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EK’s HERITAGE
1946-1950
Dean G. Edwards, a veteran
New York City public works official, and Guy Kelcey, the Port Authority’s
pioneer traffic engineer, form a consulting engineering partnership
and open the firm’s first office on Manhattan’s lower
Broadway.
Awarded major highway
location studies and design contracts, EK establishes a Boston and
a New Jersey office.
1950-1960
The firm expands rapidly
in the Northeast with major design assignments for the Connecticut
Turnpike, New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and the New
York State Thruway.
Through the U.S. Department of State, EK contracts for its first
international project, development of Iraq’s initial highway
system.
EK expands into the Midwest, opening a Minneapolis office to conduct
design assignments on I-35 and I-94.
1960-1970
A decade-long presence in South America
is established to perform traffic, bridge and highway design projects
in Brazil and Colombia.
EK begins its first building design project, a three level, expandable
to six levels, parking garage at Boston’s Logan Airport.
Expanding into the design of recreational facilities, EK develops
“The New Jersey Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan”
and subsequently designs two major recreation areas at Round Valley
and Spruce Run Reservoirs.
1970-1980
Through
acquisition of two small consulting firms, EK establishes a rail
transit business in New Jersey and an airport planning and design
business in New England.
EK’s communications design group expands rapidly to assist
Western Union in developing a nationwide satellite/earth station
microwave communications system.
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority commissions EK to develop a computerized
traffic surveillance system – the beginnings of what we now
call ITS or Intelligent Transportation Systems.
EK is nationally recognized for the successful completion of one
of the first Environmental Impact Statements drafted under the National
Environmental Policy Act – Relocation of Route 1A in Maine.
The firm’s bridge inspection practice is begun with an assignment
to inspect, analyze and rehabilitate New York City’s Manhattan
Bridge.
1980-1990
EK reaches the West Coast
with an assignment to design the Hollywood Bowl Station, part of
Los Angeles’ 18-mile metro rail system.
The firm’s Boston office completes a twenty-year assignment
for the Boston Redevelopment Authority for design and construction
supervision of the Charlestown Urban Renewal Project – restoration
of an entire city neighborhood surrounding the historic Bunker Hill
area.
EK expands rail transportation skills to include railroad signals,
traction power and catenary design.
1990-2000
The EK communications
group designs and builds thousands of cellular sites for wireless
communications carriers, including a major buildout in Holland.
Forming a group specializing in value engineering, the firm provides
clients with a disciplined approach toward identifying cost-effective
project solutions.
Nearly twenty new offices are established in New England, New York,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Texas and Amsterdam.
“EK Technology” is created as a subsidiary company to
perform systems integration and construction-at-risk solutions for
clients requiring turnkey delivery.
The transportation and communications groups expand into design-build
solutions for a variety of major projects, partnering with national
construction firms and large owners.
2005
Edwards and Kelcey continues to expand, surpassing the 900-employee mark. Through strategic acquisition, new offices are established in Virginia, Maine, Texas, Florida, and the Midwest.
EK wins new awards including 2005 "Firm-of-the-Year" from ACEC/Minnesota and two 2005 Engineering Excellence Honor Awards from ACEC/Illinois.
Anchored by EK's own Project Management Training course, "EK University" offers a variety of development opportunities including the new Advanced Business Leadership Education (ABLE) program.
April 2007
Edwards and Kelcey acquired by Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
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