Awards and Recognition

Terracon Named 2024 Design Firm of the Year by Engineering News-Record Midwest

We’re honored to be named 2024 Design Firm of the Year by Engineering News-Record Midwest. Thank you to all of our employee-owners working on these and other projects for partnering with our clients to improve our communities. We were recognized for contributions to several projects, including the Jane Byrne Interchange in Chicago, the Chester Bridge project in Chester, Illinois, and work on the Lock and Dam 25 improvement project in Winfield, Missouri, among others.

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Terracon Receives 2022 EBJ and CCBJ Business Achievement Awards

Environmental Journal Recognizes Firm for Multiple Achievements

SAN DIEGO (March 2023) — Environmental Business Journal®* (EBJ), an independent business research publication that provides strategic market intelligence to the environmental industry, has honored Terracon with multiple awards, including two from Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ).

“In a rather tumultuous year of economic ups and downs in 2022, a number of companies set themselves apart with performance, transactions, or projects that merit special consideration. With energy transition, climate resilience, and new federal programs driving business, as well as traditional environmental market drivers in infrastructure, air quality, remediation, water, and wastewater, it is understandable that most companies report growing demand for technology and services,” said Grant Ferrier, editor of Environmental Business Journal and chair of the selection committee.

Terracon was recognized with EBJ awards for Information Technology: Project Delivery, and Social Contribution: Terracon Foundation; and CCBJ awards for Technology Merit: Wind Power Infrastructure, and Industry Leadership: Disaster Response.

“Terracon is honored to be recognized by EBJ and CCBJ for the outstanding work we’re providing for our clients and also our contributions to our communities,” said Lori Cathcart, Terracon’s director of corporate sustainability. “As employee-owners, we are always looking for ways to improve how we serve our clients, care for each other and the environment, and give back to our communities.”

EBJ Awards

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Project Delivery

Terracon was recognized for Terracon Compass,  a real-time/on-time project delivery tool that enables clients to quickly find and view specific data to make timely, informed decisions about their projects. Advantages of Terracon Compass include tracking project milestones, viewing project site data and findings in an interactive GIS viewer, access to uploaded development and construction plans, and access to hundreds of publicly available GIS data layers to visualize conditions at a project site. Compass also enhances Terracon and client project team collaboration, along with preliminary and final deliverable access, viewing, and download. 

SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION: Terracon Foundation was recognized for awarding nearly $4 million to support education, the built and natural environment, and equity since its inception. The year 2022 was the firm’s most charitable to date, with more than $480,000 awarded in grants, matching gifts, and scholarships—all championed by Terracon’s employee-owners.

CCBJ Awards

TECHNOLOGY MERIT: Wind Power Infrastructure

Terracon’s engineering team was recognized for meeting the challenge of climate change by designing the next generation of wind foundations in partnership with Power Generation and Transmission (PG&T) leadership. The GripTerra pier foundation is the preferred sustainable choice for wind energy. Using patented and patent-pending designs, Terracon’s Pier and Anchor foundations install faster and with less concrete and excavation than traditional spread foot foundations.

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: Disaster Response

Terracon was recognized for disaster leadership both before and after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2021. In the days prior to landfall, Terracon’s Disaster Leadership Team was already working diligently to anticipate clients’ needs and bolster their resiliency. Before the storm hit, multiple processes were underway, including approximating the storm’s path of damage, geographically staging instruments and equipment, assessing available qualified personnel, and preparing clients. On the day after landfall, team members assessed the damage to Terracon offices and the homes of Terracon personnel and addressed the immediate needs of clients and partners. In all, 41 Terracon employees from 19 Terracon offices provided various critical services.

The 2022 EBJ and CCBJ awards will be presented live and in-person at the EBJ Business Achievement Awards banquet at Environmental Industry Summit XXI on March 22-24, 2023, in San Diego, along with CCBJ Business Achievement, Lifetime Achievement, and 50-Year Company anniversary awards.

