Key Personnel:

Charlie D. Curlin, Jr., Principal
George W. Austin, Jr., Principal
Charles L. Wooten, Partner
Donald J. Deese, Sr., Partner
David Shultz, Founder

Principal

Experience

Served three years as a CAD operator and engineering designer for MEPS Associates, in Charlotte, NC, on retail, military, church and educational facilities projects.

Served ten years as project engineer, project manager and design studio head for Talbot and Associates, Consulting Engineers, Inc., Charlotte, NC. Projects personally designed include Fire Station No. 10, Charlotte, NC, Catawba Valley Community College Classrooms and Multimedia Center (renovation of existing building), Taylorsville, NC; Regal Cinemas multiplex theaters (some including IMAXâ theaters) throughout the US; Lowe’s, Inc. Data Center Expansion, North Wilkesboro, NC; and Tire Kingdom’s Corporate Headquarters in Juno Beach, FL.

Other projects personally designed include retail facilities for Eckerd, Pier One Imports, Walgreen’s, Tire Kingdom, Hannaford Food Stores, Hobby Lobby, Gander Mountain Sporting Equipment, non-chain retail shopping and restaurant facilities throughout the country; multifamily/mixed use projects from New Jersey to Florida; office, medical office, and church facilities in the Carolinas, and hospital MRI and CAT scan upfits in the Carolinas and Virginia.

Joined Shultz Engineering Group, PC in 2003 as Senior Vice President and partner. Recent projects include New Automotive Sales and Service Facility for Mercedes Benz, Pineville, NC; 125,000 SF Retail Development for Koury Corporation, Greensboro, NC; New Headquarters Building for Background Investigation Bureau, Inc., Charlotte, NC; City Courts Apartment Complex, Lexington, KY; Renovation for New Generator/Compressor Test Facility for Copco, Inc., Fort Mill, SC; Biomedical Lab Renovation to BSL-3 Level Facility, renovations to Hydronic systems in existing Mecklenburg County Buildings.

Professional Societies and Awards:

Member – American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Currently serving as National Committee Chair in charge of Student Activities for ASHRAE Society

Recipient of ASHRAE Society’s Student Activities Achievement Award

Recipient of ASHRAE Region IV Award for Best Chapter in Region IV (US Southeast)

Two-time Recipient of ASHRAE Region IV Outstanding Regional Vice Chair of the Year, ASHRAE Region IV (NC, SC, and GA)

Member - American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)

Principal

George W. (Billy) Austin, Jr., PE, BEAP, BEMP, CEM, CPD, CPMP, HBDP, HFDP, LEED BD+C

Experience

Served three years as a design engineer with General Dynamics (Defense Contractor) in Ontario, CA. Design of cryogenics system (detector chip cooling system) for the RAM heat-seeking missile, design drawings and test procedures, prototype testing management, and presentations to armed forces personnel.

Served eight years as a Vice President of United Mechanical Corporation in Charlotte, NC (HVAC Contractor). Controls troubleshooting, HVAC systems design and pricing, service department employee management, technical training seminars development and instruction, customer problem resolution, new customer prospecting, service contract sales, budgets, and sales projection planning.

Served three years as senior design engineer at Peterson Associates in Charlotte, NC (Architects/Engineers). Hospital HVAC and plumbing system design; including drafting, specifications, project pricing review, DFS inspections, coordination of equipment selections with vendors.

Served eight years as senior design engineer at Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Charlotte, NC (Mechanical Contractor/Engineers). HVAC systems design for office buildings, schools, labs, and industrial facilities; including drafting, specifications, express reviews, cost analysis, and project estimating.

Has served as Principal of Shultz Engineering Group since 2007. HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection systems design for office buildings, retail buildings, schools, labs, and industrial facilities; including design documents, specifications, energy assessments, energy audits, cost analysis, and project estimating.

ASHRAE Excellence in Technology Award winning projects include Salvation Army Regional Office Building, Time Warner Adcast, Mountain Neurology Medical Office Building, Piedmont Town Center, Fayetteville Festival, AN Restaurant, Union Academy, Matthews Senior Center, Duke Power Advanced Cooking Technology Center, Biltmore Two Town Square, Longview Country Club, and Belk Department Store in Kissimmee, FL. Additional projects include Forsyth Cancer Center Medical Office Building, multiple projects at Moore Regional and Northeast Medical hospitals, NASCAR Institute of Technology, Charlotte Christian School, Biltmore One Town Square Office Building, Vanderbilt South Medical Office Building, NorthPoint Office Building, Davidson 30 Office Building, Birkdale Village, Matthews Senior Center, and other multiple office building, retail building and flex building upfits east of the Mississippi River.

