Scott Twele, PE
Managing Principal Southwest Region, President, Fire Protection Engineering
DBIA
San Diego
Meet Scott
For anyone who has worked with Scott, you are keenly aware that the President has a larger-than-life personality with a passion for leadership and teambuilding. As president, Scott leads Coffman’s Regional and General Managers and is responsible for the operational side of the business. He works to safeguard Coffman’s value of office autonomy while rallying the team around central strategies and objectives of the business. Scott is also the Southwest Regional Manager, a member of the Executive Committee, and an elected director on Coffman’s Board of Directors.
Scott is an experienced fire protection engineer and has acted as an advisor to design teams, construction teams, and building owners on compliance with local and international fire safety codes and standards. His project experience includes fire and life safety consulting using California Building and Fire Codes, International Building and Fire Codes, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes, and Federal Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC). He has experience with design, inspection, and testing fire alarm mass notification, fire detection, fire sprinkler, fire suppression (including clean agent, AFFF, and High Expansion Foam) fire pump, and standpipe systems. His areas of focus include healthcare, aircraft hangars, higher education facilities, laboratories, high-rise buildings, historic structures, and detention and correction facilities.
Scott attended the University of Maryland earning a Bachelor of Science in fire protection engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Redlands. He is a DBIA accredited professional and was named one of Consulting Specifying Engineer’s 40 Under 40 winners in 2012.