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, IllinoisClimbing and Rope Access Inspections of Structures for Network Rail, London, EnglandSC 802 over the Beaufort River (Intracoastal Waterway), Beaufort, South CarolinaPark Island Bridge Design and Management, Mt. Pleasant, South CarolinaReconstruction of Metra Bridge No. Z-70.5 over Lake Street, Hanover Park, IllinoisMilwaukee River Parkway Bridges (North and South), Milwaukee, WisconsinSC 49 Bridge over the Enoree River, Laurens County, South CarolinaVirginia Avenue Bridge, Charleston, South CarolinaEmergency Underwater Inspection Following Impact at Eggner Ferry Bridge, Trigg and Marshall Counties, KentuckyBridge Management Database & 3-D Scanning for Waterways IrelandEmergency Response to Early Spring Flooding—Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, MinnesotaRope Access and Climbing Inspections, Statewide, MontanaPost-Flood Scour Inspections, Statewide, Rhode IslandPost-Hurricane Irene Scour Inspections, New Jersey and MassachusettsWells Street Bascule Bridge Reconstruction, Chicago, IllinoisRehabilitation of Juneau and Wisconsin Avenue Lift Bridges, Milwaukee, WisconsinEJ&E Bridge Roll-In Design, Morris, IllinoisWacker Drive Rehabilitation Construction Engineering, Chicago, IllinoisMillennium Park Construction Engineering, Chicago, IllinoisI-94 Dan Ryan Expressway Reconstruction Construction Engineering, Chicago, IllinoisInterstate 94 (I-94) North-South Freeway Project Construction Inspection, Southeast WisconsinMarquette Interchange Construction Inspection, Milwaukee, WisconsinMitchell Interchange Construction Inspection, Milwaukee, WisconsinI-94 Construction Inspection, Stearns Road to Wisconsin State Line, Gurnee, IllinoisReconstruction of Sinnissippi Dam, Rock Falls, IllinoisMohawk River Dam Safety Inspection, Rotterdam Junction, New YorkManual and Course Development
Underwater Bridge Inspection (FHWA-NHI-10-027), Federal Highway Administration/National Highway InstituteUnderwater Bridge Repair, Rehabilitation, and Countermeasures (FHWA-NHI-10-029), reference manual and course, Federal Highway Administration/National Highway InstitutePontis Development & Implementation for Louisiana Department of Transportation and DevelopmentBridge Inspection and Reporting Guidelines, U.S. Navy Bridge Inspection ProgramGuidelines 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 InstituteUnderwater Investigations Standard Practice Manual, American Society of Civil EngineersUnderwater Evaluation and Repair of Bridge Components (FHWA-DP-98-1), Federal Highway AdministrationUnderwater Bridge Inspection (FHWA-DP-80-1), Federal Highway AdministrationChicago Department of Transportation Project Coordination Office, Chicago, IllinoisCharleston County School District Seismic Assessment, Charleston, South CarolinaUnion Pier Cruise Terminal, Charleston, South CarolinaParkside Avenue/Ocean Avenue Bridge Assessment, New York, New YorkFort Vancouver National Historic Site Building Evaluation, Vancouver, WashingtonCITGO Lemont Refinery Coker Turnaround, Lemont, IllinoisPulaski Road’s Single Point Urban Diamond Interchange over Interstate 55, Chicago, IllinoisUnion Pier Terminal Design, Charleston, South CarolinaU.S. Coast Guard Facility Indian River Underwater Acoustic Imaging and Shoreline Stabilization, Rehoboth, DelawareChicago Riverwalk, Chicago, IllinoisRehabilitation of the Fuel Pier at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall IslandsVietnam Veterans’ Memorial at Wabash Plaza, Chicago, IllinoisRepairs to Waterfront Facilities at the U.S. Naval AcademyStructural Inspection of the Frying Pan Shoals and Diamond Shoals Light Towers for the U.S. Coast Guard, Cape Fear and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina