Volkert, Inc. is a

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based in

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, in the

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. The company offers

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, and

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services. It was founded in 1925 in

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as Doullut and Ewin, Inc. The company operates with a workforce of 1200 people at more than 50 offices in 20 states and the

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. Volkert was ranked at 88 among the top 500 design firms in the United States in 2022 by ''

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History

The company was founded in 1925 in New Orleans as Doullut and Ewin, Inc. It relocated to Mobile in 1946 and was reorganized as J. P. Ewin, Inc. It was renamed as the Ewin Engineering Corporation in 1950. David G. Volkert took possession of the company in 1954. The company was renamed as David Volkert & Associates, Inc. in 1963. An

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was begun in 1975. New subsidiaries, Volkert Construction Services, Inc. and Volkert Environmental Group, Inc. were created in 1984 and 1985. It was again renamed in 1999, this time as Volkert & Associates, Inc. David G. Volkert died in 2001. The firm was inducted into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2003. It was renamed as Volkert, Inc. in 2009. Its purchase of Allied Engineering and Testing Inc. of

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was announced in October 2012. Allied Engineering and Testing Inc. employed 90 people in five Florida-based offices at the time of acquisition. The company announced that there were no immediate plans to modify the operations or staffing levels of the acquired company.

Projects

Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center - looking S at entrance - 2011

* Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. *

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Visitors Center, Arlington County, Virginia *

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, Birmingham, Alabama *

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Bridge (I-495), Forest Glen Park, Maryland * Clearwater Pass Bridge, Clearwater, Florida * Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge, Mobile, Alabama *

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approaches, New Orleans, Louisiana *

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, New Orleans, Louisiana * Interstate 10 twin bridges, Mobile Bay, Alabama * Interstate 165, North Section, Mobile, Alabama *

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roadway, Washington, D.C. *

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s, New Orleans, Louisiana *McDuffie Terminal at Alabama State Docks, Mobile, Alabama *

Mobile Regional Airport Mobile Regional Airport is a public/military airport west of Mobile, Alabama, Mobile, in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the Mobile Airport Authority, a self-funded entity that receives no local ta ...

Terminal Complex, Mobile, Alabama * Panama City-Bay County International Airport Terminal, Panama City, Florida * Perdido Pass Bridge, Orange Beach, Alabama *

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. located on East Capitol Street near the Anacostia River. Opened in 1 ...

, Washington, D.C. *

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campus, Tuscaloosa, Alabama * Smithsonian Metro Station, Washington, D.C. *

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, Washington, D.C.

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