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Origin Design

Dubuque, IA

Working on Tomorrow

Services
22
Offices
2
Leaders
5
Founded
1982

Overview

Origin Design is a full-service professional design practice headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa, with a second office in the Quad Cities (Davenport, Iowa). Founded in 1982, Origin Design delivers architecture, engineering, land survey, land development, transportation, water resources, structural, municipal, and field services to clients across commercial, education, energy, government, healthcare, industrial, parks and recreation, real estate development, and retail markets. Origin Design emphasizes sustainable, impactful solutions built on decades of client and community relationships.

Founded
1982

Services

Engineering

Origin Design provides engineering services across building, site, infrastructure, and public-sector disciplines.

Land Development

Origin Design coordinates land development planning and design with site, civil, and regulatory requirements.

Land Survey

Precision land surveying services including 3D scanning. Origin Design expanded dedicated on-site survey services in the Quad Cities in 2026.

Field Services

Construction-phase field services ensuring thoughtful and accurate decisions throughout the construction process.

Industries

Firm type

Leadership

Mike Ruden

Commercial Market Lead

AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Mark Fassbinder

Education Market Lead

AIA, LEED AP

Eric Helminiak

Energy Market Lead

PE, SE, LEED AP

Marc Ruden

Government / Municipalities Lead

PE

Katrina Hecimovic

Government / Municipalities Lead

PE

Offices

Dubuque Office

Headquarters

137 Main Street, Ste. 100

Dubuque, IA 52001

563-556-2464

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Quad Cities Office

5405 Utica Ridge Road #200

Davenport, IA 52807

563-823-0192

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