Business Details
37 Years
experience
Emergency
services
Professional Engineering Consultants in Selkirk, NY
Established in 1989, Quantum Engineering has built a reputation as a trusted consulting engineering firm specializing in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems. Our team of licensed professionals brings decades of combined experience to deliver tailored solutions for historical, cultural, educational, healthcare, and government projects across nine states. We utilize advanced technologies like BIM and Revit while maintaining traditional methods to meet client-specific needs, ensuring continuity from initial design through construction completion. Our commitment to cost management, client communication, and sustainable practices has enabled us to complete complex projects within budget and schedule.With offices seven miles south of Albany, we serve architectural firms, government agencies, and developers through comprehensive services including feasibility studies, system commissioning, and energy modeling. Our staff holds professional licenses in ten states and maintains memberships in ASHRAE, NFPA, and other industry organizations. We prioritize practical, code-compliant designs that balance innovation with operational efficiency, particularly excelling in historic preservation challenges. Client satisfaction remains our focus, demonstrated through personalized system explanations and long-term project staff continuity.
Services
HVAC Engineering
Electrical Systems Design
Plumbing Engineering
Fire Protection Systems
Lighting Design
Building Commissioning
Energy Modeling
Historic Preservation
Sustainable Design
Emergency System Design
Details
- Year established: 1989
Highlights and features
- We offer 35+ years of engineering experience across ten licensed states
- Our multidisciplinary team handles projects from historic preservation to net-zero energy systems
- We maintain continuous staff involvement throughout each project lifecycle
- We utilize BIM, Revit, and energy modeling for modern design solutions
- We provide cost management with detailed project budget tracking
What people say
Brilliant solution
Working like a champ
Services
HVAC Engineering
Our HVAC engineering services cover complete system design from central chiller plants to ventilation systems. We specialize in high-efficiency condensing boilers, VRF systems, and geothermal well designs while maintaining indoor air quality standards. Our engineers create custom air handling units and laboratory exhaust systems that meet strict regulatory requirements. With thermal load calculations and pressure drop analysis, we ensure optimal system performance across commercial, healthcare, and historic buildings.
Electrical Engineering
We provide comprehensive electrical engineering services including power distribution, emergency generator design, and arc flash hazard analysis. Our team handles medium and low voltage distribution systems, uninterruptible power supplies, and emergency power systems for mission-critical facilities. We specialize in protective relaying coordination and life safety electrical systems while ensuring compliance with NFPA 70 and NEC standards across commercial and institutional projects.
Plumbing Engineering
Our plumbing engineering services include complete hot/cold water systems, sanitary drainage, and gas piping design. We specialize in commercial kitchen and laundry systems, rainwater harvesting, and composting toilet installations. Our engineers handle new service connections, backflow prevention, and medical gas systems while ensuring code compliance for healthcare, educational, and historic buildings through detailed plumbing fixture schedules and riser diagrams.
Fire Protection Engineering
We design comprehensive fire protection systems including sprinkler layouts, standpipe systems, and clean agent suppression. Our services cover NFPA-compliant high-rise fire alarm systems, wireless fire alarms, and mass notification systems. We specialize in pre-action systems, high-pressure mist systems, and auxiliary radio communication systems while ensuring proper hydrant flow testing and fire department interconnection for commercial, healthcare, and government facilities.
Lighting Design
Our lighting design services include interior/exterior LED solutions, sustainable lighting systems, and historic preservation lighting. We provide photometric calculations, daylighting analysis, and energy load studies while creating code-compliant lighting controls. We specialize in architectural lighting, emergency lighting, and landscape lighting systems that meet IESNA standards, with expertise in integrating lighting controls with building automation systems for commercial and institutional projects.
People
A. Curtis Wilsey
President
Licensed engineer with expertise in historic preservation and practical system design. Graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with licenses in ten states. Focuses on client communication and system efficiency while maintaining project budgets.
Andrew R. Wilsey
Vice President
Detail-oriented engineer specializing in building systems integration. Licensed in New York with memberships in ASHRAE, ASPE, and IEEE. Focuses on client collaboration and system maintainability while managing complex project requirements.
Katie Wilsey
Lighting Designer
Certified lighting designer with twelve years' experience. Expert in AGi32 rendering and energy code compliance. Completed advanced training at the International Landscape Lighting Institute while managing lighting control systems integration.
Mitchell Marcin
Mechanical Engineer
Recent RPI graduate specializing in plumbing and fire protection systems. Active in ASHRAE's Young Engineers Program while learning system design fundamentals from senior engineers.
Denise Wilsey
Office Manager
Longtime office manager handling administrative operations since 1989. Coordinates charitable programs while managing bookkeeping, HR, and daily office functions for the engineering team.
Questions
What engineering disciplines do you offer?
We provide mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and lighting design services for commercial, historical, and institutional projects.
In which states are you licensed?
Our engineers hold licenses in New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Florida, and Ohio.
Do you handle historic preservation projects?
Yes, we specialize in historic building systems while maintaining preservation standards through practical, code-compliant solutions.
What software tools do you use?
We utilize Revit, AutoCAD, BIM, energy modeling software, and photometric calculation tools for modern design solutions.
How do you manage project budgets?
We maintain continuous cost estimates throughout projects to ensure financial compliance while delivering required system performance.
Can you handle emergency system installations?
Yes, we provide emergency on-site services including temporary ventilation systems and urgent system repairs.
