Stewart Engineering And HadenStanziale Finalize Merger Agreement
North Carolina Engineering And Landscape Architecture Firms Join To Operate Under the Name Stewart.
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease) September 25, 2012 - Stewart Engineering and HadenStanziale, two well-known engineering and landscape architecture firms, have announced that the two companies are operating as one as of September 15. The new name of their combined entities is Stewart. The merger makes the company one of the largest engineering and landscape architecture design firms based in North Carolina. With a total of 115 employees and 60 licensed professionals, Stewart is headquartered in downtown Raleigh and has offices in Durham and Charlotte. The firm provides land planning and design, structural and civil engineering, transportation, geomatics and construction services.
Stewart will be led by Robert Macia, PE, LEED AP, who will serve as president of the newly merged firm. Willy Stewart, PE will continue as Chairman and CEO. George Stanziale, ASLA and Jim Haden, ASLA, co-founders of HadenStanziale will both remain with the firm in senior leadership positions and will direct the Land Planning and Design Studios. The merger will strengthen the firm's collaborative cross-discipline approach to projects by offering a more comprehensive suite of services with enhanced design sophistication. Over the last 18 years, Stewart Engineering and HadenStanziale have worked on a number of notable projects together including projects at North Carolina A&T State University, Duke University, Raleigh-Durham International Airport and NC State University
QUOTES:
"With this merger, the firm has more resources than ever, all under one roof. While we have individual areas of expertise, our real strength now comes with the knowledge and capabilities we, as a collective firm, can now provide to our clients," said Macia. "Our cross-discipline collaboration and design focus will permeate across all service areas and offerings resulting in stronger solutions for our clients. This approach ensures that we are personally invested in our clients and their projects, ultimately advancing their goals, ambitions and purpose."
"The merged firm's increased capacities will ensure that clients continue to benefit from the highest quality design, innovative solutions and the outstanding level of service they have come to expect," said Stanziale. "We have deep roots in the communities in which we do business. HadenStanziale has a strong history in Durham in particular. This merger is an opportunity to recommit to Durham and increase our presence through the Triangle."
DETAILS:
- Stewart Engineering and HadenStanziale announced that the two companies had signed a memorandum of understanding to merge on June 12.
ABOUT STEWART:
Stewart is an engineering, design and planning firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. led by Robert Macia, PE, LEED AP. The firm is the result of a merger between Stewart Engineering and HadenStanziale, two leading engineering and landscape architecture firms in North Carolina. The merged firm brings creative problem solving and a collaborative cross-discipline approach, which permeates across all service areas and offerings, ensuring strong solutions for all invested parties. Stewart offers a wide variety of services to meet the needs of its clients, including structural, civil and geotechnical engineering, transportation, landscape architecture, geomatics, construction services, greenway design, urban design, and environmental graphics.
Both Stewart Engineering and HadenStanziale have a strong history of working on projects in North Carolina and have collaborated on many projects over the past several years, including the Undergraduate Science Building at North Carolina A&T State University, Duke School of Medicine Learning Center, the UNC FPG Child Development Institute, Raleigh-Durham International Airport's Terminal 2 and NC State University's SAS Hall. Committed to helping their clients succeed now and in the future, Stewart takes complete ownership of all projects and advances clients' goals, ambitions and purpose to help shape their legacies. Stewart has offices in Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte, N.C. For more information, visit www.stewartinc.com.
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