Our team is excited to be participating and presenting next week at the Rocky Mountain APPA Conference in Tempe, AZ hosted by Arizona State University Facilities Development and Management. With its theme, "Thriving in the Heat," focusing on sustainability, resilience, and innovative facilities management in challenging climates, the event will bring educational facilities mana...

White Plains, NY – August 5, 2026 — Marx Okubo is happy to share leadership updates, this time in its Northeast region. Samuel Kemp, PE, has been promoted to Vice President in the Northeast region. In this role, he manages and directs day-to-day regional operations, as well as has responsibility for project scheduling and peer reviews, which creates the foundation of quality co...

Pasadena, CA – July 14, 2026 — Marx Okubo is pleased to announce the promotion of Jason Morris, AIA, RRO, BEC-2, to Vice President in the firm's West region. Since joining Marx Okubo in 2018, Morris has established himself as a respected leader, combining deep technical expertise with a collaborative approach to serving clients and developing teams. In his new role, he will con...

At Marx Okubo, uncertainty doesn't stand a chance, and this is especially applicable when communities come together with purpose. Recently we were proud to support the incredible work of the Manna Food Center. Several members of our team in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia area worked together to sort roughly 1200-1600 lbs. of food in support of the organization...

Marx Okubo is excited to join the Bisnow Data Center Investment Conference And Expo (DICE) this week, May 12-14. Amit Desai, Senior Associate, IDCA DCIE®, CDCDP®, Uptime ATD, will be sharing insights from a due diligence perspective in the panel session, "Delivery at Scale: Turning Big Pipelines into Real, Buildable Projects," exploring how owners, builders, and designers are p...

Recently, Marx Okubo's Supriya Shrestha, Senior Project Manager, attended along with Eliseo B., Chief of Strategic Growth & Special Operations, and Lisa V., Senior Human Resources Manager of Horizon Treatment Services, a valuable training exercise hosted by the OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT at the existing building of the future site of the Telegraph Recovery Center, ahead of its pla...

Denver, CO – September 25, 2025 — Marx Okubo is pleased to announce that Craig Sanford has been named our new Chief Financial Officer effective September 15. Sanford and Tammy Taylor will be Co-CFOs for a time of transition, and Tammy will be going part-time in 2026 until her retirement. As CFO, Sanford will define and lead our financial strategy, ensuring operational and finan...

After over three years in development by a team of over 200 people representing diverse expertise and contributions, the final ASTM E3429-24: Standard Guide for Property Resilience Assessments (PRA) was published recently and has been gaining important traction in its implementation the past couple of months. This critical guide provides a standardized process to inform decisio...

Marx Okubo is honored and excited to be attending and presenting at the upcoming annual International Association of Museum Facility Administrators (IAMFA) Conference, held in New York City on October 13-17, 2024. Our panelists will be discussing how to prioritize museum facility capital expenditures and how to create strategies for building system replacements and extending th...

Marx Okubo is looking forward to this year's GAPPA (Georgia Association of Physical Plant Administrators) event at the Jekyll Island Convention Center this weekend in Jekyll, GA on May 25 - May 29, 2024, where Mark J. Hulme, AIA, CASp, APAC-BE, LEED AP BD+C, Assistant Vice President, will be giving a presentation titled "ADA Compliance Strategies, Lessons Learned." Ensuring ADA...

At Marx Okubo, we have an ongoing commitment to making organizational changes to continue to evolve, stay agile to meet changing market needs, and bolster our teams. To get there, we are committed fostering a workplace that not only rewards hard work, but also provides a supportive environment for professional development and personal growth. In that spirit, Marx Okubo is excit...

With the season of giving in full swing, recently the Southeast Region coordinated and participated in efforts to give back to the community in its important "Day of Giving." Through Marx Okubo's supportive volunteer program, The MO Effect, our employees can choose to take time off to volunteer in activities that enhance and serve the communities in which we live and work. The...

At BoxWorks, Box's annual conference on October 11 in San Francisco, Marx Okubo will help present a showcase on how we have participated in the development of Box's new product, Hubs. Matt Hoey, Assistant Vice President of Technology, will be representing Marx Okubo as a presenter at this event. One of the most important aspects of developing innovative, new products like Box H...

Marx Okubo is pleased to announce we recently received the 2022 PSMJ Circle of Excellence award. PSMJ’s exclusive Circle of Excellence is designed to recognize AEC firms that are most successfully managed, based on 13 key performance metrics that demonstrate outstanding achievements in profitability, staff growth, cash flow, productivity, business development, overhead manageme...

We are proud to share that Carlina Chung, Project Coordinator at Marx Okubo, will be presenting next week at the Earth USA 2022 11th International Conference on Architecture & Construction with Earthen Materials — Friday, September 23 to Sunday, September 25, 2022 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In association with University of San Francisco, Carlina will present Friday afternoon on...

Together with Mark Lawson, P3 Portfolio Director, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, Marx Okubo’s Joseph Milam, PE, CIAQP, CEM, LEED AP, AVP and Director of Mechanical Engineering, presented "Real World Application of APPA Standards" at the annual GAPPA conference May 28 through June 1 in Jekyll Island, Georgia. They discussed the APPA standards, how Marx Okubo use...