June 2004

Green Bay Firm’s Growth Bucks Recent Trend

A Green Bay area design consulting firm is growing significantly, despite industry trends that show declining profits among engineering and architecture firms.

In fact, the growth prompted a recent office expansion that nearly doubled the physical size of their office (1345 North Road, Ashwaubenon) to 13,500 square feet.

“We’ve consistently increased billings, number of clients, and staff capacity since 1995,” said Dean Freeberg, manager of Mead & Hunt’s Green Bay office.  “Our firm enjoys stability and increased capabilities because of smart business decisions that focus on client and employee success.”

Mead & Hunt’s Green Bay office offers transportation engineering for airports (including Austin Straubel International Airport, pictured at right) and highways/bridges, municipal infrastructure engineering, land surveying, and construction administration.  The staff size has nearly tripled in nine years, and the client base continues to grow.

“It has been exciting to watch our firm flourish in what have been lean times for the design consulting industry,” said Raj Sheth, president of Mead & Hunt.  “Diversity in service drives our growth, as well as the strong commitment each employee makes to our clients.”

Recently, Mead & Hunt moved up more than 80 places in the Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms list in 2003.  The firm rose from 347th place to 265th in one year.  In 2004, Mead & Hunt was named one of the top 10 design firms to work for in the nation by Civil Engineering News magazine.

Mead & Hunt provides professional services in the fields of historic preservation, architecture, municipal and infrastructure engineering, transportation engineering, and water resource engineering to clients throughout the US.  Mead & Hunt was recently recognized on the The Zweig Letter Hot Firm 2003 List as one of the top 100 fastest growing A/E firms.  Founded in 1900, Mead & Hunt is a privately held, employee-owned corporation with offices nationwide.