KCI Technologies

KCI is a 100-percent employee-owned engineering, planning and construction firm serving clients throughout the United States. Our multi-disciplined service offerings allow us to provide exceptional turnkey expertise to federal, state and local government agencies, as well as institutional and private-sector clients. KCI's stock value increase of more than 6,500 percent since 1994 is a tribute to the hard work and technical expertise of more than 1,700 dedicated employee owners. At KCI, we apply knowledge, determination and skill to create a more interconnected, livable world-a society that connects us not only to our clients, but to each other.

KCI is a 100 percent employee-owned engineering, planning and construction firm serving clients throughout the United States and beyond. Our corporate purpose is to work together to implement great ideas that improve people's lives. KCI's corporate vision is to become the most respected, well-diversified, sought after A/E/C ESOP in the country. With more than 1,700 employees nationwide collaborating on diverse projects, KCI is constantly driven by energy, passion and talent. Our staff of experts contributes to a body of knowledge in a variety of fields through training, technical articles, published white papers, and conference presentations.

KCI offers a complete range of water resources services that apply a multi-disciplined approach to watershed assessments, water quantity/quality management and stormwater facilities design. In addition to investigating, sampling, assessing and monitoring surface water facilities, we conduct planning studies and guide our clients through environmental permitting programs. Our innovative solutions address challenges ranging from stream restoration, channel relocation and flood control, to stream crossing, bridge replacement, erosion and sediment control, best management practices, open and closed storm drain design, floodplain studies, bridge scour analysis and countermeasure design.

KCI provides natural resources planning, engineering, design, and construction services to help protect and restore streams, wetlands, watersheds and forests. Our environmental scientists and engineers apply their expertise in all aspects of wetland science, stream restoration, watershed planning, resource conservation and permit compliance. By integrating sound resource management practices with state-of-the art technology and construction techniques, we offer creative approaches to dam removal, fish passage and other projects for our clients.

KCI provides full design-build services for a variety of facilities. Our engineers and construction managers routinely partner with general contractors to provide design and construction oversight for highways, bridges, buildings, water and wastewater treatment facilities, pump stations, communications, and environmental restoration projects. KCI has experience in public-private partnerships (P3) and design-build project delivery methods to expedite schedules and control project costs. We have become experts at fostering teamwork and communication.

KCI provides a full range of construction-related services for many types of projects and clients. From buildings and roadways, to utility lines and stream restoration, our construction managers, resident engineers, and inspectors help deliver projects faster, better and more cost effectively by facilitating communication and solving problems before they impact the job. Backed by a multi-discipline team of engineers, planners and scientists, KCI offers construction services that ensure quality and cost savings while minimizing client risk and facilitating communication among project stakeholders.

KCI provides expertise in mechanical system design for central plant, HVAC, plumbing, process piping, materials handling, refrigeration, industrial ventilation, and utilities systems. We partner with owners, developers, architects and contractors to produce innovative designs that incorporate energy conservation, maintenance efficiency and environmental responsibility. Our experienced professionals commission HVAC and fire protection systems to assure proper installation and function, and our engineers incorporate the knowledge acquired through commissioning work as feedback into our analysis and design.

KCI provides environmental engineering services to support public and private clients through development and upgrade of water, wastewater and solid waste infrastructure and treatment facilities; subsurface investigations and associated geotechnical design; and identification and remediation of hazardous materials. This expertise includes a variety of services for the development, analysis and upgrade of public works infrastructure. Our experience includes providing design, inspection, and monitoring for water supply, treatment, storage and distribution; wastewater conveyance and treatment; and landfill, recycling, and waste-to-energy facilities.

KCI's surveyors provide a wide variety of land surveying services for public- and private-sector clients. From construction layout of high-rise steel structures to 3-D laser scanning, we perform comprehensive surveying services for commercial and residential developments, buildings, highways, bridges, utilities, waterways and property acquisitions. Our experienced staff of land surveyors utilize state-of-the-art equipment and practical innovation to reduce survey costs and expedite the completion of projects, while maintaining a superior product for our clients.

From conceptual design through systems commissioning, KCI provides expertise in electrical system design for projects ranging from a modest system upgrade to a multi-million dollar new campus construction. Our engineers produce innovative designs that reflect concerns for energy conservation, maintenance efficiency, and environmental responsibility. With a dedicated staff of LEED-accredited and Energy Star-certified engineers, we also offer green building design and building commissioning to ensure the sustainability and performance of facility systems.

KCI built its reputation by forming relationships with organizations that serve the public-cities, states, counties, towns and boroughs. We support general services agencies that are responsible for developing and maintaining government office buildings and facilities. Our capabilities include planning, surveying, engineering, coordination and construction management for site, mechanical, electrical, structural, geotechnical, geothermal, fire protection, utility, drainage and landscape architecture design.

KCI's geothermal engineering services provide our clients with cost effective and sustainable energy alternatives compared to existing designs. Our certified geothermal designers have gained knowledge that expands beyond the engineering realm and into the sustainable design industry. The firm's experience includes design, installation oversight and commissioning for a wide range of geothermal heat exchangers including open loop (water well, pond, lake and river), vertical and horizontal closed loops, pond/lake/river closed loops, hybrid loops for load balancing and standing column heat exchangers.

Whether partnering with government agencies or working with developers, contractors and private enterprises, our team provides structural engineering and design services for new construction, rehabilitation and historic restoration projects. We prepare detailed plans, specifications and estimates; conduct condition assessments; determine load ratings; process permit applications for overweight vehicles; and prepare and review shop drawings. Our engineers perform preliminary and final design reviews on behalf of our clients for designs prepared by other consultants.

KCI offers a diverse background in the field of fire protection engineering. We deliver cutting edge solutions and innovative approaches to the protection of life, property and continuity in business operations resulting from hazards associated with fire. Our comprehensive suite of fire protection engineering services includes code-and performance-based design, and we help our clients establish fire-safety goals that can be used to demonstrate regulatory compliance. We offer in-house fire protection engineering consulting, suppression system design, property loss control consulting, and fire safety engineering and management consulting.