On September 28, the top 15 and honorable mention 2006 Best Structural 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 based on their culture, benefits, performance/recognition practices, compensation, professional development programs, recruiting and retention efforts, and more.
The 2006 Best Structural Engineering Firms To Work For are as follows:
1. Walter P Moore, Houston, 335 employees
2. PCS Structural Solutions, Tacoma, Wash., 47 employees
3. Hinman Consulting Engineers, Inc., San Francisco, 17 employees
4. Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Inc., Seattle, 139 employees
5. Wallace Engineering – Structural Consultants, Inc., Tulsa, Okla., 140 employees
6. Timothy Haahs Associates, Inc., Blue Bell, Pa., 40 employees
7. Simpson Gumpertz Heger Inc., Waltham, Mass., 271 employees
8. OBEC Consulting Engineers, Eugene, Ore., 92 employees
9. Steven Schaefer Associates Inc., Cincinnati, 49 employees
10. KL, Inc., Golden, Colo., 38 employees
11. Beaudette Consulting Engineers, Inc., Missoula, Mont., 29 employees
12. Pruitt Eberly Stone, Inc., Atlanta, 48 employees
13. KingGuinn Associates, P.A., Charlotte, N.C., 10 employees
14. DCI Engineers, Bellevue, Wash., 135 employees
15. Halvorson and Partners, P.C., Chicago, 31 employees
Honorable mentions include:
Bliss Nyitray, Inc., Miami, 45 employees
Collins Engineers, Inc., Chicago, 97 employees
DASSE Design Inc., San Francisco, 61 employees
Datum Engineers, Inc., Dallas, 49 employees
Ehlert/Bryan, Inc., McLean, Va., 33 employees
John A. Martin Associates of Nevada, Inc., Las Vegas, 46 employees
Lionakis Beaumont Design Group, Sacramento, Calif., 190 employees
Rutherford Chekene, a California Corporation, San Francisco, 72 employees
Uzun Case Engineers, LLC, Atlanta, 52 employees
Walker Parking Consultants/Engineers, Inc., Elgin, Ill., 292 employees
This ranking was developed to provide the industry with a meaningful ranking concerning human resources issues in the structural 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.