Professional Societies and Awards:

Member – American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 

Chair, ASHRAE International Membership Promotion Committee, 2007-2008

Region IV (NC, SC, and GA) Membership Promotion Regional Vice Chair, 2002-2006

President, ASHRAE Southern Piedmont Chapter, 2002-2003

Winner, Outstanding Regional Vice Chair of the Year, ASHRAE Region IV (NC, SC, and GA), 2004-2005 and 2005-2006

Winner, Rudy Ferguson Memorial Award for Best Performance by a Chapter President in ASHRAE Region IV (NC, SC, and GA), 2002-2003

Chapter Programs Chairman, ASHRAE Southern Piedmont Chapter, 2001-2002

Winner, Best Performance by a Chapter Programs Chair in ASHRAE Region IV, 2001-2002

Recipient of the ASHRAE Chapter Service Award (2005)

Recipient of the ASHRAE Regional Award of Merit (2007)

Recipient of the William J. Collins Award for Best Performance by a Chapter Research Promotion Fundraising Chair in the International ASHRAE Society (2011)

Other ASHRAE Southern Piedmont Chapter Positions - Treasurer, 2000-2001; Secretary, 1998-2000; Membership Promotion Chair, 1996-1998; Student Activities Chair, 1989-1990

Winner, Contracting Business Magazine 2002 Design/Build Award - Salvation Army Regional Office Building

1996 Graduate of Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Leadership School

Member – Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)

Member – American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)

Member – American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Member - MENSA

Additional Licenses:

H-1, H-2 and H-3 Mechanical Contractor's Licenses in North Carolina

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Building Standards Department Mechanical Journeyman in Refrigeration, Ductwork, Mechanical Fuel Burning, Pipe Fitting and Gas Piping

Certification for Transition and Recovery of Refrigerants

Partner

Charles L. Wooten

Experience

Served over thirty years in HVAC design and construction. Experience includes hospital design and construction administration on projects, Hillcrest Hospital, Simpsonville, SC; Watauga Hospital, Boone, NC and Nalle Clinic, Charlotte, NC.

Professional Societies and Awards:

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Currently serving on the Chapter Board of Governors (Since 1995)

Currently serving as Chapter Historian

NFPA Member

Veteran – United States Air National Guard

Partner

Donald J. Deese, Sr.

Experience

Don Deese is a Mechanical Designer with over 17 years of experience in the engineering fields of Project Management, Machine Design, Software Development, Plumbing Design, and Mechanical HVAC Design.

Prior to joining Shultz Engineering Group, Mr. Deese was a Project Manager and Senior Mechanical Designer with Vrettos Pappas Consulting Engineers in Charlotte.  His systems design experience includes those for office buildings, churches, "strip" shopping malls, restaurants, movie theaters, warehouses, medical clinics, mixed-use buildings, schools, and multi-family housing.  He has worked on a wide variety of projects that require knowledge and experience of Hydronic Systems, Dehumidification Systems, Constant Volume, and Variable Volume Air Systems.

Specific retail projects personally designed include facilities for CVS, Eckerd, Walgreen’s, Tire Kingdom, Food Lion, Lowes Foods, Gander Mountain Sporting Equipment, Bed Bath and Beyond, Suncom, and Shoe Show.

Specific theater projects personally designed include facilities for Consolidated Theaters, All Star Cinemas, Eastern Federal Theaters, Carmike Theaters, and some non-chain theater projects.

Specific restaurant projects personally designed include facilities for Five Guys Burger and Fries, Bonefish Grill, Baja Fresh, and many non-chain restaurant projects.

Professional Societies / Civic Affiliations:

Member – American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Member – American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)

Deacon – Central Baptist Church, Kannapolis, NC

1989 Graduate of the NCO Academy, Ft. Bragg, NC – Platoon Leadership Development Course (PLDC)

Veteran – United States Army

Founder  

David N. Shultz, PE

Experience

Over four years of full time construction supervision experience as Resident Engineer in charge of electrical and mechanical construction on hospital projects in Hampton , VA ; Danville , IL ; and Charleston , SC for the Veterans Administration.

Served as Project Engineer and later Mechanical Engineering Department Head for the 250-man Architectural and Engineering firm of LBC&W, Columbia , SC. Projects personally designed included the HVAC and Plumbing Systems for the Medical College of SC, Charleston , SC. Facilities designed include schools of Dentistry, Physics, Chemistry and Anatomy, as well as 500-bed hospitals at Ft. Jackson , Columbia , SC and Naval Base, Charleston , SC

Served five and a half years as Mechanical Engineering Department Head and later Chief Engineer for the 100-man plus Architectural and Engineering firm of Odell Associates, Charlotte , NC . Engineering work with Odell included design and administration of state projects such as East Carolina School of Art; State Office Building, Raleigh; Physical Education Center A&T College, Greensboro, NC; Continuing Education Center, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; R. J. Reynolds World Headquarters, Winston Salem, NC; 40-story NCNB Tower, Charlotte, NC; Charlotte Civic Center, Charlotte, NC.

Served as Principal of Shultz Engineering Group since 1976. Major Engineering work: Largest open heart surgery and transplant center in southeast at Carolinas Medical Center; Designed Cooling systems for first 3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facilities in south at Medical College of Virginia (American Association of Retailers awarded first place award for Energy), UNC Hospital Center and Carolinas Medical Center; Sphinx Pharmaceuticals, Durham, NC, (won Regional ASHRAE first Place Award for Technology); 250,000 SF Scott manufacturing plant to produce fireman’s emergency breathing devices.

Professional Societies and Awards:

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE):

Past president – Southern Piedmont Chapter of ASHRAE

National Nominating Committee Member for ASHRAE (1993 – 1996)

Recipient of ASHRAE Presidential Award of Excellence during chapter presidency

Recipient of the ASHRAE Regional Award of Merit (2001)

Recipient of the ASHRAE Presidential Award of Excellence for work on Nominating Committee (2001)

Life Member Status (2002)

  National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)

  Professional Engineers of North Carolina (PENC)

  Society of Fire Protection Engineers (Registered Fire Protection Engineer)

  American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)