Robert H. Stratemeyer, PE
Principal and Director of Business Development

Mr. Stratemeyer began his career at EBL Engineers in 1978 as a Project Manager. He is a graduate of the Cornell University Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering and has been in the consulting engineering field for over 30 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia and is actively involved in the Building Congress and Exchange of Metropolitan Baltimore and the Parkville Business and Professional Association. He is also a member of the American Society of Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Engineers, the Association for Facilities Engineering, the International Geothermal Heat Pump Association, the Society for Marketing Professional Services, the American Society of Military Engineers, the American Society of School Building Officials and the American Institute of Architects.

As Director of Business Development, Mr. Stratemeyer is responsible for the firm's marketing and business development efforts. As Principal Mechanical Engineer, he is the Quality Assurance Officer for EBL Engineers and, as such, maintains the company Quality Control Plan procedures.

He has considerable experience in the design of HVAC and plumbing systems for institutional, industrial and governmental facilities. His primary fields of expertise are heating, ventilating, air conditioning, central plant design and energy applications. Mr. Stratemeyer has done extensive research and design in the feasibility and application of solar collection and energy conversion systems and is certified as a Geothermal Heat Pump Systems Designer/Installer and an Energy Auditor in the State of Maryland.


Jeffery P. McBride, PE
Principal and Director of Engineering Operations

Mr. McBride joined EBL as a Fire Protection Team Leader in 1988. He received his Bachelor of Science in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1987. Mr. McBride is a registered Professional Engineer in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. He is the Vice President of the Mid Atlantic Chapter of the National Fire Sprinkler Association as well as a board member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. Mr. McBride is also a member of the American Fire Alarm Association, the American Fire Sprinkler Association, the American Institute of Architects, the National Fire Protection Association, the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Engineering Society of Baltimore.

As the Director of Engineering Operations for EBL Engineers, LLC, Mr. McBride manages projects developed by a staff of some 30 engineers and technicians in the fields of mechanical/plumbing, electrical, civil/structural and fire protection. He also actively engages in fire protection engineering and is a Certified Building Inspector in the state of Maryland.

Mr. McBride specializes in the analysis of new and existing structures for code compliance, the use of alternative materials and methods for equivalent code compliance, forensic investigation and professional services related to system performance, system failure and construction anomalies as well as design and field commissioning of smoke management and control systems. He is also an accomplished public speaker, having been asked to speak to local chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the American Consulting Engineers Council, the American Fire Alarm Association and the National Park Service.


Edward A. Hubner, PE
Principal and Mechanical/Electrical Department Manager

Mr. Hubner joined EBL Engineers, LLC in 1987 as a Mechanical Project Engineer. He earned his Bachelors of Architectural Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1985. Mr. Hubner is a registered Professional Engineer in both Maryland and Pennsylvania. He is active in numerous Professional Associations including ASHRAE, the Chesapeake Area Society for Healthcare, the Consulting Engineers Council of Maryland, the International Facility Management Association and the Maryland Council of Design Professionals.

Mr. Hubner's primary responsibility is for the coordination and scheduling of projects in the firm's Mechanical/Electrical Department. Drawing on his experience in the design of commercial, institutional and government applications, Mr. Hubner is able to interface into a broad range of projects to ensure each commission is completed on time, within budget and technically correct. He has been involved in projects requiring HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, industrial ventilation, thermal storage, piping, energy management systems and consideration for construction phasing to maintain operations during renovation and expansion of
existing facilities.

His specialized areas of expertise are computer analysis for energy conservation and life cycle cost analysis, design of direct digital energy management and control systems, and central plant design.


Edward M. Fraczkowski, PE
Principal and Fire Protection Department Manager

Mr. Fraczkowski joined EBL Engineers in 1990 after starting his career as a fire protection engineer with a world-wide industrial company specializing in special hazard fire protection, analysis of water supplies and fire protection systems, code compliance and life safety systems. He later was employed by the U.S. Navy as a fire protection engineer in its Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Washington, DC. Here he was exposed to a wide variety of building systems including work on the design of fire protection systems for aircraft hangars, including those housing the President's aerial fleet - Air Force One and Marine One.

Mr. Fraczkowski is a registered Professional Engineer in Maryland and has held offices in the Chesapeake Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and the Engineering Society of Baltimore. He is also a member of the Chesapeake Area Society for Healthcare, the National Fire Protection Association and the National Society of Professional Engineers.

Mr. Fraczkowski manages the Fire Protection Department and also actively engages in fire protection engineering projects both in the United States and internationally. His specialties include the analysis of new and existing structures for code compliance, design of fire protection systems to meet national fire protection standards and the client's particular needs, and field commissioning and acceptance testing of egress systems and fire protection systems.