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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT<br />

NATIONAL<br />

ENGINEERS<br />

WEEK<br />

February 17-23, 2019<br />

In 1951, the National Society of Professional Engineers founded National Engineers <strong>Week</strong> in<br />

conjunction with George Washington’s birthday. The week is a time to recognize the contributions<br />

to society engineers make, and for engineers to emphasize the importance of learning math,<br />

science and technical skills.<br />

Here are some of the companies and organizations with a presence in the region that are focused<br />

on developing education and careers within the engineering industry. >>


10 Feb. 18 - 24, 2019 Corridor Business Journal<br />

College of <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

A prestigious engineering program<br />

is nothing without passion —<br />

inspiring future engineering<br />

leaders, pursuing groundbreaking<br />

research, transforming technology<br />

to make a difference, celebrating<br />

diversity of thought and culture,<br />

and creating solutions to make<br />

Iowa and the world a better place.<br />

» 13 engineering majors and 6 minors<br />

» 9,530 student enrollment<br />

» Average 95% placement rate six<br />

months after graduation and average<br />

starting salary of $63,500<br />

» Assisted 1,705 Iowa businesses<br />

generating an economic impact of<br />

$621 million and 4,954 jobs added<br />

or retained<br />

» 300+ faculty dedicated to teaching,<br />

research and student achievement<br />

» Provide statewide K-12 STEM outreach<br />

and training programs<br />

» More than $105 million spent on<br />

externally sponsored research<br />

» Internships, learning communities, study<br />

abroad, 80+ engineering organizations<br />

and hands-on experience help shape<br />

student success


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ESCO<br />

Group<br />

ESCO Group’s three business units<br />

are fused together by collaboration.<br />

The company specializes in automation,<br />

electrical and power to provide<br />

comprehensive expertise to its clients.<br />

Launched in 2018, its OneESCO initiative<br />

is an internal push to thoughtfully<br />

and strategically eliminate team silos.<br />

Based in Marion, ESCO Group works<br />

with businesses across 47 states and<br />

multiple countries. Its services range<br />

from plant automation and electrical<br />

construction to electrical and power<br />

engineering. In order to serve its commercial<br />

and industrial clients, ESCO<br />

employees are encouraged to cultivate<br />

partnerships outside of their immediate<br />

team.<br />

“Leveraging our subject matter expertise,<br />

our goal is to know your facilities<br />

and processes as well as you do. We<br />

not only have intimate knowledge of<br />

your site’s requirements and technologies,<br />

but that information is shared<br />

across our groups,” explained Michael<br />

Azevedo, business unit director for<br />

ESCO Automation.<br />

On a traditional jobsite, separate<br />

companies are hired to perform individual<br />

services. But each firm only<br />

has a narrow viewpoint based on their<br />

specialty area. They also may not have<br />

open communication with the other<br />

project partners.<br />

“Charity has<br />

been part of<br />

the company’s<br />

DNA since it<br />

was founded in<br />

1964.”<br />

Stacy Cannoy,<br />

Director of Marketing,<br />

ESCO Group<br />

“This can result in anything from<br />

project inefficiencies like electrical design<br />

changes due to physical worksite<br />

constraints to protective device coordination<br />

issues that impact a facility’s<br />

overall Electrical Safety and Risk Mitigation<br />

Program,” noted Azevedo.<br />

ESCO recognizes that collaboration<br />

is the key to safer, more efficient projects.<br />

Each project includes numerous<br />

kickoff, coordination and alignment<br />

meetings to ensure every team member<br />

is fully briefed.<br />

With 250 employees, ESCO Group<br />

frequently hosts events such as holiday<br />

dinners and family baseball nights to<br />

bring together employees.<br />

“It’s important for everyone to have<br />

the chance to socialize and make connections<br />

outside of the normal work<br />

day. We even have a golf outing where<br />

every team has people from different<br />

divisions,” said Stacy Cannoy, director<br />

of marketing.<br />

