| Oradell, NJ – In order to meet the continued demands of the power generation market and to position the company for growth within the southeastern United States, Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc. announced today that the firm is expanding their Southeastern operations and opening a new office to be located in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The opening of this office is the most recent step in a series of corporate strategic initiatives to increase the firm’s public, private and federal government service capabilities throughout the US and worldwide. Approximately 20 to 40 employees are being hired or transferred to the Chattanooga office as part of this initial expansion. This staffing expected to increase over the next six months to a year as business opportunities materialize. Current plans call for the hiring of up to 100 to 200 additional staff in the future.
“We’re extremely excited about this new growth opportunity and office expansion. This provides us a solid presence in Southeastern United States and the ability to take on additional work from several strategic Clients,” said Robert J. Milhiser, Senior Vice President of Burns and Roe’s Power Division. “Burns and Roe is now even better positioned to provide the high level of client responsiveness that is a core to our culture at Burns and Roe.”
Being approximately 100 miles from the firm’s Oak Ridge, Tennessee office, Chattanooga is the second Burns and Roe office in the Tennessee Valley region. Burns and Roe has been actively involved in numerous local organizations including the Governor’s Office of Diversity Business to identify small, disadvantaged, veteran, and women-owned business partners; the East Tennessee Economic Council; the Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association (ETEBA); and the Oak Ridge and Chattanooga Chambers of Commerce.
“Burns and Roe is making an even stronger commitment to the Tennessee Valley with this expansion – its people, development, businesses and progress,” stated K. Keith Roe, President and Chairman of Burns and Roe.
Burns and Roe has also committed to participate in the University of Tennessee (Knoxville and Chattanooga) co-op programs to help develop the next generation of professionals. The firm is looking to take advantage of the highly-educated workforce in the region.
“We are looking forward to developing educational opportunities for students by integrating learning at the workplace into the academic program,” said Reginald Gagliardo, Burns and Roe’s Senior Vice President of Knowledge, Innovation and Quality. “We see this as a way to build a positive relationship with the local community while building on our highly-educated workforce.”
Burns and Roe is a privately held, comprehensive engineering, procurement, construction, operations and maintenance organization with specialized expertise in technically complex facilities. With over 1,900 personnel worldwide, Burns and Roe and its affiliated companies serve private and governmental clients in the power, industrial, and government service industries. The firm is a world leader in the markets that it serves. Engineering News-Record consistently ranks Burns and Roe as a top Power Design Firm. Business News-New Jersey has also ranked Burns and Roe as a Top Engineering Firm in the State for the past five years. For more information on Burns and Roe, please contact the Company at (201) 265-2000 or through its website, www.roe.com.
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