Fifty civil engineering firms are celebrating a major accomplishment, but it’s not the type of honor they typically enjoy for executing a great project. No, this honor is much more personal and, consequently, much more meaningful to the firms’ leaders and staff.
On September 28, the top 50 and honorable mention 2006 Best Civil Engineering Firms To Work For were announced at an awards presentation during the Best Firm To Work For Summit. Firms on the list are honored for achieving high levels of employee satisfaction and a great workplace.
Shanon Fauerbach, P.E., editorial director for CE News, which hosts the ranking program, said, “This year, 157 firms competed in the thorough evaluation and comparison of their culture, benefits, performance/recognition practices, compensation, professional development programs, recruiting and retention efforts, and more. All of these firms are committed to creating a positive work environment for their staff. The top 50 firms are reaching the goal.”
And besides the pride in knowing that employees have a great place to go to work each day, firms will reap tangible benefits form this honor. Fauerbach said, “The number one challenge firms face today is hiring and keeping employees who have the technical skills and the attitudes that fit within their organizations. Receiving recognition for achieving an excellent workplace will put these firms ahead of others when competing for the best candidates in the market.”
The 2006 Best Civil Engineering Firms To Work For are as follows:
1. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Cary, N.C., 2,025 employees
2. RBF Consulting, Irvine, Calif., 961 employees
3. Appledore Engineering, Inc., Portsmouth, N.H., 24 employees
4. Provost Pritchard Engineering Group, Inc., Fresno, Calif., 130 employees
5. Hall Foreman, Inc., Irvine, Calif., 215 employees
6. Fehr Peers, Walnut Creek, Calif., 143 employees
7. Atwell-Hicks, Ann Arbor, Mich., 432 employees
8. Langan Engineering Environmental Services, Elmwood Park, N.J., 594 employees
9. Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc., Fountain Valley, Calif., 92 employees
10. Mid-Valley Engineering, Inc., Modesto, Calif., 110 employees
11. Psomas, Los Angeles, 675 employees
12. Stanley Consultants, Muscatine, Iowa, 943 employees
13. Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., Watertown, Mass., 830 employees
14. Wood Rodgers, Inc., Sacramento, Calif., 408 employees
15. Walter P Moore, Houston, 335 employees
16. Robert Peccia and Associates, Helena, Mont., 47 employees
17. McCarthy Engineering Associates, P.C., West Lawn, Pa., 31 employees
18. Traffic Planning and Design, Inc., Pottstown, Pa., 108 employees
19. Geotechnical Environmental Services, Inc., Las Vegas, 45 employees
20. MSCW, Orlando, Fla., 126 employees
21. Delta Airport Consultants, Inc., Richmond, Va., 78 employees
22. Roth Hill Engineering Partners, LLC, Bellevue, Wash., 50 employees
23. J.L. Patterson Associates, Inc. , Orange, Calif., 50 employees
24. R.A. Smith Associates, Inc., Brookfield, Wis., 235 employees
25. Chen and Associates, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 20 employees
26. Golder Associates Inc., Atlanta, 975 employees
27. CRW Engineering Group, LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, 50 employees
28. Olsson Associates, Lincoln, Neb., 521 employees
29. NorthStar Engineering Group, Inc., Modesto, Calif., 36 employees
30. Kleingers and Associates, Inc., West Chester, Ohio, 88 employeesv
31. Simpson Gumpertz Heger Inc., Waltham, Mass., 271 employees
32. Wolverton Assoc., Inc., Duluth, Ga., 91 employees
33. GeoSyntec Consultants, Inc., Atlanta, 578 employees
34. A. Morton Thomas and Associates, Inc., Rockville, Md., 165 employees
35. Judith Nitsch Engineering, Inc. , Boston, Mass., 63 employees
36. BHC Rhodes, Overland Park, Kan., 45 employees
37. J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc., Boise, Idaho, 270 employees
38. Wallace Engineering – Structural Consultants, Inc., Tulsa, Okla., 140 employees
39. Winzler Kelly Consulting Engineers, Santa Rosa, Calif., 263 employees
40. Bolton Associates, LLC, La Plata, Md., 59 employees
41. Quincy Engineering, Inc., Sacramento, Calif., 44 employees
42. West Yost Associates, Davis, Calif., 95 employees
43. Barr Engineering Co., Minneapolis, 310 employees
44. Sharrah Dunlap Sawyer, Inc., Redding, Calif., 37 employees
45. Capital Consultants, Inc., Lansing, Mich., 93 employees
46. Johnson, Mirmiran Thompson, Inc., Sparks, Md., 457 employees
47. Cole Associates, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., 63 employees
48. David Evans and Associates, Inc., Portland, Ore., 948 employees
49. FOX Engineering Associates, Inc., Ames, Iowa, 43 employees
50. Matrix Design Group, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., 125 employees
Honorable mentions include:
Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc., Portland, Ore., 69 employees
Morton Pitalo, Inc., Sacramento, Calif., 90 employees
Thomas Hutton Engineering Co., Savannah, Ga., 330 employees
V3 Companies, Ltd., Woodridge, Ill., 370 employees
Vector Engineering, Inc., Grass Valley, Calif., 240 employees
This ranking was developed six years ago by CE News to provide the industry with a meaningful ranking concerning human resources issues in the civil engineering industry, as well as to assist firms in their recruiting and retaining activities. Many people in the industry believe it has helped “raise the bar” of firms’ workplace practices nationwide.
