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A Healer's Hand + The Nest • 5th June 2025

Postpartum Recovery + Fourth Trimester Care at AHH

Postpartum recovery begins the moment birth ends, and it deserves thoughtful, ongoing care.
The fourth trimester — the first 12 weeks after giving birth — is one of the most profound periods of transformation in a person’s life. While much of the attention naturally shifts to the newborn, the birthing parent’s recovery and well-being often receive less care than they truly need.

A Healer's Hand + The Nest • 29th March 2025

Lighten Up: The Whole-Body Benefits of Lymphatic Drainage

Feeling heavy, puffy, or sluggish? You’re not alone, and your lymphatic system may be calling for a little extra love. At AHH, we offer lymphatic drainage support treatments designed to assist your body’s natural detox processes, reduce swelling, and leave you feeling lighter, more balanced, and restored.

A Healer's Hand + The Nest • 10th February 2025

Glowing Through Pregnancy: A Guide to Safe + Effective Skincare

Pregnancy is a time of incredible transformation — not just emotionally and physically, but for your skin too. Hormonal changes can bring about everything from glowing radiance to unexpected breakouts, pigmentation, and sensitivity. If you’re wondering how to safely care for your skin during this chapter, you’re not alone — and we’re here to help.

A Healer's Hand + The Nest • 7th June 2024

The Science of Touch: How Massage Supports Mental Health

In our fast-paced world, mental health challenges like anxiety, stress, and burnout are increasingly common. Long to-do lists, digital overwhelm, and the constant pressure to perform can take a serious toll on both the mind and body. While therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes play key roles in mental well-being, there’s another powerful tool often overlooked: therapeutic touch.

A Healer's Hand + The Nest • 12th January 2024

Prenatal Massage Benefits for Pain, Swelling, and Better Sleep

Does the thought of carrying a growing baby fill you with joy…and dread for the aches and pains pregnancy often brings? You’re not alone. Over 70% of pregnant women experience physical pain affecting the low back, pelvic girdle, or abdomen, which can make even everyday tasks feel like a struggle. But there’s good news! Prenatal massage can be your secret weapon for combating pregnancy-related discomfort and rediscovering relaxation during this special time.

Madison Family • 22nd June 2023

Not Your Average Massage: Uplifting Women + Reclaiming Maternal Health at A Healer’s Hand + The Nest

This article shines a spotlight on Nicole Budeau, founder of A Healer's Hand + The Nest (AHH), and her deeply personal journey to becoming a business owner. Through this lens, the piece highlights how AHH integrates therapeutic care to fill critical gaps in maternal health.

Affiliated Engineers • 3rd January 2023

University of Oregon, Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, Phase I

Opened in 2020, the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact (Knight Campus) establishes a vibrant and dynamic new hub for interdisciplinary research and scientific innovation at the University of Oregon (UO) campus.

With an emphasis on reshaping the state’s public higher education landscape, Knight Campus provides cutting-edge core facilities designed to drastically reduce the time it takes for translating scientific discoveries into innovative technological applications

Affiliated Engineers • 13th December 2022

Tis the Season: Gratitude and Cheers for a Bright New Year

A special time for reflection, appreciation, and celebration, the holidays are once again upon us. It is with great gratitude and deep pride that we look back on 2022 — an extraordinary year characterized by powerful partnerships and phenomenal progress.

With eyes to the future, we look forward to a new year and new opportunities for continued collaboration and innovation.

Happy holidays from all of us at AEI — cheers!

Affiliated Engineers • 2nd December 2022

Dane County Recognizes AEI as 2022 Climate Champion

AEI Madison is honored to be recognized as a 2022 Climate Champion.

Celebrating sustainability leadership, advocacy, outreach, and innovation, the esteemed Climate Champion program — a Dane County and The Office of Energy and Climate Change (OECC) initiative aligning with Dane County Climate Action Plan goals — recognizes local businesses for outstanding achievements across ten key categories, from building energy use and design performance to water conservation and carbon emissions.