ESCO’s philanthropic work is another<br />

avenue for employees to form relationships.<br />

“We are only as strong as our community.<br />

Charity has been part of the<br />

company’s DNA since it was founded<br />

in 1964. An opportunity like<br />

>><br />

Contents<br />

ESCO Group 11<br />

FOX <strong>Engineering</strong> 14<br />

HR Green 14<br />

McClure 15<br />

Miron Construction 13<br />

MMS Consultants 15<br />

Nelson Electric 16<br />

Shive-Hattery 13<br />

Shoemaker & Haaland 16<br />

Snyder & Associates 17<br />

Stanley Consultants 17<br />

Terracon 18<br />

Veenstra & Kimm 18<br />

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United Way’s Day of Caring helps unite employees<br />

from all parts of the company,” Cannoy explained.<br />

Internal communications also promote cohesiveness.<br />

ESCO emails a company-wide Project Spotlight<br />

every week. The newsletter is so popular that it averages<br />

a 70 percent open rate.<br />

“In addition to celebrating recent successes, Project<br />

Spotlight helps employees learn about services in another<br />

division,” Cannoy said. “They can use this information<br />

to direct clients to the right resource. We think<br />

of every employee as a member of our sales force.”<br />

ESCO Group also shares a bulletin called Near Misses,<br />

which discusses how to learn from close calls in the field.<br />

“We have improved our safety rating by 14 percent<br />

in the past year by being transparent about safety situations<br />

and providing employees with actionable takeaways,”<br />

Azevedo noted.<br />

Even office staff participate in safety training. Called<br />

4 Hours to Save a Life, it covers first aid, CPR and vehicle<br />

safety. The company also purchases all employee<br />

safety equipment. Every piece of safety gear is then<br />

tracked, especially as flame-resistant items must be replaced<br />

after the expiration date.<br />

ESCO started as a family company and that spirit<br />

continues today. All non-union employees<br />

are ESOP (employee stock ownership plan),<br />

owning 40 percent of the company.<br />

“We are proud to have an employee-first<br />

mentality,” said Cannoy. “When you take<br />

care of your employees, they will take care<br />

of your clients.” •<br />

Miron<br />

Construction<br />

For Miron Construction, the credo “You Are Where You<br />

Live” is more than words; it is standard.<br />

“This is great place to live and work,” said Michael<br />

Muhlenbruch, Miron’s vice president of business operations<br />

in Cedar Rapids. “And this is a great company to work<br />

for. We might be a big company, but we are still primarily a<br />

family business and that’s what makes us special.”<br />

In recent years, Miron has constructed a number<br />

of notable projects in the region including the Hotel<br />

at Kirkwood Center, Paramount Theatre, University of<br />

Iowa Mary Louise Petersen and Elizabeth Catlett Residence<br />

Halls, University of Iowa Visual Arts Building,<br />

Jean Oxley Linn County Public Service Center and the<br />

Westdale Mall Redevelopment.<br />

They are also deeply involved in the community.<br />

“We are heavily involved locally with great organizations<br />

like the United Way and Green Square Meals,”<br />

Mr. Muhlenbruch said. “At the university we support<br />

Summer of the Arts, loaning them scaffolding for<br />

the shows, putting up signs, things like that. We encourage<br />

our entire to team to work on these. And if<br />

they have service projects that aren’t on our list, we<br />

encourage our team members to bring them to us<br />

and we’ll help too.”<br />

Miron is always looking for great candidates to join<br />

their team, but Mr. Muhlenbruch said that in one area,<br />

those candidates are getting harder to find.<br />

“Lots of people want to get into construction but they<br />

end up wanting to be in the office more than out doing the<br />

heavy work,” he said. “There’s a real shortage of carpenters,<br />

sheet metal workers and other skilled laborers. We are<br />

running out of people to do the quality work that we need<br />

done and that’s really unfortunate. As an industry we need<br />

to go out and find those valuable individuals.” •<br />

“We might be a big company, but<br />

we are still primarily a family business<br />

and that’s what makes us special.”<br />

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uity of technology are changing the way we approach<br />

