Erin Williams has joined the firm as vice president and leader of its growing Mid-South business.

If the past year was any indication, most plumbing and HVACR business owners must have spent the pandemic planning their exit strategies. I’m unofficially dubbing 2021 the year of the acquisition.

P2S announced the promotion of Larry Swartz, principal, to vice president overseeing three engineering groups at P2S, and Brad Lentz to principal and group manager of its Seattle office.

As the year comes to a close, I have been reflecting on the past year, one filled with challenge and growth for me. In order to grow, we have to learn how to overcome challenges. 

To date, the Terracon Foundation has granted more than $3.5 million to community organizations, universities, dependents of employees and for disaster relief efforts.

Based out of Houston, G2-IS offers a suite of consulting services that enable clients to efficiently and safely operate within regulatory and compliance frameworks. Focused on technology-enabled service delivery, G2-IS provides industry-leading solutions to clients across a broad range of the energy market.

Founded in 1978, ESC has a long history of serving many municipal, coop and G&T utilities, and industrial power users in the Rocky Mountain and central states regions, as well as industrial and manufacturing companies throughout the US. 

Keith Butler will be responsible for the implementation of innovative fire protection solutions and strategies serving TEC clients. 

Over the last year, during several webinars and in-person events, I've spoken about the idea of systems-based thinking, which incorporates the ideas of strategic thought in the form of focus (“saying no”) and identifying and executing on coherent actions. In many ways, systems thinking (a.k.a. strategy) incorporates pattern identification. 

What does the CSO role look like at smaller companies, such as an engineering firm?