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Affiliated Engineers • 30th November 2022

Collaborative White Paper Highlights Innovative Spectral Lighting System at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Published by ZGF Architects (ZGF) with contributions from Pivotal Lighting Design (Pivotal), the collaborative white paper, “The Story of the Critical Care Building Neonatal Care Spectral Lighting System,” highlights the one-of-a-kind fully customized spectral lighting system implemented in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC).

The comprehensive white paper features collective testimony and lighting design insights from an integrated pa

Affiliated Engineers • 14th November 2022

Consulting-Specifying Engineer Highlights AEI Thought Leadership in Fire Protection & Intelligent Building Design

From smoke dampers to smart buildings, AEI Senior Commissioning Engineer John Herboth and Principal Sanjyot Bhusari share key industry insights while emphasizing fire protection, life safety, and technology systems planning and design in three recent Consulting-Specifying Engineer (CSE) article features:
• Benefits of Using Professionals for Smoke Damper Investigation and Repair Services

Recently declared a top content feature by CSE, the article by AEI’s John Herboth — Benefits of Using Profes

Affiliated Engineers • 8th November 2022

National STEM/STEAM Day 2022: Engaging the Next Generation of Global Change Makers

While National STEM/STEAM Day may only fall once a year, ongoing youth engagement and outreach is at the very core of everyday life here at AEI. To ensure continued human progress, the next generation of global change heavily relies not only on innovations across science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEM/STEAM), but, more importantly, the motivated individuals and professionals dedicated to pursuing careers in these critical fields.


In honor of 2022 National STEM/STEAM Day

Affiliated Engineers • 3rd October 2022

Exact Sciences Clinical Processing Lab Wins First Place in 2022 ASHRAE Technology Awards

AEI is pleased to announce Building Performance Consultant Shana Scheiber and Principal Rick Flock have been recognized in ASHRAE Journal’s September Issue for their work on Exact Sciences’ Clinical Processing Laboratory — one of the first-place winners in the 2022 ASHRAE Technology Awards.

Featured as part of the Journal’s 2022 ASHRAE Technology Award Case Studies titled, Odor Avoidance Primary IAQ Concern for Lab Design, this project required extensive design team collaboration and highly spe

Affiliated Engineers • 3rd October 2022

Celebrating (and Commemorating) that Summer State of Mind

From the East Coast to the Pacific Northwest, team members from AEI Charlottesville and AEI Seattle were excited to partake in two engineering site visits investigating surgical and cleanroom space.

As part of an air handling unit replacement effort, individuals from AEI Charlottesville took the night shift at a prominent academic medical center based in Charlottesville, Virginia, to evaluate existing conditions — including temperature, humidity, and pressure control — across three operating ro

Affiliated Engineers • 21st September 2022

Supporting Local: AEI Attends AIA Wisconsin Design Gala & Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation Anniversary Celebration

Celebrating 25 years of supporting women and families through vital health services, education, and outreach, the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation (WWHF) held its Party on the Rooftop anniversary event at the iconic Monona Terrace in downtown Madison last Saturday night.

AEI was a proud sponsor of the event, which included a moving presentation by Tommi Thompson, executive director of WWHF, highlighting the organization’s many accomplishments and impact over the past 25 years.

Affiliated Engineers • 14th September 2022

Collins Aerospace Celebrates Grand Opening of North Wind Tunnel

Team members from AEI Madison were thrilled to attend the recent ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the highly anticipated grand opening of Collins Aerospace’s North Wind Tunnel facility in Rockford, Illinois.

Designed to advance the company’s signature Ram Air Turbine product — innovative aircraft technology that deploys in the event of critical power loss — the $18 million project expands the company’s overall testing capabilities while establishing a state-of-the-art wind tunnel facility fe

Affiliated Engineers • 14th September 2022

Lab Manager Highlights AEI Project Innovation at Caltech and California Air Resources Board

Following recognition in its 2022 Design Excellence Awards program, Lab Manager recently published two articles highlighting the California Institute of Technology’s (Caltech) Chen Neuroscience Research Building and the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Southern California Headquarters.