solutions and influence success for nearly all of today’s<br />

businesses.<br />

Technological advancements in graphic virtualization<br />

and real-time engineering simulation are transforming<br />

the design process for buildings and infrastructure.<br />

At Shive-Hattery, our architects and engineers<br />

understand that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality<br />

(VR) are natural extensions of building information<br />

modeling (BIM). They have embraced the benefits<br />

of transforming traditional two-dimensional drawings<br />

into interactive 3-D digital models.<br />

How do our clients benefit from this technology?<br />

Providing detailed and accurate visualizations transforms<br />

your project into a living, breathing representation<br />

of a building or site. Clients and designers can<br />

take a 3-D walking tour of the project and will see its<br />

physical and functional characteristics — before it is actually<br />

built. By bringing projects to life, it helps everyone<br />

understand the project better (seeing is believing),<br />

promotes better communication and decision-making,<br />

helps minimize construction challenges and reduces<br />

change orders during construction. Post-completion,<br />

these models can assist with maintenance and facilities<br />

management and could be used for future expansion<br />

projects.<br />

While VR provides a fully-engaged experience allowing<br />

for elevated understanding of aesthetic appeal and<br />

intuitiveness of design, AR can overlay a 3-D model<br />

onto our real-world project site to allow for a detailed<br />

examination by future building occupants. It is a fantastic<br />

tool to get your employees excited about the project.<br />

To see firsthand how BIM, VR and AR could help<br />

your next project, feel free to contact Mark Seabold<br />

(Iowa City) or Garret Meierbachtol (Cedar Rapids) and<br />

we will be happy to give you a demonstration. •<br />

FOX <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

FOX <strong>Engineering</strong> specializes in water and wastewater<br />

solutions that help cities and industries provide clean water.<br />

They are celebrating their 25th anniversary, and according<br />

to company Vice President Steve Troyer, one key<br />

to success is finding the right people.<br />

“The market requires that engineers have more advanced<br />

training in specialty areas and be open to new<br />

solutions,” he said. “There are no standard answers to issues,<br />

and more research is required to provide the best<br />

solutions. This leads to a demand for highly trained engineers<br />

who can adapt to each situation. We support events<br />

like Iowa Children’s Water Festival and MATHCOUNTS<br />

to encourage young people to find their strengths in math<br />

and science.”<br />

FOX <strong>Engineering</strong>, located in Ames, has worked on numerous<br />

projects in the Corridor in recent years:<br />

North Liberty:<br />

– 2018: New 6 MGD Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment<br />

Plant<br />

– 2018: Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase II, a $15.5<br />

million expansion<br />

Cedar Rapids:<br />

Wastewater Treatment – projects include improvements<br />

to disinfection, sludge thickening, grit and the primary<br />

sludge screen process.<br />

– 2012 to 2019: East Growth and West Growth Areas<br />

Water and Sewer Extensions<br />

Washington:<br />

New wastewater and water treatment plants for<br />

this Iowa community of 7,400. •<br />

HR Green<br />

Cedar Rapids-based HR Green, Inc. has a long history of<br />

promoting opportunities for future engineers. According<br />

to Erin Dusil, the company’s director of human resources,<br />

that begins before graduation.<br />

“The focal point of our educational outreach is our<br />

internship program,” Ms. Dusil said. “We bring in 20<br />

interns per year — company-wide — and have been successful<br />

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(into permanent employees). It’s really the crown jewel<br />

