Collins Engineers
{{Infobox company
| industry = Engineering
| founded = 1979
| founder = Thomas J. Collins
| hq_location = Chicago, Illinois
| key_people = Elizabeth Collins (President){{cite web |author= |date=25 July 2022 |title=Elizabeth Collins Burkhart and Daniel G. Cecchi |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/people-on-the-move/elizabeth-collins-burkhart-and-daniel-g-cecchi |website=Crain's Chicago Business |access-date= 24 April 2025}}
| website = {{URL|collinsengr.com}}
}}{{Short description|Hydroengineering company}}
Collins Engineers, Inc. is an ENR Top 500 Design FirmTulacz, Gary J. "The Top 500: Rising Above Economic Woes," ENR, April 23, 2012. and provides water resources, waterfront, program management and underwater engineering services to government agencies, contractors, and private sector clients. The firm was founded by Thomas J. Collins in April 1979. It is a privately held company with eighteen offices in the United States, United Kingdom,"Engineering Firm Creates 10 jobs at Science Park," Belfast Telegraph, February 7, 2011. and Ireland.Collins, Thomas J. "Engineers Dive the World Over… and Under," Engineers Journal, October 2009. Collins Engineers, Inc. is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Collins Engineers, Inc. was an early advocate for the use of professional engineers as diving inspectors in the evaluation of underwater structures.Collins, Thomas J., and James J. Powers. "Underwater Bridge Inspector," Civil Engineering, March 1973. The firm provides underwater engineering services performed by in-house engineer-divers around the world to clients including the United States Navy and state departments of transportation.Murphy, Cathy. "Excelling in Underwater Investigation," CE News, June 2002. Reference manuals were developed on the subject for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and National Highway Institute (NHI).{{Cite web |title=Publications - Hydraulics |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/hydraulics/library_listing.cfm?archived=true |website=Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)}}
In 2006, Collins Engineers, Inc. acquired MacIntosh Engineering and Development Co. located in Auburn, California. In 2008, Collins Engineers, Inc. acquired Charles Keim & Associates, Inc. located in Boulder, Colorado.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cenews.com/print-news-firms_on_the_move-496.html |title=Welcome to nginx |access-date=2012-06-14 |archive-date=2013-01-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118204722/http://www.cenews.com/print-news-firms_on_the_move-496.html |url-status=dead }}
Projects
= Bridge Engineering =
- Design Services for The Bloomingdale Trail/The 606, Chicago, Illinois{{Cite web|url=http://inhabitat.com/construction-to-begin-on-chicagos-elevated-bloomingdale-trail-next-summer/|title = Construction to Begin on Chicago's Elevated Bloomingdale Trail Next Summer| date=October 2012 }}
- Climbing and Rope Access Inspections of Structures for Network Rail, London, England{{Cite web |last=Dobson |first=Miranda |date=2013-06-20 |title=CEI Collins Engineers open Salford office {{!}} Bdaily Business News |url=http://bdaily.co.uk/industrials/20-06-2013/cei-collins-engineers-open-salford-office/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305173550/http://bdaily.co.uk/industrials/20-06-2013/cei-collins-engineers-open-salford-office/ |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date= |website=Bdaily Business News}}
- SC 802 over the Beaufort River (Intracoastal Waterway), Beaufort, South Carolina{{Cite web |title=Engineering Excellence Awards |url=https://acecsc.org/excellence-awards/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=acecsc.org}}
- Park Island Bridge Design and Management, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
- Reconstruction of Metra Bridge No. Z-70.5 over Lake Street, Hanover Park, Illinois[https://web.archive.org/web/20040701174033/http://www.acec-il.org/exawards.cfm "ACEC of Illinois Engineering Excellence Awards,"]
- Milwaukee River Parkway Bridges (North and South), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- SC 49 Bridge over the Enoree River, Laurens County, South Carolina
- Virginia Avenue Bridge, Charleston, South Carolina
- Emergency Underwater Inspection Following Impact at Eggner Ferry Bridge, Trigg and Marshall Counties, KentuckyMcCampbell, Candy. "Kentucky Bridge Piers OK Despite Collision," ENR, February 27, 2012.
