1994: A year of Beanie Babies, Forrest Gump, and Al Gore’s Internet. But the most significant event (well, in our minds)? The founding of Choice One Engineering. Back in those days there were a few Average Joes (or perhaps Average Jeffs and Brians if you know the typical names that make up our roster) who thought there could be more to engineering than providing quality plans. They wanted to create a different experience for their clients. So these young engineers met in then president Tony Schroeder’s basement (lovingly dubbed “The Bat Cave’) and concocted a plan to take over the world. Well, at least the world of civil engineering and surveying in west-central Ohio. Their goal? To create a consulting engineering company that had fun, was uber-responsive, provided stability, and did great work. And Choice One Engineering was born.
Choice One Engineering now has two offices (disappointingly neither of them as… subterranean… as The Bat Cave), over 65 employees, and is just as (if not more!) fun, responsive, stable, and hard-working as it was in those early days. Over the years, our engineering and surveying services have grown and transformed via modern-day technology and business practices, but our core purpose has remained the same.
We want to enjoy our work, be responsive to each other, and develop relationships with coworkers and clients who enjoy working with us because we share common goals and mindsets.
We want to redefine what you expect from a civil engineering firm. Here’s a glimpse of what teaming up with Choice One means:
You can’t see the mohawk in the photo, but Project Surveyor Jesse Waggoner, pictured, played a heck of a B.A. Baracus from the 1980s TV show The A-Team for a
Allen Bertke: “I love it when a plan comes together.”
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Miss Maggie, who is almost three years old, is Jeff Puthoff’s neighbor. Maggie’s backyard faces one of Jeff’s fields, and she enjoys watching Jeff manage his crops next door throughout the year. When
Maggie: “This is MY Farmer Jeff.”
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Inquiring Mindsets want to know:
What are your favorite and least favorite aspects of Fall?
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If you want to enjoy your career, build lifelong relationships, and be part of a growing civil engineering firm that values its culture, you’ve come to the right place! At Choice One Engineering, our purpose statement is “to provide fulfilling lives for a lifetime.”