of our program.”<br />

“We don’t just bring in interns to do leftover tasks or<br />

menial duties,” she said. “We put them on consequential,<br />

meaningful projects that give them responsibilities<br />

for the project.”<br />

For example, Ms. Dusil talked about an intern — a civil<br />

engineering student at Iowa State — who was able to work<br />

on project for a community in southeast Iowa that was in<br />

the process of revitalizing its downtown, while preserving<br />

its historic look.<br />

“She was able to work on the cityscape, designing sidewalks<br />

and things like that,” Ms. Dusil said.<br />

In addition to the college outreach, HR Green also<br />

works at the high school level.<br />

“We annually host an ‘Exploring <strong>Engineering</strong> Day’<br />

for students in a seven-county area,” she said. “It’s part<br />

of Kirkwood’s Workplace Learning Program; they get the<br />

chance to work on some real-world projects.” •<br />

McClure<br />

For McClure, the vision really says it all:<br />

“Making lives better.”<br />

According to Jenna Nelson, the company’s Marketing<br />

and Business Operations Lead, that is the mantra the<br />

company lives by both for its clients and employees.<br />

“We work every day to create an environment that allows<br />

us to give our best to our clients,” she said.<br />

McClure is dedicated to finding the best new talent and<br />

is constantly on the lookout for individuals who fit the<br />

McClure core values and have a passion for making lives<br />

better. The company recruits from colleges like Iowa State,<br />

the University of Iowa and Missouri for interns who they<br />

hope turn into employees. But keeping that talent is not<br />

easy, as the reputation of quality Midwestern engineering<br />

students is not a well-kept secret.<br />

“We used to go to career fairs at places like Iowa State<br />

and find that most of the firms were pretty much local,”<br />

Ms. Nelson said. “Now we see companies from out East<br />

and the West Coast there; Iowa State now has a waiting list<br />

for engineering firms that want to come to its career fair.<br />

“We want to keep that talent, which is why we work so<br />

hard to make McClure a great place to be!” •<br />

MMS<br />

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“We are homegrown and we like it that way!”<br />

That pronouncement from MMS Consultants’ Marketing<br />

Director Tim Crosby best sums up his firm’s<br />

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Industrial Engineers 35.86%<br />

Mechanical Engineers 15.48%<br />

Electrical Engineers 12.44%<br />

Engineers, All Other 9.98%<br />

Civil Engineers 8.71%<br />

Electronics Engineers 4.37%<br />

Environmental Engineers 3.38%<br />

Health and Safety Engineers 3.00%<br />

Materials Engineers 1.75%<br />

Aerospace Engineers 1.34%<br />

Computer Hardware Engineers 1.26%<br />

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philosophy. From the majority of the company’s projects<br />

