Industry Consulting firm Founded 1925 Area served United States of America | Website www.volkert.com Number of employees 740 Type of business Privately held company | |
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Key people Perry Hand(President, CEO & Chairman of the Board)
Jerry Stump (Chief Operations Officer)
Thomas A. Zoghby (SVP and CFO
Clay L. Hare (SVP and COO of Gulf Region)
Dennis C. Morrison (SVP and COO of Mid Atlantic Region)
David A. Allsbrook (SVP and COO of Central Region)
David W. Gwynn (SVP and COO of Florida Region) Services Engineering, Environmental, Program management, Construction Headquarters Mobile, Alabama, United States Profiles | ||
Volkert, Inc. is a privately held consulting firm based in Mobile, Alabama. The company offers engineering, environmental consulting, program management, and construction services. It was founded in 1925 in New Orleans as Doullut and Ewin, Inc. The company operates with a workforce of 740 people at more than 25 offices in 11 states and the District of Columbia. Volkert was ranked at 119 among the top 500 design firms in the United States in 2012 by Engineering News-Record, a decrease from a rank of 116 by the same publication in 2011.
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History
The company was founded in 1925 in New Orleans as Doullut and Ewin, Inc. It relocated to Mobile in 1946 and was reorganized as J. P. Ewin, Inc. It was renamed as the Ewin Engineering Corporation in 1950. David G. Volkert took possession of the company in 1954. The company was renamed as David Volkert & Associates, Inc. in 1963. An employee stock ownership plan was begun in 1975. New subsidiaries, Volkert Construction Services, Inc. and Volkert Environmental Group, Inc. were created in 1984 and 1985. It was again renamed in 1999, this time as Volkert & Associates, Inc. David G. Volkert died in 2001. The firm was inducted into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2003. It was renamed as Volkert, Inc. in 2009. Its purchase of Allied Engineering and Testing Inc. of Fort Myers, Florida was announced in October 2012. Allied Engineering and Testing Inc. employed 90 people in five Florida-based offices at the time of acquisition. The company announced that there were no immediate plans to modify the operations or staffing levels of the acquired company.