We Make Buildings Work! With more than 55 years of design excellence, Barton Associates provides quality MEP engineering and lighting design solutions across the Mid-Atlantic region. As a 100% employee-owned company, we provide outstanding benefits to our team, our clients, and the communities we serve.Barton Associates is the trusted leader in providing innovative, cost-effective and sustainable design solutions for every client. Our firm specializes in the education and healthcare markets and serves other markets such as senior living, multi-family & mixed-use, corporate/workplace, cultural, libraries, municipal and sports & recreation.Barton's mission statement – We Make Buildings Work – is based on five principals. Our professionals are dedicated to knowing these markets and understanding the current design guidelines, applicable codes and latest technology associated with them. Barton tailors each design with precision to offer clients customized choices, rather than cookie-cutter solutions. Our design solutions are practical, in that even our most elaborate designs are centered on constructability, and they provide continuous long-term benefits to the system's end-user. We are especially proud of the longevity of the systems we design and our client relationships. Focus. Dedication. Precision. Practicality. Longevity. These five principals inspire Barton to provide exceptional engineering solutions that make buildings work.