UA Builders hires Meil as director of BIM/engineering

Adam Meil, UA Builders

New York, NY National general contracting and construction management firm UA Builders Group has hired Adam Meil as director of building information modeling (BIM) and engineering services. Established in 2014 and headquartered in NYC, UA is a commercial, institutional, retail, and multifamily builder operating nationwide. 

The firm’s regional offices are located in Miami, FL; Washington, DC; and Boston, MA.  UA Builders Group has completed more than 2 million s/f of projects for the shared workspace powerhouse WeWork.

“Adam will lead our BIM and Engineering Services department, which plays a crucial role in on-time and on-budget delivery of complex projects our firm is building around the country.  We strongly believe in employing the latest technologies to ensure projects proceed with minimal interruptions and change orders.  Building Information Modeling is a great tool that allows us to properly coordinate all elements of the design prior to the beginning of construction,” said Albert Gjonbalaj, CEO of UA Builders Group. 

Meil’s current projects include pre-construction reviews for WeWork’s upcoming shared office facilities at 625 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, MA and 311 West 43rd Street in Manhattan. 

Prior to joining UA, Meil owned the BIM consulting firm CAD Whispering LLC, worked as an electrical engineer at PWI Engineering, and served as a project management and systems engineering consultant at Erudistic.  Meil studied electrical engineering and math at University of Vermont and is a Revit MEP Autodesk Certified Professional.

UA Builders Group

Founded in 2004, UA Builders Group is a national construction management and general contracting organization headquartered in New York City.  The company serves clients in the office and commercial interiors, retail, and multi-family residential markets.  In addition to its headquarters in Astoria, NY, UA operates regional offices in Boston, MA; Miami, FL; and Washington, DC.

UA’s clients include the shared office concept powerhouse WeWork, for which the firm has built more than 2 million square feet of facilities nationwide.  The company’s other clients include CBRE, Foursquare Properties, RFR Holding, Compass, Edison Properties, and Bank of America, among other organizations.

UA Builders employs a staff of over 200, including project managers, estimators, BIM specialists, and site personnel with engineering, architectural, accounting, and computer science expertise.  The firm offers a complete range of services, from site selection analysis to constructability reviews, interior fit-outs, new ground-up construction, and building infrastructure upgrades.

The company is known for its extensive use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the pre-construction phases, which eliminates design and engineering conflicts, accelerates schedules, limits change orders, and provides significant budget savings to its clients.  UA Builders was also an early adopter of innovative project delivery methods, such as design/build, virtual design, and Integrated Project Delivery.