在蓬勃发展的市场中提供各种技能和服务的能力通常会为设计公司带来积极的成果。在东南部，该命题对于Dewberry证明是正确的。

Over the past several years, the Fairfax, Va.-based multidisciplinary professional services provider, ranked No. 42 among ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms, has made great strides in raising a regional profile established 35 years ago with the opening of a branch office in Raleigh.

随着利用长期关系hips with several federal clients, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood insurance and disaster assistance programs, Dewberry has beefed up its existing North Carolina and Florida operations via acquisitions of local companies with complementary capabilities, giving the organization 20 offices in four Southeast states. Strategic hires have also provided Dewberry with instant entrees in current and emerging markets, including energy infrastructure and port and intermodal facilities.

This multipronged growth strategy has paid off in terms of revenue, with Dewberry’s 2018 Southeast billings totaling just under $123 million—approximately double the figure reported two years earlier and a factor in its selection as ENR Southeast’s Design Firm of the Year.

“The Southeast is where people want to be,” says David Maxwell, Dewberry senior vice president, explaining how the region’s seemingly unstoppable population growth has helped open the door to new opportunities. “States and communities need to expand and repair their infrastructure, an area where we’ve always been strong.”

Dewberry’s expertise in road and bridge planning and engineering is well suited to a state such as North Carolina, which has doubled the annual output of its transportation improvement program (TIP) to $3 billion over the past two years, thanks in part to streamlined review processes, according to James Trogdon, state secretary of transportation. Conducting reviews of locally submitted candidate projects for TIP funding is just one of Dewberry’s nearly 20 North Carolina Dept. of Transportation contracts for stand-alone projects and on-call technical services. The firm is also developing updates to the state’s long-term rail plan for passenger and freight service.

Trogdon说，除了提供各种服务和资源外，Dewberry在其他州的工作还可以访问其他过程改进的新想法。

特罗格登补充说：“作为一个州，我们正在越来越大，但是我们的挑战也在增长。”“他们带来的一切都为我们的努力做出了贡献。”

Dewberry’s 2013 acquisition of Orlando-based Bowyer-Singleton & Associates Inc. has helped the firm make inroads into Florida’s highly competitive transportation market. Recent project awards include a three-year surveying assignment for the Florida Dept. of Transportation’s District 5 and development of a five-year, $1.36-billion work plan for the Central Florida Expressway Authority. Tasks for that assignment include program management, bond financing support, long-range planning, environmental permitting and utility coordination.

While clients appreciate Dewberry’s full-service capabilities, Maxwell stresses the need to provide a level of service inherent in a community-based firm.

“Our focus is on growth, but we don’t want to lose sight of the fact that we’re here to serve clients,” he says, citing the 2016 acquisition of Pensacola, Fla-based consulting engineering and surveying firm Preble-Rish Inc. as an example of how Dewberry has retained its local flavor as it expanded its footprint to Florida’s Panhandle and coastal Alabama.

Ben Blitch, director of utilities for Bay County, Fla., Utility Services, says that while the organizational transition was virtually seamless, the availability of in-house “cradle-to-grave” engineering capabilities is valuable for his agency’s special, highly complex municipal infrastructure projects.

Rider on the storms

由于东南部表现出对自然和气候变化力量的越来越大的脆弱性，麦克斯韦说，“想改变对建筑环境的方法的客户之间的韧性都更加重视。

Dewberry利用其在映射技术和程序管理中的资源，在多个层面上解决了这些需求。该公司已经是美国地质调查局的地理空间产品和服务的主要承包商之一，包括收集所有美国各州和地区的高质量3D高程数据，该公司于12月被选为佛罗里达州34,000平方英里的LIDAR映射项目。根据该公司的数据，由美国USGS资助的2000万美元和USGS资助的努力将将机载激光雷达数据与地面调查相结合，以创建1级数据，以用于水文和液压建模，以减轻风暴驱动的洪水和支持州和联邦资助洪水研究。

Dewberryis also providing lidar mapping services in support of the Tallahassee-Leon County Geographic Information Systems (TLCGIS) joint project, which will provide mapping products for use by various agencies and the public.

USGS合同官员Timothy Saultz负责Dewberry在各种映射服务合同方面的工作，他说该公司的价值远远超出了其技术专业知识。

“They’re very good at bringing issues to me before they become problems, and managing complex assignments on expedited schedules,” Saultz says. Following Hurricane Maria, for example, Dewberry fast-tracked processing of lidar data collected from Puerto Rico in order for USGS to quickly transfer the information to help with reconstruction of the island’s utility systems.

萨尔茨补充说，从后勤的角度来看，佛罗里达地图项目尤其具有挑战性，因为dewberry必须协调多个飞机收集尽可能多的数据的操作，然后在春季植被丢失地面特征之前。

“Being able to manage so many airborne lidar platforms is an accomplishment, but it’s why they got this project,” Saultz says. “I knew they could do it.”

Dewberry’s ready access to geospatial data also paid off after Hurricane Michael struck the Florida Panhandle last fall. Just two years after its acquisition of Preble-Rish, Maxwell says, “We had the unique opportunity to partner with our clients and help expedite their recovery by providing boots on the ground.”

The need to quickly reestablish critical infrastructure services was not lost on Blitch, whose agency provides water to secondary systems such as Tyndall Air Force Base and Mexico Beach, which took the brunt of Michael’s winds and storm surge.

他说：“我们有很多工作要做，不仅在修复受损的设备和系统方面，而且使我们的设施更具弹性。”“在迈克尔之后，我们与Dewberry做了很多工作，我希望随着我们的前进，这将继续。”

继续专注于增长

Despite looming concerns about increased susceptibility to natural disasters, Maxwell sees no immediate letup in the Southeast’s pace of growth or Dewberry’s place in the market. He points to projects such as preparing a strategic business plan for a 2,500-acre state-owned industrial park in Kinston, N.C., and land development and surveying services for the I-4 AutoMall in DeLand, Fla., as examples of how Dewberry can contribute to securing the region’s economic future.

“We’ll continue to look for areas where we can invest and expand through acquisitions and key hires,” he says.

To be sure, Dewberry will likely face no shortage of competition for these opportunities. But the intangibles of client support may give the company an advantage. When Hurricane Florence dumped record amounts of rainfall across North Carolina last September, state transportation officials had to quickly make decisions on sequencing the closure and reopening of more than 2,400 roadways, including key interstate corridors.

Trogdon recalls how Dewberry’s Cameron Long, a project manager for the firm’s hydraulic services contract to NCDOT, spent long hours assisting emergency officials in forecasting closures and establishing detour routes two to five days in advance, enabling the agency to maintain safety and mobility as well as prioritize resources for inspections and repairs.

“这项工作对我们来说非常重要，特别是因为他在紧急情况下放弃了个人时间，” Trogdon谈到朗的努力时说。“这就是我所说的真正的伴侣。”