Barry Isett & Associates is comprised of highly experienced consultants who specialize in helping hotel, resort, casino, conference center, club, spa and restaurant owners and operators realize the full potential of their physical assets and engineering operations.  We are adept in improving property appearance, operating efficiency, and asset longevity through execution of maintenance programming and capital reinvestment.

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem

Bethlehem, PA

• Site/Civil engineering
• Structural engineering
• HVAC/Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Plumbing design
• Fire protection engineering

Slated for a May 2011 opening, the full service hotel will feature 300 rooms, 22 suites, 8,000 sq ft of meeting space, an indoor pool, and a fitness center.

BIA is providing MEP engineering design for the entire hotel and site/civil, structural and MP engineering in the design of a 3,000 sq ft  fitness center.  The 60-million-dollar facility located adjacent to the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, is said to be the first full-service hotel to be constructed in the Lehigh Valley in over 20 years.

The Inn at Charles Town

Charlestown, West Virginia

• Structural engineering
• MEP engineering
• Fire protection engineering

New Construction of 92,000 SF, 150-room, first-class facility. The Inn at Charles Town is located on the grounds of Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races - a vintage pre-World War II entertainment palace that offers fine dining, off track wagering, slots, multiple movie theaters, banquet facilities, and lounges.  The Inn at Charles Town offers comfortable guestrooms and features 18 spacious suites, all with views of the thoroughbred racetrack.   

Grand Eastonian Suites

Easton, PA

SERVICES 

• Civil engineering
• Structural engineering
• HVAC/Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Plumbing engineering
• Fire protection engineering
• Construction services
• Environmental services

Abandoned in 1989, the hotel remained closed for nearly a generation with significant damage on the interior and upper levels.  In 2004, the building was acquired and renovated as a condominium with great care for the surviving historic features, while combining the upper levels’ 170 hotel rooms into 30 suites. This use has restored numerous elements of the original building as well as retaining its original elevator lobbies.

BIA provided all engineering services in the conversion of a historic hotel into 30 luxury condominium suites, with street level retail and service uses.  BIA Construction Services prepared a property condition assessment.  BIA Civil provided the landscaping, as well as parking lot design.  BIA Environmental identified and coordinated the removal of underground storage tanks.  BIA structural reconfigured interior space, and designed building repairs and modifications, which included elevator shaft modifications, repairs to cracking concrete floor slabs and terrazzo, and repair of deteriorated concrete floor joists. 

Hyatt Place Bethlehem

Bethlehem, PA

Services:

BIA was the structural engineering consultant in the design of a six-story hotel in the heart of Bethlehem, PA.  Designed of pre-cast concrete with plank and load bearing masonry walls, the building features an indoor pool, fitness center and breakfast room.

Holiday Inn Express

Lebanon, PA

• Structural engineering

BIA provided structural redesign services for this new hotel  to provide a more cost-effective  design with reduced construction costs.