- Bridge Management Database & 3-D Scanning for Waterways Ireland
- Emergency Response to Early Spring Flooding—Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, MinnesotaParsons, Jim. "Sonar Imaging of Bridges Gains Interest from States," ENR, September 2, 2009.
- Rope Access and Climbing Inspections, Statewide, Montana
- Post-Flood Scour Inspections, Statewide, Rhode Island
- Post-Hurricane Irene Scour Inspections, New Jersey and Massachusetts
= Construction =
- Wells Street Bascule Bridge Reconstruction, Chicago, IllinoisJones, Jenny. "Bascule Bridge Reconstructed During Two Limited Closures," Civil Engineering, May 2013.http://www.asce.org/CEMagazine/Article.aspx?id=23622325898#.Ud3HQm3aLlX
- Rehabilitation of Juneau and Wisconsin Avenue Lift Bridges, Milwaukee, Wisconsin"American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin," Engineering Excellence [http://www.acecwi.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=782 Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505055532/http://www.acecwi.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1 |date=2010-05-05 }}
- EJ&E Bridge Roll-In Design, Morris, Illinois{{Cite web |date=2012-02-13 |title=Collins Engineers receives award for EJ&E Bridge roll-in design |url=http://www.rtands.com/newsflash/collins-engineers-receives-award-for-ej-e-bridge-roll-in-design-5025.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603143922/http://www.rtands.com/newsflash/collins-engineers-receives-award-for-ej-e-bridge-roll-in-design-5025.html |archive-date=2012-06-03 |access-date= |website=Railway Track and Structures}}"2012 EEA National Recognition Awards," Engineering Inc., May/June 2012, 16, 18.
- Wacker Drive Rehabilitation Construction Engineering, Chicago, IllinoisCho, Aileen. "Tight Focus, New Mix Puts Wacker Drive Back in the Loop," ENR, April 29, 2002.
- Millennium Park Construction Engineering, Chicago, Illinois
- I-94 Dan Ryan Expressway Reconstruction Construction Engineering, Chicago, Illinois
- Interstate 94 (I-94) North-South Freeway Project Construction Inspection, Southeast Wisconsin
- Marquette Interchange Construction Inspection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Mitchell Interchange Construction Inspection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin{{cite web |url=http://www.rebuildingamericasinfrastructure.com/magazine-article-rai-10-2012-redesigning_a_complex__critical_freeway-9018.html |title=Rebuilding America's Infrastructure |accessdate=2012-12-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401082452/http://www.rebuildingamericasinfrastructure.com/magazine-article-rai-10-2012-redesigning_a_complex__critical_freeway-9018.html |archivedate=2014-04-01 }}
- I-94 Construction Inspection, Stearns Road to Wisconsin State Line, Gurnee, Illinois
= Dams =
- Reconstruction of Sinnissippi Dam, Rock Falls, Illinois
- Mohawk River Dam Safety Inspection, Rotterdam Junction, New York
= Manual and Course Development =
- Underwater Bridge Inspection (FHWA-NHI-10-027), Federal Highway Administration/National Highway Institute
- Underwater Bridge Repair, Rehabilitation, and Countermeasures (FHWA-NHI-10-029), reference manual and course, Federal Highway Administration/National Highway Institute
- Pontis Development & Implementation for Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
- Bridge Inspection and Reporting Guidelines, U.S. Navy Bridge Inspection Program
- Guidelines for the Installation, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaires, and Traffic Signals (FHWA NHI 05-036), Federal Highway Administration/National Highway Institute[https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/signinspection.pdf Federal Highway Administration] {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
- Underwater Investigations Standard Practice Manual, American Society of Civil Engineers
- Underwater Evaluation and Repair of Bridge Components (FHWA-DP-98-1), Federal Highway Administration{{Cite web|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/hydraulics/library_listing.cfm?archived=true|title = Publications - Hydraulics - Bridges & Structures - Federal Highway Administration}}
- Underwater Bridge Inspection (FHWA-DP-80-1), Federal Highway Administration
- Chicago Department of Transportation Rules and Regulations for Construction in the Public Way, 2014 and 2016
=Program Management Oversight/Infrastructure Management=