being located within 100 miles of its headquarters in Iowa<br />

City, to its recruiting goals, MMS has a definite local focus.<br />

“We draw people from a diverse talent pool,” Mr. Crosby<br />

said. “Environmental engineers are in high demand,<br />

and we are lucky to have some potential candidates right<br />

in our backyard.”<br />

MMS brings in two summer interns annually with a<br />

goal that of hiring at least one of them.<br />

“It’s always a goal,” Mr. Crosby said, “but it’s easier<br />

said than done.”<br />

“Environmental engineers<br />

are in high demand,<br />

and we are lucky to<br />

have some potential<br />

candidates right in our<br />

backyard.”<br />

Tim Crosby, Consultants Marketing<br />

Director, MMS<br />

He said that in the past students like to get out into the<br />

world and staying “home” isn’t always palatable. However,<br />

that trend could be changing.<br />

“We were at a recent career fair at the University of<br />

Iowa and many of the students we talked to seemed to<br />

want to stay right here,” he said. “We hope that trend<br />

continues.”<br />

MMS also likes to get that trend started early, beginning<br />

with presentations to STEM programs at area schools.<br />

“Della Caldwell, one of our engineers, goes out and<br />

does the presentations,” he said. “She loves doing it.” •<br />

Nelson Electric<br />

Education and outreach are essential for Nelson Electric of<br />

Cedar Rapids as it celebrates its 50th anniversary in business.<br />

TJ Meiners, Nelson Electric Vice President, is on the<br />

board of the Eastern Iowa ACE (Architecture, Construction<br />

and <strong>Engineering</strong>) Mentoring program.<br />

“The program works with local high school students,<br />

giving them a chance to do real hands-on projects that<br />

develop skills for the future,” he said.<br />

Through the National Electrical Contractors Association,<br />

Nelson Electric works closely with Iowa State University<br />

on the NECA’s Green Energy Challenge. Student<br />

chapters of NECA from across the country are invited to<br />

conduct an energy audit and retrofit proposal of a building<br />

on their campus or in their community.<br />

“It’s been very rewarding,” Mr. Meiners said. “Iowa<br />

State has won five years and it has been great to have been<br />

part of that.”<br />

Nelson Electric has also had great success recruiting interns,<br />

which has two-way benefits.<br />

“We have hired engineering students from both Iowa<br />

State and the University of Iowa,” Mr. Meiners said. “One<br />

thing for sure is that having them [the interns] really gets<br />

our existing staff to step up their game. Those kids come<br />

in with new ideas and new technologies and remind us<br />

that we need to keep up.” •<br />

Shoemaker &<br />

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Company president Doug Weihe said the company is<br />

committed to working with schools to groom a new generation<br />

of engineers.<br />

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Connection,” he said. “Two or three times a year we bring<br />

in high school students for half-day job shadowing experiences.<br />

We also have 40-hour high school summer intern<br />

positions. Those students are about to go out to job sites,<br />

work with surveyors and even attend meetings.”<br />

At the college level, the company offers internships for<br />

both two- and four-year students.<br />

“We offer internships with Kirkwood’s Architectural<br />

Technologies Program,” Mr. Weihe said. “It’s a twoyear<br />

degree for drafting technicians — 120-hours total.<br />

We have hired several of them. It’s hard to find experienced<br />

production technicians because of the changes<br />

in technology, but the students going out of this program<br />

are prepared.”<br />

The company also has interns annually from Iowa<br />

State and the University of Iowa.<br />

“We have a young lady from Cyprus who came to us as<br />

an intern from Iowa State we are sponsoring,” Mr. Weihe<br />

said. “We are very happy to have her with us.” •<br />

Snyder &<br />

Associates<br />

“Mother Nature<br />

cannot be controlled,<br />

which is why we work<br />

in tangent with her to<br />

provide sustainable<br />

engineering.”<br />

Dave Moeller, President,<br />

Snyder & Associates<br />

In 2018, Central Iowa experienced a 100-year flood event,<br />

putting Fourmile Creek in jeopardy and Snyder & Associates’<br />

engineering design to the test.<br />

Prior to the flood, Fourmile Creek experienced severe<br />

streambank erosion that left sanitary sewer infrastructure<br />

at risk for exposure. Using natural channel design concepts<br />

and integrating ecological lift techniques, Snyder’s<br />

design team transformed an environmental liability into<br />

a community asset. Stabilizing the banks provided additional<br />

benefits including improved water quality, increased<br />

safety and reduced flood risks.<br />

“We are proud of the restoration and overall improvement<br />

to Fourmile Creek,” said Dave Moeller, president of<br />

Snyder & Associates. “We don’t always have the opportunity<br />

to see our designs pushed to their limits. Realizing<br />

the profound impact of our engineering brought fulfillment<br />

for the entire team.”<br />

Supplying their employees with opportunities for Realization<br />

of Impact (ROI) on projects provides the clients<br />

of Snyder & Associates the ability to overcome evolving<br />

21st century challenges.<br />

“As our firm evolves, we continue to provide solutions<br />

that make a big difference for our clients,” shares<br />

Moeller. “Mother Nature cannot be controlled, which is<br />

why we work in tangent with her to provide sustainable<br />

engineering through a mix of hard and green infrastructure<br />

improvements.” •<br />

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Consultants<br />

Stanley Consultants, a Muscatine-based consulting engineering<br />

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18 Feb. 18 - 24, 2019 Corridor Business Journal<br />

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT<br />

NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK<br />

focused on employee development (both personal and<br />

technical), networking and mentoring. Ultimately, the<br />

group’s goals and initiatives benefit all employees, as evidenced<br />

through two mentoring programs.<br />

The YPG’s traditional mentoring program, launched in<br />

January, paired senior mentors with junior mentees. Applications<br />

were used so pairs could be formed based on<br />

goals and mutual interests. For six months, each pair will<br />

meet at least monthly to create an action plan focused primarily<br />

on the development of the younger member.<br />

The YPG’s innovative reverse mentoring program<br />

will kick off this spring. Senior staff will be paired with<br />

young employees based on random selection. This program<br />

will focus on recruiting and retention, company<br />

culture and use of technology and social media. Meetings<br />

will focus on what skills the company’s senior leadership<br />

can learn from its youngest employees, as well<br />

as teach participants how to switch roles in the conversation.<br />

Participants will learn that the ability to reverse<br />

the direction of the conversation is just as important<br />

to building skills as the topics they discuss. •<br />

Terracon<br />

Terracon’s Cedar Rapids office is one of more than 150<br />

offices where career opportunities are available to work<br />

“We are growing because<br />

of the passion and<br />

innovation of our employee<br />

owners.”<br />

Guy Johnson, Cedar Rapids Office<br />

Manager, Terracon<br />

on rewarding and exciting projects. We seek people who<br />

are passionate about what they do and get excited about<br />

solving challenges, being there when clients need us and<br />

working together to make great things happen in our<br />

communities.<br />

“We are growing because of the passion and innovation<br />

of our employee owners,” said Guy Johnson, Cedar<br />

Rapids Office Manager. “We bring value to our clients by<br />

providing responsive, resourceful and reliable service.”<br />

The importance we place on our employees makes<br />

us an employer of choice in the engineering consulting<br />

industry. In Cedar Rapids, our more than 40 employee<br />

owners focus on projects related to environmental, facilities,<br />

geotechnical and materials engineering. The range of<br />

clients we serve include architects, engineers, contractors,<br />

local, state and federal government, school districts, utilities<br />

and energy companies, financial and more. •<br />

Veenstra &<br />

Kimm<br />

West Des Moines-based Veenstra & Kimm — with offices<br />

in Cedar Rapids in Coralville — is ramping up its dedication<br />

to education. Vice President Steven Thompson said<br />

that while the company has made an effort to generate<br />

more interest in the industry, a formal plan is already in<br />

the works.<br />

“For a long time, no one was available to really be able<br />

do this,” he said, “but we’re looking at having a formal<br />

program within the next 12 to 18 months. We’re excited.”<br />

Mr. Thompson has given presentations over the years<br />

for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)<br />

programs at junior and high schools, but he hopes to<br />

expand that program soon. The same goes for the firm’s<br />

internship programs at area universities.<br />

“We’ve had informal internships at our Coralville office<br />

with University of Iowa students or our West Des<br />

Moines headquarters with Iowa State, but it’s never really<br />

been formalized,” he said.<br />

“Internships are great for both the students and the<br />

company,” Mr. Thompson added. “It’s like a paid job<br />

interview and we use them as recruiting tools. But we<br />

have to really fight for that talent. Firms from all over the<br />

country recognize that we have great talent right here in<br />

Iowa; we want to keep that talent right here at home.” •<br />

A proud supporter of MathCounts<br />

and Children’s Water Festival, FOX<br />

encourages young people to<br />

explore one of the most<br />

exciting careers in the<br />

world – engineering.<br />

Proud to Celebrate Engineers <strong>Week</strong>!<br />

Join us in thanking engineers for making<br />

a difference in our communities.<br />

See our project work in North Liberty, Cedar Rapids, Hills, Washington<br />

and other cities across Iowa.<br />

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