Engineering firm
GAI Consultants, Inc. has opened and occupied a new $3 million addition. Designed to accommodate staff growth, the three-story, 24,000-square-foot facility is part of an expansion of GAI’s
Homestead-based operations. Located at the Waterfront, the addition was constructed adjacent to GAI’s existing, 85,000-square-foot main facility.
The largest of GAI’s eight locations in the Eastern U.S.,
the Pittsburgh office employs 320 people, and expects to hire an additional 30 engineers. Downtown-based
Strada designed the project; contractor was
Continental Building Systems. GAI employees completed civil engineering, inspection and surveying work. "GAI is pleased to have had this opportunity to build a new office building on our
Waterfront business campus to accommodate our staff growth,” says Diane B. Landers, with GAI. “Job growth resulting from healthy businesses is a plus for our region and GAI is proud to play a small part in the revitalization of the Steel Valley.”
GAI, which will mark its 50th anniversary in 2008, began as a small specialized engineering firm in Wilkinsburg. Today, the national, employee-owned engineering and environmental firm provides professional services to the energy, transportation, real estate, industrial, and government markets. “Our growth has been an ongoing trend for us, not only in Pittsburgh, but corporate-wide. Homestead is really making strides in this area. It’s a wonderful community and is changing everyday,” says Natalie Rudzinski with GAI.
Representing its 610 corporate-wide employees, GAI presented a $610 donation to
The Salvation Army Steel Valley Corps during a Dec. 12 ribbon-cutting celebration.
Writer:
Jennifer BaronSources: Diane B. Landers and Natalie Rudzinski, GAI Consultants, Inc.
Image courtesy GAI Consultants, Inc.