DECEMBER 2023 THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AMERICA - WEST “That’s what keeps our clients coming back. We go above and beyond. We will often exceed the amount of site visits in our contract. If there is something to troubleshoot, we’re going to be there.” “While we are known as a design company, in reality we are a service company,” Chip adds. “We must provide the best service to our clients, architects, and even the contracting teams.” “That means when there’s a problem, we jump in and we fix it,” he explains. “We never say ‘It’s not our problem, somebody must have changed something.’ We come up with a solution. It’s that strong service through the construction administration portion that really gives the client what they pay for.” Chip has a background in architectural engineering – as does Kelly and most of their staff. After earning a degree from Penn State, Chip spent time working locally for Lutron Electronics and then Grenald Associates (GA), now known as Grenald Waldron Associates (GWA). He ended up transferring to Los Angeles with GA. In 1992, he and his wife, Lisa Israel, now CFO, purchased the L.A. office with the goal of striking out on their own. With Chip’s award-winning designs and Lisa’s proactive business expertise, the LDA team rapidly grew from three people to 25, which has been their average ever since. Also, the scale of their projects quickly grew – they started off doing smaller jobs, but less than a decade in they had graduated to doing major works with industry titans such as Disney, Universal Studios, along with several other commercial, retail, and hospitality clients. These days, LDA has the expertise to design and specify complete lighting and controls systems. Their services range from concept development to fully documented lighting design, from custom fixture design to designing with only standard products. They also have the resources to
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