{"id":15879,"date":"2014-11-05T14:06:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T19:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/11\/merger-creates-one-of-upstates-largest-women-owned-engineering-companies.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T19:06:43","slug":"merger-creates-one-of-upstates-largest-women-owned-engineering-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/11\/merger-creates-one-of-upstates-largest-women-owned-engineering-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Merger Creates One Of Upstate&#8217;s Largest Women-Owned Engineering Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Ryan-Biggs Associates PC of Clifton Park<br \/>\nand Clark Engineering and Surveying PC have<br \/>\nmerged and operate under the name Ryan<br \/>\nBiggs Clark Davis Engineering &amp; Surveying<br \/>\nPC.<\/p>\n<p>Company officials said it is now one of the<br \/>\nlargest women-owned engineering firms in Upstate<br \/>\nNew York, providing structural engineering;<br \/>\ncivil engineering; repair and restoration;<br \/>\nconstruction support, inspection, and testing;<br \/>\nand surveying services.<\/p>\n<p>With a combined total of nearly 70 years of<br \/>\nprofessional engineering practice, Ryan Biggs<br \/>\nClark Davis maintains a staff of 40, including<br \/>\n20 licensed engineers, in three offices in New<br \/>\nYork state.<\/p>\n<p>Originally founded by Tom Ryan as J. Thomas<br \/>\nRyan Engineering in 1973 and later joined<br \/>\nby David Biggs in 1978, Ryan-Biggs Associates<br \/>\ncalled River Street in Troy its home until 2010<br \/>\nwhen the corporate headquarters moved to<br \/>\nClifton Park. In 2000, Ryan-Biggs started an office<br \/>\nin the Finger Lakes Region (Skaneateles)<br \/>\nto service Central New York clients.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last four decades, Ryan-Biggs<br \/>\nhas provided structural engineering services<br \/>\nacross New York state. The firm has designed,<br \/>\npreserved, and rehabilitated many Capital<br \/>\nRegion structures including: Proctor&#8217;s Theatre,<br \/>\nRensselaer Rail Station, Albany Medical<br \/>\nCenter&#8217;s Patient Pavilion, Cathedral of the<br \/>\nImmaculate Conception, Restoration New<br \/>\nYork State Education Building, New York<br \/>\nState Police Troop G headquarters, St. Peter&#8217;s<br \/>\nHospital Hearst Pavilion, RPI&#8217;s Biotechnology<br \/>\n&amp; Interdisciplinary Studies Building, and<br \/>\nHudson Valley Community College&#8217;s Science<br \/>\nCenter.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan-Biggs has provided the structural<br \/>\ndesign for thousands of K-12 schools, religious<br \/>\nfacilities, hospitals, cultural facilities, libraries,<br \/>\nindustrial facilities, colleges and universities,<br \/>\nand highway and historic bridges. The firm<br \/>\noften collaborates with architects, contractors,<br \/>\nengineers, municipalities, private and<br \/>\ncommercial owners, and government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Clark Engineering was founded in 1986 by<br \/>\nDouglas and Ann Clark in Columbia County<br \/>\nto provide civil engineering to the smaller<br \/>\nmunicipalities in the region. The firm&#8217;s focus<br \/>\nwas on bringing innovative and cost-effective<br \/>\nsolutions to its clients, with many projects<br \/>\nbeing the first of their kind permitted by New<br \/>\nYork state regulatory agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The firm has provided site and structural<br \/>\nengineering and land surveying services on<br \/>\nprojects of all sizes for a diverse client base,<br \/>\nincluding numerous government agencies and<br \/>\nmunicipalities.<\/p>\n<p>With the merger also comes changes in the<br \/>\nboard of directors. Paul A. Rouis III, PE, was<br \/>\nnamed CEO; Jamie L. Davis, PE, LEED AP, is<br \/>\npresident; Ann Clark, PE, is a vice president,<br \/>\nand Jack C. Healy, PE, is a vice president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ryan-Biggs Associates PC of Clifton Park and Clark Engineering and Surveying PC have merged and operate under the name Ryan Biggs Clark Davis Engineering &amp; Surveying PC. 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