Nic Johnsen leads Fire Protection Engineering

Johnsen’s holistic approach adds value through performance-based design, informed by contracting and risk-management experience.

Steven Andersen promoted to National Laboratory Specialist

The new position establishes a national resource for all LEO A DALY studios and markets to offer best-in-class laboratory design

Ed Benes, PE, named President and Deputy CEO

Benes will work closely with Leo A. Daly III, the firm’s third-generation owner and CEO, to shape the future of LEO A DALY

Minnesota Army National Guard Division Headquarters wins SAME Grand Design Award

Recognized as one of the best works of federal architecture built this decade, the LEO A DALY-designed facility reimagines the National Guard readiness center for a new era of warfighting, peacekeeping and emergency response missions

LEO A DALY transforms Capitol Hill office building into mixed-use development

The $200 million project will add three stories, a new skin and a vibrant mix of uses to a former government building

Micaela Sheffield named a Boutique 18 honoree

The award, given by Boutique Design, recognizes the rising design stars behind hospitality’s most buzzed-about venues

Micaela Sheffield, an interior designer on our Dallas Hospitality design team, has been named a 2021 Boutique 18 honoree. The prestigious award, given by Boutique Design magazine, recognizes “rising design stars who are creating today’s (and tomorrow’s) most buzzed-about hospitality venues.”

Micaela is an interior designer with five years of experience working on the LEO A DALY Hospitality team. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a BFA in Environmental Interior Design and a Certificate of Entrepreneurship. Micaela had her sights set on a career in hospitality and, after graduation, moved from Philadelphia, PA, to Dallas, TX, to accept an interior designer position at LEO A DALY. Immersing herself in the industry, Micaela has led her studio’s team in IIDA’s Lavish Design Event, participated in community charitable events Gingertown and CANstruction, and is in her third year on the NEWH Dallas chapter’s Board of Directors.

In February 2021, Micaela was one of four employees firm-wide to be awarded the LEO A DALY Director’s Award, “granted in recognition of exceptionally meritorious leadership…[and] exceptional achievement, which substantially contributed to the success of LEO A DALY.”