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Public engineering firm profile
Cranston
Augusta, GA
Empowering communities to thrive.
- Services
- 40
- Offices
- 3
- Projects
- 12
- Leaders
- 8
- Founded
- 1967
- Size Estimate
- 25-50 employees
Overview
CRANSTON is a civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, planning, and land surveying practice serving communities across the Southeast. Established in 1967 through a merger of Baldwin Engineering Company and Cranston Associates under founder Craig Cranston, it designs integrated infrastructure solutions for municipal, transportation, water resource, and private development clients. The practice operates as part of The HFW Companies, a national network of architecture and engineering practices.
- Founded
- 1967
- Size Estimate
- 25-50 employees
Services
Municipal Civil Engineering
Provides civil design solutions for municipal complexes, schools, healthcare facilities, and public spaces.
Private Development Civil Engineering
Assists builders with site layout, planning, and grading design for residential and commercial spaces.
Transportation Engineering
Designs roadway improvements, bridge infrastructure, and traffic management systems to connect communities safely.
Water Resource Management
Develops infrastructure solutions for stormwater networks, dams, canals, and flood control structures.
Structural Engineering
Offers structural analysis and design for buildings, bridges, and historic rehabilitation projects.
Landscape Architecture
Designs parks, greenways, and public plazas that foster community identity and support sustainability.
Land Surveying
Delivers boundary and topographic surveys, mapping, and construction layout support for design projects.
Construction Engineering & Inspection
Provides project oversight, quality assurance, and on-site support to ensure successful project execution.
Capital Funding Program Management
Helps municipalities identify, secure, and administer grants and other public funding resources.
Industries
Firm type
Project types
Municipal government complexHospital and healthcare facilitySchool and educational facilitySenior living centerResidential master-planned communityPark and recreational facilityRoad and bridgeStormwater and damCanal systemHistoric building rehabilitationStreetscape and waterfrontHotel and commercial development
Projects
Comfort Suites
Hospitality
The Gray Building
Commercial
Wrightsboro Road Contraflow
Augusta, GA | Transportation
Nathan Deal Campus of Innovation
Education
Augusta Canal Master Plan
Augusta, GA | Water Resources
River Walk Augusta
Augusta, GA | Sports & Recreation
Archibald W. Butt Memorial Bridge Substructure Repairs
Transportation
Kessel Bakery Building Rehabilitation
Augusta, GA | Historic Preservation
Big Canoe
Big Canoe, GA | Residential
Henry-Wilcox-Brigham House Restoration
Historic Preservation
Old Engine Company No. 1 Building Rehabilitation
Historic Preservation
Credentials and affiliations
Awards
ENR Southeast Best Projects Award of Merit - Nathan Deal Campus of Innovation (2019)ACEC Georgia Engineering Excellence Award for Innovative Solution to a Design Problem - Wrightsboro Road (2020)Georgia Engineering Employer of the Year for Small Companies - GSPE (2015)National Association of Homebuilders Masterplanned Community of the Year - Big Canoe, GA (2014)American Concrete Institute Georgia Chapter Award of Excellence: Restoration - Archibald W. Butt Memorial BridgeACEC Georgia Honor Award 2011 Georgia Engineering Excellence - Augusta Levee Compliance DeterminationAugusta Metro Chamber of Commerce Lester S. Moody Award of Excellence (Individual)ACEC 2009 Community Service Award (Individual)Historic Augusta Historic Preservation Award - Kessel Bakery Building RehabilitationGeorgia Trust 2003 Preservation Award: Excellence in Rehabilitation - Kessel Bakery BuildingThe Waterfront Center Excellence on the Waterfront Award - River Walk AugustaHistoric Augusta Historic Preservation Award - Henry-Wilcox-Brigham House RestorationIlluminating Engineers Society of North America International Illumination Design Award - River Walk AugustaGeorgia Planning Association Meritorious Public Project - River Walk AugustaASCE CSRA Branch Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award - River Walk AugustaNational Endowment for the Arts Federal Design Achievement Award - Augusta Canal Master PlanGeorgia Trust Historic Preservation Citation - Augusta Canal Master PlanGeorgia DOT Liz Lyon Award for Outstanding TEA Project - Augusta Canal Master PlanThe Waterfront Center Excellence on the Waterfront Award - Augusta Canal Master PlanGeorgia Planning Association Outstanding Planning Project Award in Planning for Economic Development - Augusta Canal Master PlanHistoric Augusta Historic Preservation Award - Old Engine Company No. 1 Building RehabilitationGeorgia Land Developers Association Creative Engineering Award - Big Canoe, GA
Leadership
Mitchell Murchison
President and CEO
PE, MBA
Tom Dunaway
Vice President of Operations
PE, MBA
James Dean
Regional Operations Lead (CSRA)
PE
Dennis Welch, Sr.
Strategic Growth Officer
PE, MBA
Lance Cheely
Principal of Landscape Architecture, Manager of Projects
RLA, MBA, LEED AP
Hilary Peterson
Marketing and Administration Manager
Thomas Robertson
Retired President and Civil Engineering Consultant
PE
John Attaway
Survey Group Manager
PLS