Society also names KCI project 2001 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement
5/16/01—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HUNT VALLEY, MD—On May 9, the Maryland Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (MD ASCE) honored KCI Technologies, Inc., with two prestigious awards. The society named KCI President, CEO & Chairman of the Board Terry F. Neimeyer, PE, as the 2001 Civil Engineer of the Year. MD ASCE also presented the firm its 2001 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award (category: Project Cost more than $15 Million) for the MD Route 5 at Coventry Way Interchange project, which KCI designed for the Maryland State Highway Administration (MSHA).
2001 Civil Engineer of the Year—Neimeyer began his career at KCI in 1977 and rose steadily through the company’s ranks, earning a reputation for his technical expertise and business acumen. Since Neimeyer became president in 1995, KCI has enjoyed record profits, with the corporate stock value increasing 429%. In the past year, Neimeyer has been a dynamic voice for the engineering community, serving as chairman of the board of the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce and as a board member of the Maryland Chamber. He also is a board member and past-president of the Maryland Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
2001 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement—KCI Vice President Stephen F. Drumm, PE, accepted MD ASCE’s Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award for MD 5 at Coventry Way, one of Maryland’s first urban diamond interchanges. Drumm said, “The project is the product of a successful partnership in value engineering between KCI and MSHA.” The design provided a grade separation from an existing four-lane divided highway intersection to a six-lane bridge. KCI worked with the MSHA design team to implement value engineering concepts, which reduced the roadway typical section; revised profile grades; minimized impacts to utilities; and created maintenance of traffic plans that limited the need for additional right-of-way, saving the State more than $8 million in project costs.
FIRM OVERVIEW—With revenues of $65.6 million in 2000, KCI is ranked 111th among the top 500 engineering firms in the country by the Engineering News Record. The employee-owned, multi-discipline engineering firm employs more than 730 people operating in 23 offices in eight States—Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia—as well as the District of Columbia.
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