Environmental Business Journal has been published since 1988 by Environmental Business International Inc., an independent research and publishing company focused on the environmental and climate change industries.

* Environmental Business Journal® provides strategic market intelligence to executives and investors in 13 business segments of the environmental industry, including environmental consulting & engineering, remediation & industrial services, water & wastewater equipment, air quality & pollution control equipment, hazardous waste management, resource recovery, solid waste management, water/wastewater infrastructure, renewable energy, and environmental instrumentation & information systems.

About Terracon

Terracon is an employee-owned multidiscipline consulting firm comprised of more than 6,000 curious minds focused on solving engineering and technical challenges from more than 175 locations nationwide. Explore with us by visiting terracon.com.

2022 ENR Rankings

Terracon, a leading provider of environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services, is committed to growth and market presence expansion as evidenced in Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) annual listings of The Top 500 Design Firms and Sourcebook rankings. We're honored to be ranked No. 21 in The Top 500 Design Firms, and proud to be the No. 1-ranked Asbestos and Lead Abatement firm for the 10th consecutive year.

• ENR Top 500 Design Firms: 21
• ENR Top 200 Environmental: 61
• ENR Top 100 Pure Designers: 12
• ENR Top 150 Global Design Firms: 46
• ENR Asbestos and Lead Abatement: 1
• ENR Top 20 General Building: 10
• Telecommunications: 19
• Education: 19
• Multi-Unit Residential: 8
• Retail: 5
• Commercial Offices: 18
• Hotels, Motels, and Convention Centers: 17
• Distribution Warehouses: 2
• Transportation: 36
• Airports: 25
• Power: 24
• Solar Power: 4
• Petroleum: 31
• Transmission and Distribution: 15
• Pipelines: 22
• Refineries and Petrochemical Plants: 21
• Water Suply: 42
• Hazardous Waste: 16
• Chemical and Soil Remediation: 15
• Site Assessment and Compliance: 7
• Industrial Process: 39
• Manufacturing: 34
• Towers and Antennae: 10
• Chemical Plants: 15
• Data Centers: 14
• Government Offices: 15 

Southeast Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #8
• Top Florida Design Firms #15
• Top Georgia Design Firms #5
• Top North Carolina Design Firms #12
• Top South Carolina Design Firms #9
• Top Alabama Design Firms #10
• Top Tennessee Design Firms #8
• Education/Research #10
• Transportation #24
• Multi-Unit Residential #5

Southwest Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #10
• General Building #29
• Power #18
• Hazardous Waste #19
• Environmental & Geotechnical Firms #1

Intermountain Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #10
• General Building: #5
• Transportation #29
• Hazardous Waste #16

Midwest Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #7
• Top Indiana Design Firms #6
• Top Iowa Design Firms #4
• Top Kansas Design Firms #6
• Top Kentucky Design Firms #10
• Top Missouri Design Firms #10
• Top Nebraska Design Firms #5
• Top Ohio Design Firms #5
• Power #5
• Environmental & Geotechnical Firms #3
• Petroleum #14
• Multi-Family #8
• Transportation #17

Colorado and Wyoming Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #12
• Transportation #13
• General Building #36
• Hazardous Waste #21

California Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #27
• Environmental & Geotechnical Firms #10
• General Building #38
• Hazardous Waste #18
• Other Project Types #6
• Power #10

Texas and Louisiana Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #8
• Top Arkansas Design Firms #5
• Top Louisiana Design Firms: #11
• Top Mississippi Design Firms #8
• Top Oklahoma Design Firms #5
• Top Texas Design Firms #12
• Other Project Types #4
• Environmental & Geotechnical Firms #2
• Distribution and Warehouses #3
• Hospitality #10
• Commercial #8
• Retail #2
• Multi-Unit Residential #6
• Healthcare #9
• Transportation #20
• Power #6
• Education #11

Northwest Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #12
• Top Washington Design Firms #13
• Retail #14

New England Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #41

MidAtlantic Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #23
• Environmental & Geotechnical Engineering #6

New York Region Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #51

Terracon Recognized Among the 2021 Kansas City Best Places to Work

OLATHE, Kansas – Terracon is pleased to be recognized as an honoree of the 2021 Kansas City Best Places to Work, which is designated by the Kansas City Business Journal.