- Chicago Department of Transportation Project Coordination Office (2012 - current), Chicago, Illinois{{Cite web |last=Hilkevitch |first=Jon |date=2013-04-08 |title=Getting Around: Chicago tries to coordinate road work and utility projects |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-08/classified/ct-met-getting-around-0408-20130408_1_water-project-addison-construction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409222000/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-08/classified/ct-met-getting-around-0408-20130408_1_water-project-addison-construction |archive-date=2013-04-09 |access-date= |website=Chicago Tribune}}
- Chicago Department of Transportation, dotMaps (2012 - current), Chicago, Illinois{{Cite web |url=https://sadasystems.com/blog/google-solutions/google-cloud-platform/bloggoogle-solutionsgoogle-cloud-platformbloggoogle-solutionsgoogle-cloud-platformcity-of-chicago-reports-14-5-million-in-contributed-cost-savings-with-new-dotmaps-gis-application-built-on-google-c/ |title=City of Chicago Saves with dotMaps GIS Application - Google Cloud |access-date=2017-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404053455/https://sadasystems.com/blog/google-solutions/google-cloud-platform/bloggoogle-solutionsgoogle-cloud-platformbloggoogle-solutionsgoogle-cloud-platformcity-of-chicago-reports-14-5-million-in-contributed-cost-savings-with-new-dotmaps-gis-application-built-on-google-c/ |archive-date=2017-04-04 |url-status=dead }}
= Seismic Engineering =
- Charleston County School District Seismic Assessment, Charleston, South Carolina{{Cite web|url=http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/40148-charleston-under-construction-summer-2011|title = SC Biz News}}
- Union Pier Cruise Terminal, Charleston, South Carolina{{Cite web |url=http://charleston.thedigitel.com/top-stories/public-provides-input-new-cruise-terminal-30775-0511 |title = Public provides input on new cruise terminal | TheDigitel Charleston |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204001411/http://charleston.thedigitel.com/top-stories/public-provides-input-new-cruise-terminal-30775-0511 |archive-date=4 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}
- Parkside Avenue/Ocean Avenue Bridge Assessment, New York, New York
- [http://www.nps.gov/fova/index.htm Fort Vancouver] National Historic Site Building Evaluation, Vancouver, Washington
= Structural Engineering =
- CITGO Lemont Refinery Coker Turnaround, Lemont, Illinois{{Cite web |last=Gregerson |first=John |date=2012-11-26 |title=Best Project Specialty Contracting: Citgo Lemont Refinery Coker Turnaround {{!}} ENR: Engineering News Record {{!}} McGraw-Hill Construction |url=http://midwest.construction.com/midwest_construction_projects/2012/1126-Best-Project-Specialty-Contractor-Citgo-Lemont-Refinery-Coker-Turnaround.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122000551/http://midwest.construction.com/midwest_construction_projects/2012/1126-Best-Project-Specialty-Contractor-Citgo-Lemont-Refinery-Coker-Turnaround.asp |archive-date=2013-01-22 |access-date= |website=ENR: Engineering News Record}}
- Pulaski Road's Single Point Urban Diamond Interchange over Interstate 55, Chicago, Illinois
= Waterfront Facilities =
- Union Pier Terminal Design, Charleston, South Carolina
- U.S. Coast Guard Facility Indian River Underwater Acoustic Imaging and Shoreline Stabilization, Rehoboth, DelawareMartinez, J., Colleen Symansky, Lynn Stock, and Elizabeth Burkhart. "Underwater Acoustical Imaging," The Military Engineer, July/August 2010.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120622060704/http://explorechicago.org/city/en/supporting_narrative/attractions/tourism/riverwalk.print.html Chicago Riverwalk], Chicago, Illinois
- Rehabilitation of the Fuel Pier at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Vietnam Veterans' Memorial at Wabash Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
- Repairs to Waterfront Facilities at the U.S. Naval Academy
- Structural Inspection of the Frying Pan Shoals and Diamond Shoals Light Towers for the U.S. Coast Guard, Cape Fear and Cape Hatteras, North CarolinaTennant, Diane. "Perhaps a North Carolina Light Station Could Be Yours," The Virginian Pilot, August 15, 2012.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.collinsengr.com}}
Category:Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States