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projects. If you’ve been following hydrogen, we’re aggressively going after work in that market. We see the hydrogen thing in the next five to ten years becoming really hot, like electric is today. That’s coming quick. Water is another huge issue right now. We’re working in markets where they have found ways to grow plants with 97 percent less water, and we’re involved in those projects. So a lot of cool stuff is coming.

You asked what makes us different. I have worked in and been a part of leadership and ownership in a number of other architecture and engineering firms over the years. We’re different in that we look at opportunity a lot differently than they do. We’re actually out creating work for ourselves, finding people to link together. We’re not afraid of projects that we haven’t ever done before. We look at that as an opportunity to show our expertise. It’s an opportunity to get an award the first time we do that type of project. So, we’re excited about that. The team we’ve assembled is extremely competent and they won’t stop until a project is perfect in their mind. That’s one of our core values here at Brunton, and that’s why we’re different.

Do you do renovations or are all your projects new construction?

Corey: There’s always going to be renovation. We call them adaptive reuse projects. For example, in Mankato the old Mankato Design Center was originally a furniture warehouse. The Minnesota Valley Action Council was the old Johnson Outdoors with no windows in it. Our current project in Pensacola is also an adaptive reuse project. Sometimes it does not make sense to tear a perfectly good skeleton or shell down. It makes more sense to pour the money into renovating it. Not every project needs to be a startup from the ground up. We evaluate that for our clients to find out if there is that value and make a recommendation.

Can you give me an idea of the size of your projects?

Corey: We’re working on an $82 million community center project right now, and several $30 and $40 million medical facilities. That’s unusual for a company of our size. We’re 31 people strong in two offices. We have another office in Hopkins, Minnesota. It’s those opportunities that allow us to recruit top talent from much larger, bigger names than ours, and we’re proud of that.

Are there any projects right now that you’re really excited about?

Corey: We just finished up Newport City Hall/Public Safety, which is in a suburb in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area. They’re right on the river and it was a great project. It was a city hall, a fire station with a public safety/law enforcement component to it. It turned out great and we’re hoping it can win some awards. There’s an awful lot of work that we’re doing in North Dakota and Wisconsin that is super exciting and extremely challenging for us. Like we said before, each of these projects are 100 percent unique. They’re fun projects that offer unique opportunities for the team to dive into. I’ve never had more fun in my life.

Colin: The most exciting project I’m working on is a geothermal system out of North Dakota that’s going to be a central facility feeding three buildings off of one field. It’s focusing on a carbon neutral footprint and being able to load share between buildings. It’s a community center, a senior living facility and a medical facility. So, the load profiles will be different between those buildings. Some may be in heating while others are in cooling. We’ll share that energy from one building to another building through that central plant. It’ll be a really cool facility.

Jessica: That’s the project that I’m most excited about working on right now, too. I have three different designers who are working independently on each of the projects, and I get to work as the unifying piece … telling the story and connecting the design of the three buildings. We’re also working on a smaller renovation project at Open Door Health Center here in Mankato. It’s been really gratifying because the client is really excited. You know you’re making a difference. The work you’re doing is impactful, even if it’s not on a grand scale. So even the smaller projects are gratifying.

How many projects have you completed in the Mankato area?

Corey: You can stand at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Victory Drive and

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