Tim Kittila
Director, Facilities Assessment
Minneapolis, MN
Tim Kittila oversees Kraus-Anderson’s Facilities Assessment services, its growing consulting initiative that helps building owners gather valuable insight and data on existing facilities systems and conditions. Kittila brings to KA deep experience in delivering technical concepts and solutions through data-driven, financial, engineering and risk analysis. KA assessments are a comprehensive review, which include all aspects of a working/operating facility such as substructure, envelop, interiors, MEP, building site work equipment, technology as well as other systems. Kittila, and the growing facility assessment team, manage the delivery of comprehensive Facility Condition Assessments (FCA). The FCA identifies current deferred maintenance and upcoming facility expenditures and systems conditions, and develops overall costs and timing for facility projects, which helps determine the status and condition of a facility.
Prior to joining KA, he served as data center business unit director for Eden Prairie-based Parallel Technologies, which designs and builds infrastructure solutions that integrate technology throughout data centers and buildings. He previously was a partner and vice president of St. Paul-based Hypertect, which designs and builds mechanical and electrical systems for enterprise data centers. Kittila also was the IT administrator for Chester River Hospital in Chestertown, Md.
Kittila earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.; and his MBA from University Delaware’s Lerner College of Business and Economics in Newark, Del. He is a professional mechanical engineer and accredited tier designer. Kittila is a member of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).