RFS is on a mission to support the creation of beautiful, sustainable, and resilient places. Our work is rooted in the people-first ethos engineered by RFS founder Bruce Shumway, whose 50-year legacy of honesty and practical creativity is the backbone of our company culture, which encourages every team member to ask, “How can we do better?”.
We are a 100+ person consulting firm with offices in Boston, MA; Laconia, NH; and Portland, ME. Core services include mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection (MEP/FP), technology, structural, and civil engineering, as well as sustainability and energy consulting, lighting design, and MEP commissioning. The firm’s clients include architects, construction managers, as well as owners in the educational, science and technology, healthcare, corporate, industrial, hospitality, and government markets.
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