Each project serves as a modern steward of sustainable design and laboratory innovation, and AEI was honored to collaborate on these efforts.

Affiliated Engineers • 7th September 2022

Driving Future Change: California Air Resources Board’s Southern California Headquarters Raises the Bar for All-Electric Building Design

The culmination of collaborative innovation, the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) new Southern California Headquarters – Mary D. Nichols Campus establishes one of the most advanced vehicle emissions testing and research facilities in the world, as well as the largest zero net energy (ZNE) structure of its kind across the United States — setting a new standard for sustainable, human-centric design that drives future change and advances the planet towards decarbonization. A beacon of enviro

Affiliated Engineers • 31st August 2022

Ology Bioservices, Advanced Development & Manufacturing Facility

Specializing in pre-clinical and clinical development, formulation optimization, and cGMP manufacturing across five core modalities — biologics, cell therapy, gene therapy, nucleic acids, and vaccines — Ology Bioservices (Ology) collaborates with a robust interdisciplinary network infrastructure to produce a diverse suite of biopharmaceutical products and medical devices and increase consumer accessibility to life-saving therapies.

Supporting this mission and expanding its biopharmaceutical foo

Affiliated Engineers • 15th August 2022

Expanding Green Infrastructure in Wisconsin: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Visits Franklin Electric Manufacturing Facility

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) — along with AEI project team members and representatives from Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) — recently visited a Madison-based manufacturing facility to get a first-hand preview of Franklin Electric’s innovative new switchgear technology used in electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

Addressing the state’s increased investments in green infrastructure, Baldwin referenced the National Electric Vehicle Initiative (NEVI) program, which provides federal

Affiliated Engineers • 15th August 2022

California Air Resources Board and Gilead Sciences Among ENR California 2022 Best Projects Winners

Highlighting outstanding design throughout the Golden State, ENR California recently announced the winners of its 2022 Best Projects competition, with special recognition for projects demonstrating significant achievements in sustainability and safety.

ENR California’s Excellence in Sustainability award honors projects going above and beyond in sustainable design, energy efficiency, and environmental stewardship — from building materials to community impact.


The ENR California Excellence in

Affiliated Engineers • 5th August 2022

Three AEI Project Winners Announced in Lab Manager’s 2022 Design Excellence Awards

AEI is thrilled to announce three firm projects were recently honored in Lab Manager’s 2022 Design Excellence Awards competition, including the California Institute of Technology's (Caltech) Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Neuroscience Research Building, the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Southern California Headquarters, and the University of Oregon’s Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact.

Recognizing and honoring excellence in research laboratory planning, design,

Affiliated Engineers • 3rd August 2022

Celebrating Licensed Professional Engineers Across the Globe

In honor of the seventh annual Professional Engineers (PE) Day, we are celebrating AEI’s talented team of licensed engineers — and those across the globe — whose engineering and design innovation continuously seeks to protect and uphold public health, safety, and welfare.

Established in 1907, the professional engineering license signifies an extraordinary commitment to not only advancing science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) but collaborating to create a better world.

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Affiliated Engineers • 2nd August 2022

Jeremy Barrette Discusses HVAC Systems for Labs & Research Facilities in Consulting-Specifying Engineer Webcast

Join AEI Principal Jeremy Barrette — in association with Principal Brandon Fortier from IMEG Corp. — on Thursday, August 11, 2022, for an engaging Consulting-Specifying Engineer (CSE) webcast discussion outlining key HVAC system planning and design considerations for modern labs and research facilities.

From air change rates and relative humidity to cross-contamination and energy savings, a range of topics will be covered throughout the discussion. Participants will also learn about applicable