Collins Engineers, Inc. is an ENR Top 500 Design Firm and provides civil, structural, water resources, waterfront, 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, and Ireland. 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. Using this service, 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. Collins Engineers, Inc. has also developed reference manuals on the subject for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and National Highway Institute (NHI).
Collins Engineers, Inc. also provides design and analysis services for railroads, waterfront facilities, and transportation structures, as well as site development engineering for commercial and institutional concerns.
In 2006, Collins Engineers, Inc. acquired MacIntosh Engineering and Development Co. (Auburn, California). In 2008, Collins Engineers, Inc. acquired Charles Keim & Associates, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado).
Services offered by Collins Engineers, Inc. include bridge design and inspection; building design and inspection; civil and site engineering; construction engineering; construction inspection and management; dam, tunnel, and power facility assessment; railroad engineering; earth retention structure design; scour assessment and remediation design; energy structures; roadway engineering; seismic engineering; structural engineering; ancillary highway structure inspection and design; underwater engineering; asset management and database development for transportation facilities; waterfront facility design and inspection; course development and instruction; and emergency response.
Design Services for The Bloomingdale Trail/The 606, Chicago, Illinois
Climbing and Rope Access Inspections of Structures for Network Rail, London, England
SC 802 over the Beaufort River (Intracoastal Waterway), Beaufort, South Carolina
Park Island Bridge Design and Management, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Reconstruction of Metra Bridge No. Z-70.5 over Lake Street, Hanover Park, Illinois
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, Kentucky
Bridge Management Database & 3-D Scanning for Waterways Ireland
Emergency Response to Early Spring Flooding—Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Rope Access and Climbing Inspections, Statewide, Montana
Post-Flood Scour Inspections, Statewide, Rhode Island
Post-Hurricane Irene Scour Inspections, New Jersey and Massachusetts
Wells Street Bascule Bridge Reconstruction, Chicago, Illinois
Rehabilitation of Juneau and Wisconsin Avenue Lift Bridges, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
EJ&E Bridge Roll-In Design, Morris, Illinois
Wacker Drive Rehabilitation Construction Engineering, Chicago, Illinois
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
I-94 Construction Inspection, Stearns Road to Wisconsin State Line, Gurnee, Illinois
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
Underwater Investigations Standard Practice Manual, American Society of Civil Engineers
Underwater Evaluation and Repair of Bridge Components (FHWA-DP-98-1), Federal Highway Administration
Underwater Bridge Inspection (FHWA-DP-80-1), Federal Highway Administration
Chicago Department of Transportation Project Coordination Office, Chicago, Illinois
Charleston County School District Seismic Assessment, Charleston, South Carolina
Union Pier Cruise Terminal, Charleston, South Carolina
Parkside Avenue/Ocean Avenue Bridge Assessment, New York, New York
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Building Evaluation, Vancouver, Washington
CITGO Lemont Refinery Coker Turnaround, Lemont, Illinois
Pulaski Road’s Single Point Urban Diamond Interchange over Interstate 55, Chicago, Illinois
Union Pier Terminal Design, Charleston, South Carolina
U.S. Coast Guard Facility Indian River Underwater Acoustic Imaging and Shoreline Stabilization, Rehoboth, Delaware
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 Carolina
