Dana L. Landis

Experience

Since joining WJE in 2010, Dana Landis’s project work has included building enclosure commissioning (BECx) and peer review services, facade assessments, and hygrothermal analysis of various facade systems. She also develops repair and rehabilitation documents, conducts water leakage investigations, and provides construction observation services.

Ms. Landis has experience with various new and existing construction types, including commercial, university, healthcare, life science, low- and high-rise residential, and pharmaceutical. She regularly performs evaluations of masonry, terra cotta, limestone, concrete, EIFS, metal panel, glass facades, and roofing.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Building Enclosure Consulting and Commissioning

• Penn Medicine Pavilion - Philadelphia, PA: Design-assist and BECx of 1.5-million-square- foot clinical facility
• Penn Medicine Center for Healthcare Technology - Philadelphia, PA: Building enclosure consulting and quality assurance services for new office building
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care - PA: Roofing and waterproofing consulting and quality assurance services for ambulatory care center, including 2.6-acre plaza
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Roberts Center for Pediatric Research - PA: Building enclosure consulting and quality assurance services for 500,000-square-foot research tower
• Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children - Wilmington, DE: Building enclosure consulting and quality assurance services for new clinical facility
• WellSpan York Cancer Center Expansion - York, PA: Design-assist and BECx for 67,100-square-foot building expansion
• 2222 Market Street - Philadelphia, PA: BECx, design-assist, and performance testing for new 305,000-square-foot building utilizing prefabricated exterior wall panels and unitized curtain wall
• University of Pennsylvania, Gutmann College House: BECx of new dormitory facility with green roof
• Celgene Office Building - Summit, NJ: BECx of new office building comprising prefabricated brick and metal panels, curtain wall, skylights, and roofing systems
• Geisinger GMC Lab - Danville, PA: BECx of new laboratory facility
• Toyota PE Office - Georgetown, KY: BECx for new, state-of-the art automotive testing lab and administrative building

 

Building Science

• Reading Hospital - Reading, PA: Thermal analysis of fenestration systems
• Bryn Mawr Hospital - Bryn Mawr, PA: Thermal analysis of fenestration systems
• York Hospital - York, PA: Infrared inspection of existing roofs

 

Leakage Investigation

• Symphony House - Philadelphia, PA: Investigation of precast concrete, terrace waterproofing, and curtain wall
• Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA: Investigation of numerous buildings and cladding types
• University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro - NJ: Investigation of punched windows
• 3711 Market Street - Philadelphia, PA: Investigation of insulated metal panel and green roofing systems
• 777 South Broad Street - Philadelphia, PA: Investigation of brick masonry, TPO roofing, ACM panel, and curtain wall systems

 

Facade Assessment

• Lafayette Building - Philadelphia, PA: Assessment of historic brick masonry, terra cotta, and limestone cladding
• 1601 Locust Street - Philadelphia, PA: Assessment of historic limestone cladding

 

Repair and Rehabilitation Design

• Radisson Blu Warwick Hotel - Philadelphia, PA: Repair design for historic brick, terra cotta, and limestone cladding
• 900 Biscayne Boulevard - Miami, FL: Design of metal panel overclad
• 1619 Walnut Street - Philadelphia, PA: Repair design for brick masonry cladding

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Civil Engineers
Architectural Engineering Institute
Architectural Glass and Metal Certification Council, board member
Building Enclosure Council - Philadelphia Chapter
International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants - Delaware Valley Chapter, past president

Registrations

Professional Engineer in PA

Education

Drexel University
Bachelor of Science, Architectural Engineering, Structural Concentration, 2010