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Dussault joins J. Calnan & Associates as director of engineering services

Peter Dussault

Boston, MA According to J. Calnan & Associates, Inc. (JC&A), Peter Dussault, P.E. has joined the team as director of engineering services. 

Dussault has over 25 years of engineering and consulting experience in the construction industry. Before joining JC&A, Dussault held leadership positions at WB Engineers+Consultants and was the fifth employee at the time of hire. He managed over 15 million s/f of indoor air quality-focused projects and was most recently the managing director and a subject matter expert in healthy smart buildings. As part of this, he has helped clients understand the importance of IAQ in creating a healthy and safe environment. 

Dussault has worked across many sectors and has extensive experience in the corporate interiors, life sciences, advanced technology, academic, healthcare, and commercial markets. Some of his clients include Draper Labs, Inkbit, AstraZeneca, Rapid7, Pegasystems, Boston University, and MIT.

As director of engineering services for JC&A, Dussault will leverage his industry knowledge and expertise within the operations & preconstruction teams, focusing on growing the advanced technology and life sciences client base.

In this new and evolving role at JC&A, Dussault will provide JC&A with much-needed expertise in our increasingly complex MEP projects. In addition, JC&A will leverage his experience during preconstruction and on their design-build projects, as well as startup and commissioning. Dussault will also participate in training and mentoring for both project management and field staff.

“JC&A has a long and successful history working together with Pete and mutual clients going back almost twenty years. Adding Pete to the team will enable us to evolve how we think about and service complex MEP projects and grow our expertise with our advanced technology and life sciences client base. For JC&A, hiring starts with the right personality, drive, and a level of industry competitiveness, and Pete checks all those boxes – plus one of the most infectious laughs in the industry! Personally and professionally, our entire team couldn’t be more excited that Pete decided to join us,” said Jim Cahill, JC&A president | partner.

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