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Coleman Consulting LLC
Baltimore, MD
Engineering the envelope
- Services
- 16
- Offices
- 1
- Projects
- 12
- Leaders
- 2
- Founded
- 2008
Overview
Coleman Consulting LLC is a focused building envelope engineering practice serving the Baltimore and mid-Atlantic region. Coleman Consulting provides full-spectrum investigation, analysis, design, design peer review, construction assistance, and failure investigation of building envelope components from foundation to roof. Its work spans large commercial, institutional, and governmental buildings, ranging from historic structures to modern pressure-balanced rainscreen curtainwall assemblies. Founded in 2008 by licensed Professional Engineers Pamela and Christopher Coleman, the practice brings decades of building envelope expertise to campuses, hospitals, courthouses, and multi-family properties.
- Founded
- 2008
Services
Building Envelope Diagnostics & Investigation
Evaluates exterior wall assemblies, roofs, and foundations to pinpoint the root causes of performance failures.
Building Envelope Design & Engineering
Develops detailed plans and specifications for repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of building enclosure systems.
Design Peer Review
Evaluates construction drawings and specifications to identify potential performance risks and suggest enhancements before construction begins.
Construction Support & Commissioning
Assists clients during construction to verify that building envelope systems are installed in accordance with design requirements.
Specification Development
Drafts detailed technical standards and testing protocols for critical envelope components such as air barriers.
Industries
Firm type
Projects
University of Maryland Baltimore County - Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building
Baltimore, MD | University of Maryland Baltimore County | Life Sciences
Baltimore County Circuit Courthouse
Baltimore County, MD | Justice & Corrections
University of Maryland, Baltimore - Health Sciences Facility
Baltimore, MD | University of Maryland, Baltimore | Healthcare
Notre Dame Maryland University - Gibbons Hall
Baltimore, MD | Notre Dame of Maryland University | Education
Charleston VA Hospital
US Department of Veterans Affairs | Healthcare
Drawing and specification peer review, including development of document improvements, for a new building.
The Warrington Condominium
Multifamily Residential
2 Hopkins Plaza
Commercial
Harborview Condominium
Multifamily Residential
Our Lady Queen of Peace
Religious
Barefoot Country Condominium
Multifamily Residential
Baltimore Gas & Electric Company Headquarters Exterior Plaza Waterproofing
Baltimore, MD | Baltimore Gas & Electric Company | Commercial
Design for the replacement of an exterior plaza waterproofing system.
Credentials and affiliations
Leadership
Pamela S. Coleman
Owner
P.E., LEED AP
Pamela Coleman is the owner of Coleman Consulting. Originally from Kansas, she came to Baltimore in 1990 to attend Johns Hopkins University. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in May of 1994 and completed the Honors Combined Bachelor's/Master's Program to receive her Master of Civil Engineering degree from JHU one year later. During school and through the spring of 1996 she interned at Forensic Technologies International, Inc. in Annapolis, where she analyzed structural failure modes and developed failure scenarios. She then worked as a Project Engineer at LPJ Inc. on structural designs for low-rise building projects before joining Century Engineering as a Project Manager and Project Engineer. Her responsibilities there included structural investigations, new construction design, historic renovations, and marine facility engineering. She earned her Professional Engineering license in 2000 and her LEED accreditation in 2003, subsequently co-founding Coleman Consulting with her husband, Chris, to fill a niche in the Baltimore area for specialized building envelope engineering.
Christopher R. Coleman
Chief Engineer
P.E., LEED AP
Christopher Coleman is the Chief Engineer of Coleman Consulting. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a structural concentration. He began his career at Skarda and Associates working on structural design of low-rise buildings in the Mid-Atlantic region. In 1997, he transitioned to Gale Associates, Inc., where he spent 12 years developing specialized expertise in building envelope engineering, forensic investigations, and construction phase services across the United States and internationally, including secure envelope evaluations for US Embassies. He co-founded Coleman Consulting in 2008 to deliver high-quality technical expertise with a dedicated personal touch.
Offices
Headquarters
HeadquartersBaltimore, MD