Terracon is one of five companies in the Kansas City Area recognized by the publication on September 3, 2021, as a Best Place to Work in the large category (251 – 500 employees) for creating exceptional workplaces their employees value highly.

“Terracon is honored to be named a Best Place to Work because it reflects that our employee-owners feel supported, engaged, and are making a difference with both our internal and external clients,” said John Prutsman, Terracon chief people officer. “We’re encouraged that our efforts have made Terracon a place where our employee-owners can thrive and grow in their careers.”

Award applicants were evaluated across five categories according to the number of local employees. Employees of companies in the region rated them as the highest on such values as fun, collaborative culture, solid compensation and benefits offerings, and other amenities, as well as management practices. The top-ranking companies will be unveiled on November 3, 2021, in the Kansas City Business Journal.

About Terracon

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 5,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 150 offices with services available in all 50 states. Terracon ranks 24th on Engineering News-Record’s 2021 list of Top 500 Design Firms. For additional information about Terracon, visit terracon.com.

 About 2021 Kansas City Area Best Places to Work 

Best Places to Work is an innovative publication and awards program produced by the Kansas City Business Journal. The rankings were determined by surveys that went directly to employees who answered a series of questions. The survey was administered online by the employers and through a service provided by research partner Quantum Workplace. The rankings are numeric based on Quantum’s scoring process. By ranking companies and sharing best practices Quantum facilitates idea sharing and help other companies learn from the best.

Vic Donald Selected for Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award

Geoprofessional Business Association and American Society of Civil Engineers Bestow Joint Award 

RESTON, Va. — The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is pleased to announce Victor “Vic” Donald, P.E., M. ASCE, has been selected as the 2021 winner of the Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award for “his superior ethics, innovative spirit, and love of learning and leadership that has shaped and forever changed the engineering profession.” This annual award is bestowed on one professional engineer annually through a joint award between the Geoprofessional Business
Association (GBA) and ASCE.

As national director of the Geotechnical service line and a senior principal with Terracon, Donald has a long history as leader and ambassador for ethics in professional practice in the AEC industry, and has regularly shared his experience and insights through professional association programs.

“Vic Donald’s engineering career has been distinguished not only by his technical excellence, but by his personal and professional integrity. He embodies our company’s principles of business conduct and ethics, bringing a strong ethical commitment to his role as a Terracon leader, his work with our clients, and as a mentor to our young engineers and emerging leaders,” said Gayle Packer, Terracon chair, president, and CEO.

In 2005, GBA and the ASCE instituted the Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award to promote and recognize civil engineering leadership in professional practice and ethics. The Foundation for Professional Practice, also established by GBA and ASCE, donated the funds to support this annual award, which recognizes an engineer-leader for a specific accomplishment or for lifetime achievements that demonstrate superior ethics and leadership while participating in professional practice or service to the public.

Donald will be presented with an award and honorarium, and he will be recognized at GBA’s 2021 Fall Conference to be held October 21-23 at the Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa. He will also be recognized at a future ASCE event.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 civil engineers worldwide and is America's oldest national engineering society. ASCE works to raise awareness of the need to maintain and modernize the nation’s infrastructure using sustainable and resilient practices, advocates for increasing and optimizing investment in infrastructure, and improve engineering knowledge and competency. For more information, visit asce.org and follow us on Twitter, @ASCETweets and @ASCEGovRel.

ABOUT TERRACON

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 5,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 150 offices with services available in all 50 states. Terracon ranks 24th on Engineering News-Record’s 2021 list of Top 500 Design Firms. For additional information about Terracon, visit terracon.com.