Stewart Engineering Relocates Material Testing Laboratory

Facility to Have Four Professional Engineers on Site

Raleigh, NC, July 28, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Robert Macia, president of Stewart Engineering (http://www.stewart-eng.com), has announced that the firm has relocated their material testing laboratory to a new 3,000 square-foot facility located at 2201 Brentwood Road in Raleigh. Stewart Engineering offers in-house construction material testing services to provide owners and contractors with testing and special inspections during the construction phase of projects. Under the leadership of Don Brown, PE LEED AP, construction services department manager, this new laboratory will test soil, concrete, asphalt, spray-applied fireproofing material and a variety of other materials. In addition to housing the testing lab, the space will serve as the home for Stewart’s special inspections, geotechnical engineering and construction engineering and inspection (CEI) groups. The facility will have 14 employees working on-site, including four professional engineers.

Quotes:
“Providing more space for our construction materials testing team is an important facet of our business strategy,” said Macia. “We’ve had success expanding this part of our business, and relocating our laboratory to this larger facility will allow us to have engineers on-site at the testing location and expand the material testing services that we can provide to our clients.”

Details:
-Three people worked at the previous facility, which was 550 square feet and was located at 8765 Junction Blvd.

About Stewart Engineering:
Based in Raleigh, Stewart Engineering provides engineering, technical and design services in the areas of structural, civil, geotechnical and transportation engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, construction services and greenway design. With a corporate office located in Raleigh, N.C., and a branch office in Charlotte, N.C., Stewart Engineering is well-positioned to serve its diverse client base, which includes area architects, private developers, contractors, municipalities, universities, hospitals, community colleges and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The firm’s accolades include an EDGE award from Triangle Business Journal, the Pinnacle Award for Growth and Stability from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, and multiple awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina including the 2012 Grand Conceptor Award. Stewart Engineering employs 90 people and is certified as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) owned and controlled by minority, women, disabled or disadvantaged owners. For more information, visit http://www.stewart-eng.com.

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