Engineering At Nebraska magazine: Fall/Winter 2021

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8' - 2" AFF MacKenzie brothers lift the shade on Veil

“It’s not something Ben and I planned,” said Adam of the burgeoning business partnership with his twin brother. “But it’s something we’re both passionate about and it’s an idea that’s really taken off for us in a short amount of time.”

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education 10' - 0" markets. Both brothers have made the full-time N move to Veil, especially now that the company has found a great deal of success designing and integrating motorized LV $ roller shade systems. Also partners in Budget Blinds, a commercial and residential contractor, the combined design and build revenue for Veil and Budget Blinds was $2.5 million in 2020, with 2021 tracking to be an even better year.

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An advocate of thoughtful and purpose-driven 24' - 0" design, Ben focuses on improving the status 4 3/16"and delivering novel 20' - 0" solutions to his clients. 4 3/16" quo Ben has a wide array of experience with nearly a decade as a mechanical engineer specializing in healthcare and large venue design through numerous methods of project delivery. He brings his experience to Veil, offering a first-of-its-kind APC-1 8' - 2" AFF solution to shading design and construction.

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“Our commercial growth is explosive, targeting to double annually for the next five years,” noted Ben. “We have DIV 26 CONTRACTOR TO ROUGH IN secured more than $1.7 million in SINGLE commercial contracts GANG RECESSED SWITCH, PROVIDE CONDUIT IN WALL AND since leaving Henderson.”

Since graduating from UNL, the MacKenzies have worked asFpracticing engineers at Henderson Engineers out of Kansas City, specializing in the healthcare and higher

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Detail, coordination, and completeness. All are APC-2 AEC critical aspects of any project delivery in the APC-2 9' - 6" AFF 9' - 6" AFF industry that Adam has spent years focusing 4 7/8" 11' - 6 7/16" 4 7/8" 8' - 0" 11' - 6 7/16" 4 7/8" on as a project manager, lighting designer, and practicing electrical engineer on many K-12 and higher education projects across N N N the country. J J Adam brings these skills to Veil to design and M deliver industry-leading automatedMshading systems. His goal: To redefine what it means to properly design, build, and commission an intelligent shading system inWIC-1 modern buildings. WIC-1 WIC-1 WIC-1.20

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