Please join us in welcoming Lee Howell, P.E. as Development & Construction Insight (DCI) newest Senior Project Manager

Please welcome Lee Howell, P.E., Senior Project Manager!

Lee Howell, P.E., brings over two decades of multidisciplinary engineering and project leadership experience to his role as Senior Project Manager at DCI, with a special emphasis on healthcare, laboratory, and utility infrastructure projects. Known for his technical depth and solutions-oriented mindset, Lee is a licensed Professional Engineer with a proven record of successfully managing complex mechanical systems and delivering projects across highly regulated environments.

Lee joins DCI following a distinguished career with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he led over 40 projects totaling $35M and assumed leadership of the central utility plant supporting a major research campus.

His expertise includes HVAC, high-temperature hot water systems, life safety upgrades, lab renovations, steam and chilled water distribution, and facility commissioning. He was instrumental in coordinating multi-agency infrastructure work, including serving as the NIH liaison to the EPA, and earned a Green Champion Award for reducing thermal losses on campus through innovative restoration techniques.

His background also includes managing validated pharmaceutical environments at GlaxoSmithKline and overseeing construction of over 30 buildings in high- security military facilities during his tenure with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Across these roles, Lee has led teams through all phases of project execution, from initial scope definition and stakeholder engagement to technical review, contractor oversight, and closeout. He has deep knowledge of mechanical systems in healthcare and lab environments, including cGMP standards, cleanroom requirements, HVAC commissioning, steam and process systems, and high-reliability infrastructure.