Kleinfelder is a California success story. Since its founding in the City of Stockton in 1961 by Jim Kleinfelder, the engineering, architecture, and science consulting firm has grown from a small single office into a global company with 69 locations around the world and nearly 2,000 employee-owners. This year the company, now headquartered in San Diego, was ranked No. 43 on Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) 2015 Top 500 Design Firms list.
ENR California recently spoke with Bill Siegel, Kleinfelder president and CEO, to discuss the company's California work, current trends in construction engineering, and the outlook for the industry.