About Scott
Growing up in a small town in Minnesota, Scott spent most of his spare time during his younger years at the local hockey rink where his mother spent countless hours as the local hockey association’s treasurer. It didn’t take long to understand the dedication and hard work it took to maintain and operate an ice arena facility both by the municipalities and by the youth hockey organizations. As Scott grew older and moved on to college at the University of Minnesota, he continued to play hockey at the club level and men’s leagues and coached youth hockey teams. As he talked to the rink managers and others at the facilities, a common story was told. The rink managers would describe how their ice systems were failing way before expected the repair and operating costs were high, it was difficult to maintain good ice quality, and their buildings were deteriorating.
After graduating from college and working for a large consulting engineering firm that served municipal clients, Scott eventually gravitated to the recreational division where he started designing ice systems for ice rink facilities. At the time, he was also working on his master’s degree in civil engineering. He changed his degree to mechanical engineering to better focus on the needs of ice rink facilities.
Scott has spent the past 27 years of his 30 year engineering career focusing on ice arena facilities and designing systems that are sustainable, energy efficient, perform at the highest level, and are as affordable as possible. Scott approaches each project with the same goals, to provide solutions that best fit the client’s needs and long term goals; to design systems that will outperform expectations, meet the project budget, and minimize the cost of operation; and to provide a higher level of confidence that the systems are installed according to the design intent. Meeting these goals leads to a stronger foundation that will aid in the facility’s financial and social success.