Burns Wald-Hopkins Shambach Architects, Inc.

Burns Wald-Hopkins Shambach Architects, Inc., doing business as Burns & Wald Hopkins Architects Inc., is a Tucson, Arizona-based Women-Owned Small Business certified by the Small Business Administration. The firm provides comprehensive architectural and engineering services to federal government agencies, specializing in facility design, renovation, infrastructure improvements, and technical assessments across diverse project types and geographic locations. With an established presence in the federal contracting marketplace since at least 2011, Burns & Wald Hopkins Architects Inc. leverages its expertise to support critical infrastructure and facility modernization initiatives across military, healthcare, and scientific research sectors.

Through its federal prime contract awards, Burns & Wald Hopkins Architects Inc. has delivered extensive architectural and engineering services across multiple federal agencies. The firm has executed significant work for the Air Force's Air Combat Command at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, including a $1.1 million dormitory renovation project encompassing interior wall reconfiguration and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection system upgrades; a $710,559 architectural and engineering services delivery order; a $513,227 architectural and engineering services contract; a $263,765 Office of Special Investigations Building 4320 renovation design project; electrical distribution infrastructure surveying work valued at $20,567; Heritage Park aircraft display area design services totaling $75,647; and additional facility design and construction services valued at $384,276. The Indian Health Service has awarded the firm numerous delivery orders totaling approximately $3.2 million for diverse healthcare facility infrastructure projects, including dental clinic renovations at Taos-Picuris and Jicarilla facilities; Phoenix Indian Medical Center projects encompassing HVAC design, pavement improvements, pharmacy systems design, grease interceptor design, office space renovation, and campus accessibility renovations; mechanical systems projects; water treatment and emergency access infrastructure at Supai; healthcare facility site improvements; egress and ligature protection design; pharmacy clean room design; and deficiency analyses at multiple IHS facilities. The Smithsonian Institution has contracted with the firm for architectural and engineering services valued at approximately $1.218 million, including special use permit updates for Forest Service requirements, Hantavirus remediation at base camp facilities, energy efficiency improvements, and equipment shed construction at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona. These delivery orders collectively demonstrate the firm's capacity to manage complex facility improvement projects across geographically dispersed locations and diverse technical requirements, with most contracts designated as total small business set-asides where applicable.

Burns & Wald Hopkins Architects Inc. has received one federal grant sub-award documented in its award history. On April 8, 2025, the firm was awarded a sub-grant from Pinal County Arizona for design and engineering services related to the rehabilitation of the San Manuel Community Center. This grant award reflects the firm's capability to support community infrastructure improvement initiatives beyond traditional federal agency contracts, extending its architectural and engineering expertise to support local government facility modernization efforts.

Burns & Wald Hopkins Architects Inc. holds three active federal contract Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity vehicles. The firm maintains a $10 million single-award IDIQ with the Indian Health Service for nationwide architectural and engineering services, awarded March 5, 2024, with a completion date of March 4, 2026, designated as a total small business set-aside. Under this vehicle, the firm has delivered task orders for office and conference space design at IHS facilities and the Supai Water Treatment, Emergency Access, Laundry Room, and Backup Power project. The firm also holds a $9.4 million multiple-award IDIQ contract with the Air Force's Air Combat Command, established January 5, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of January 4, 2027, designated as a total small business set-aside for architectural and engineering services performed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. This contract vehicle has generated approximately $3.7 million in task order awards to date, supporting diverse facility modernization and infrastructure improvement projects at the installation. Additionally, the firm recently secured a $1 ceiling value single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Smithsonian Institution, awarded November 20, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of December 1, 2034, designated as a total small business set-aside. This IDC was competitively awarded under the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's solicitation for Architect-Engineer services supporting new construction, repairs, renovations, and infrastructure projects at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory and Base Camp facilities in Amado, Arizona, with individual task orders not to exceed $7 million. Together, these three contract vehicles provide Burns & Wald Hopkins Architects Inc. with substantial vehicle capacity to continue delivering architectural and engineering support across federal healthcare, military, and scientific research infrastructure programs.

BWS Architects consists of a highly trained professional staff of 13, which includes six registered architects. The firm is led by principals Robin Shambach and Frank Slingerland, who carefully select projects so that they can stay fully engaged in key roles from start to finish. Arthur Stables, who has been with BWS for over 20 years, is the firm's specification writer, cost estimator and sustainability coordinator. Susan Gray, formerly a principal for the DLR Group in Phoenix, is now a senior project manager for our firm and leads our Phoenix office. Our staff also includes seasoned project architects, dedicated construction administrators, and enthusiastic graduate professionals all committed to the success of our projects and the satisfaction of our clients.