Author: Megan Smith

Dear Clients, Partners, and Friends, As we are on this COVID-19 journey together, we want to provide an update to our response. Our first priority is the health and safety of you and our Lamp Rynearson community. We are monitoring the situation of our four office locations and have acted. The second objective is to keep projects on-track as the impacts of COVID-19 are realized. Below are steps we are taking: In Office Meetings: Our offices are closed to the Read more…

Dear Valued Partner,   Well, here we are at the end of another day of constantly changing conditions. As we go home to our families and do what we believe is best for them, our clients and our communities, please know that the team at Lamp Rynearson is here, even if remote. We are here to problem-solve, keep projects moving ahead and, most of all, take care of one another.   You will hear from us. We’ll be picking up Read more…

Water Resources Group Leader Justin Korkus, PE, explains the process of creating a reservoir – from water rights through dam design With over 300 days of sun a year, you are sure to notice the myriad of glimmering reservoirs whenever you travel along the Front Range in Colorado. Coming in an array of sizes, they inspire daydreams of lake days, shoreline barbeques, and fishing for those lucky enough to live in the Centennial State! Although celebrated as a recreational destination, Read more…

A huge congratulations to our very own Project Engineer, Rob Vanderveen! ACEC Nebraska 2020 Young Professional of the Year. Thank you Rob for all your hard work and your amazing efforts in our community through Hope Dwells and Yellow Door. Inspiring and well deserved award. Read more about Rob and his involvement in the Omaha community https://www.civicnebraska.org/build-up-omaha-vanderveens/.

The year 2019 was monumental! We launched a new brand to celebrate our firm’s 60th anniversary! Our year-end report captures the excitement and energy of this effort! More importantly, it reaffirms our dedication to serving PEOPLE, sharing PROFITS, and improving our PLANET is stronger than ever. Dive in to the incredible community stories throughout this report!    

KANSAS CITY – Lamp Rynearson is now offering land surveying as a service mobilized from their Kansas City office. The firm has hired Kellan Gregory, PLS, as the Survey Project Manager to lead this expansion. “Lamp Rynearson has offered land surveying services out of Omaha since our founding in 1959. When the Kansas City office was acquired in 2013, it was a matter of timing and finding the right leadership to begin offering this service to our clients here,” commented Read more…

Brian Skourup, PE, SE, joins the Lamp Rynearson team as Senior Structural Engineer. With 12 years of experience, and degrees in both architectural and structural engineering, Skourup provides comprehensive structural engineering services to support all of the firm’s office locations. Skourup’s work has included structural steel, reinforced concrete, masonry, and prestressed concrete buildings, bridges, and non-building structures throughout the United States and abroad. Drawing from experience in engineering, data analytics, and financial analysis, he leads projects, solves problems, and manages Read more…

Michael P. McMeekin, PE, ENV SP, Chairman of the Board for Lamp Rynearson, has been selected as the Engineering Change Lab-USA’s (ECL-USA) first Executive Director. The ECL-USA is a social change lab seeking to connect, share information, and collaborate with individuals and stakeholder groups within the engineering community. It is made up of change leaders and explorers committed to benefiting society by unlocking the full potential of engineering. McMeekin, who was an initiator / founder of the ECL-USA, was instrumental Read more…

For the third consecutive year, Lamp Rynearson received the Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms ranking!   Is this important? Sure! ENR ranks firms according to revenue for design services performed in 2018. Our team of 170 professionals sits among firms with the horsepower of thousands, even tens of thousands, employees. On this list of distinguished firms, we secured spot #441.   Once again it’s a proud year to be an employee at Lamp Rynearson, and we’ve got our sights Read more…