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Benesch

Value Focused. Community Minded. Quality Driven.

Services
31
Projects
15
Leaders
11
Founded
1946
Size Estimate
1,200-4,999 employees

Overview

Founded in 1946, Benesch is a multidisciplinary professional services practice providing civil engineering, transportation engineering, environmental services, and landscape architecture. It delivers design, planning, and construction management solutions to improve infrastructure and communities nationwide. Composed of experts spanning multiple disciplines, it supports transportation, water, and community development projects across the country.

Founded
1946
Size Estimate
1,200-4,999 employees

Services

Transportation

Comprehensive planning, design, and analysis for roadways, highways, bridges, railroads, aviation, and public transit systems.

Environmental & Water

Water resource, stormwater, wastewater, potable water, and environmental compliance solutions to support resilient natural and built systems.

Communities

Site planning, landscape architecture, and engineering services for education, parks and recreation, private developments, and public spaces.

Industries

Firm type

Projects

Weber Road at I-55 Diverging Diamond Interchange

2024 | Will County, IL | Highways & Roads

Management of construction and complex traffic staging to implement a new Diverging Diamond Interchange to address major capacity issues and rapid growth in Will County.

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10 & 30 South Wacker

1984 | Chicago, IL | Commercial

Design of an innovative structural framing system bringing together unique structure types where two concrete skyscrapers cantilever over a low-rise building.

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I-255 Over the Mississippi River

1992 | Mississippi River | Bridges

Design of a new 4,000-foot, 15-span twin tied arch structure to replace its failing steel truss predecessor, utilizing unique I-shaped girders and streamlined design.

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Wacker Drive Reconstruction

2004 | Chicago, IL | Highways & Roads

Overall construction management for the $200 million reconstruction of Chicago's iconic double-decker viaduct originally built in 1926.

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Murray Baker Bridge Truss Shortening

2009 | Illinois | Bridges

First-of-its-kind shortening of an existing cantilever truss on the Murray Baker Bridge using a custom-designed load transfer device, following a Value Planning Study.

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Stearns Road Corridor

2011 | Illinois | Highways & Roads

Preliminary and final design, construction, and corridor management for a five-mile corridor addressing rapid growth and high traffic demands while enhancing the natural environment.

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Wacker Drive & Congress Parkway Interchange

2014 | Chicago, IL | Highways & Roads

Reconstruction and demolition of one of Chicago's busiest interchanges, featuring foundation rehabilitation, deck and beam replacement, and widening of fixed spans.

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CREATE P-1 Englewood Flyover

2016 | Chicago, IL | Rail

Construction management of a 10-span flyover and approach bridges to eliminate an at-grade railroad crossing over I-90/94.

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The Chicago Riverwalk

2018 | Chicago, IL | Parks & Open Space

Lead structural design, construction management, and hydraulic analysis to connect the Chicago lakefront to the West Loop, enhancing cultural and recreational value.

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I-74 Corridor over the Mississippi River

2023 | Quad Cities, IL/IA | Bridges

Served as Corridor-Wide Coordinator and led design plans for the Central Sections of a $1.2 billion project to increase capacity and provide structural improvements.

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I-95 over Cottman Avenue Emergency Repairs

2024 | Philadelphia, PA | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | Highways & Roads

Development of an innovative emergency replacement design following the partial collapse of a critical section of I-95 in Philadelphia, delivered as part of a design-build team.

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Lincoln South Beltway

2024 | Lincoln, NE | Highways & Roads

Design of a $350 million, 43-mile vital east-west route featuring multiple interchanges, 23 bridges, and 11 roundabouts around southern Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension

Kansas City, MO | City of Kansas City | Transit

Extension of the Kansas City Streetcar main street line to improve urban transit connectivity.

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Beatrice Municipal Airport Runway 18/36

Beatrice, NE | Beatrice Municipal Airport | Aviation

Airport runway improvements for Runway 18/36 at the Beatrice Municipal Airport.

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Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)

Broward County, FL | Broward MPO | Transportation

Long-range transportation planning to define the region's transportation vision through 2050.

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Credentials and affiliations

Leadership

Kevin Fitzpatrick

President & CEO

PE

Randy Kaster

Chief Operating Officer

PE

George Horas

Chief Growth Officer

PE, VMA

Tina Horn

Chief Financial Officer

Laura McGovern

Chief Process and Innovation Officer

PE

Sandra Pond

Chief Human Resources Officer

SPHR

Chris Steinway

General Counsel

Bill Epp

West Regional Manager

PE, SE

Elizabeth Gallagher

North Regional Manager

PE, SE

Steve Lorek

Railroad Division Manager

PE

Sreekanth "Sunny" Nandagiri

Southeast Regional Manager

PE, PMP

Offices

No public values listed.