Architectural Designer Ashley O’Hern and Administrative Assistant Susan Attig are the latest additions to Murphy & Dittenhafer’s award-winning staff.
Architectural Designer Ashley O’Hern
Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects has bolstered its design and office staff with the addition of Architectural Designer Ashley O’Hern and Administrative Assistant Susan Attig.
Both Central Pennsylvania natives say they were attracted to the firm by its reputation and its work in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
“I liked that the firm had its hands in so many projects and is respected in the community,” says O’Hern, who joined the firm last August.
“It is a longstanding and well-respected company,” adds Attig, who arrived in October.
The new employees bring with them an array of talents and experience that the firm is putting to full use.
Administrative Assistant Susan Attig
Specializing and fanning out
O’Hern, who has worked in the field for six years, earned a bachelor’s degree in Architectural and Environmental Design at Morgan State University, where she started working on virtual reality projects that would become her specialty.
In college, she often heard about Murphy & Dittenhafer from a professor who had worked with Frank Dittenhafer, president and co-founder of the firm.
Her abilities in digital technology and architectural renderings strengthened her credentials in seeking this job, she says. She previously used that expertise at a top-300 architectural firm in New Jersey where she produced retail renderings for developers of large chain-store venues.
Like us on Facebook!
In a recent Murphy & Dittenhafer project she designed security protocols for kindergarten entrances at seven public schools in Maryland, as well as classroom additions. She and Dittenhafer co-designed a small residence project, and in her marketing work at the firm, she completed a proposal for a golf course clubhouse.
One of the firm’s major projects that she is excited about is the redevelopment of York’s Northwest Triangle, a long-vacant industrial tract that will house more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing, retail, office, and residential space on a walkable urban campus. O’Hern is producing visualizations for that project, with construction to begin in Fall of 2020 .
O’Hern says she appreciates getting to work on all aspects of projects, including visual renderings, architectural design, and preparation of construction documents. The promise of being able do to all that, she notes, led her to accept the position with the firm.
Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects took on the Architecture, Interior Design, & Overall Project Management for the new Bedford Elementary School, and the outcome is impactful.