states), Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico, providing architectural engineering services for Restaurant, Retail, Hospitality, Assembly, Government, Industrial and Office Buildings.   Mr. Matula has been the engineer in responsible charge of the design of over 3,000 projects since 1998 totaling over 23 million square feet of space, and worth nearly $ ½ billion in construction costs.  He is a published author and subject matter expert on restaurant design. 

Mr. Matula was originally licensed in 1976 and is a NCEES certified Model Engineer since 1999.  He is an Accredited Professional, LEED AP, of LEED, “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” through the United States Green Building Council, USGBC, 2004. 

His list of A/E projects is a Who’s Who including Wal-Mart to Starbucks, and Applebee’s to Walt Disney World.  He is a Green Sustainable Design Accredited Professional, LEED AP, and provides forensic level consultation to the legal profession.  Notable projects include the world’s largest entertainment McDonald’s in Orlando, Bio-gasification Plant Designs, Marquee restaurants from NYC to LA., and hundreds of franchise restaurants.