Engineered Air history

EAB was awarded the Women and Children’s Building at Baylor Hospital in Dallas in late 1958.

In February 1962, EAB met with the Corp of Engineers at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

EAS was incorporated in Missouri on December 24, 1981.

EAS acquired Allis-Chalmers Corporation's Defense Systems Division on March 30, 1982.

Engineered Support Systems Inc. went public on the NASDAQ exchange on August 21, 1985, under the ticker symbol EASI. Revenues were $51 million in 1985; net income was about $2 million.

Our third office was opened in San Antonio in 1991 and managed by Gaylon Richardson.

In preparation of the Alamodome’s opening in May of 1993, EAB was hired because of our specifically trained and equipped team of experts.

The Bexar County Jail project, testing smoke control systems for jails, resulted in the development of ASHRAE guidelines for commissioning smoke management systems which was approved in 1994.

ESSI's earnings more than doubled in 1995, thanks in part to its military programs shifting from development to production phases.

In 1996, EAS won a production contract for a new Kevlar-coated fabric shelter it had developed to protect Army troops from chemical or biological attack.

A major competitor, Keco Industries Inc., was acquired in June 1998.

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States made defense stocks in demand again after a decade of uncertainty and downsizing following the end of the Cold War.

Universal Power Systems, Inc. (UPSI) was acquired in June 2002.

Engineered Specialty Plastics Inc. and Lifetime Faucets Inc. were sold to a private equity group for $7.4 million in April 2003.

The Cynthia Mitchell Basic Science Research Building on the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center campus was completed in September 2005 to further research in the areas of immunology, molecular biology and human cancer genetics.

EAB began work in 2006 reviewing the design documents at each design milestone for balance-ability, reviewed submittal data and performed construction observations prior to implementing complete HVAC system testing.

The project was completed October 1, 2009, and launched EAB into the Building Commissioning Industry.