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                                                        STOP!                 By Sarah Fulton                      “We have a lot of trust in each other,”
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                                                                                                                 Carr said. “We work as a team and rely on
                              SetGoals for                                          ecades of experience paired with an  each other.”
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                                                                                    innovative eye on the future are part  D’Huy Engineering has worked on
                                                                                    of what makes D’Huy Engineering  school construction and renovation projects,
                                                                              D a high-profile engineering firm in  public buildings, commercial, retaining
                                                                              the Lehigh Valley.                 walls and retail and industrial facilities. The
                                                                                Engineers with 30 years’ experience  company has engineered the re-use of his-
                      Services.Advocacy.Support.                              mentor recent graduates to deliver unique  torical structures and also offers consulting
                                                                                                                 in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Envi-
                                                                              solutions to clients including city agencies,
                  Yourindependenceisourmission.                               school districts and national corporations.  ronmental Design) construction. Team
                                                                                                                 members come together to solve problems
                                                                                Whether it’s restoring brownstone
                                                                              homes in Brooklyn or engineering a project  and develop ideas for a project and cross-
                                                                              for Comcast’s headquarters in Philadelphia,  check each other’s work.
                                                                                                                   “We definitely work as a team, there’s a
                                                                              D’Huy Engineering has handled it. The  lot of collaboration and diversity of experi-
                                                                              Bethlehem-based company handles projects
                        LVC L                                                 conceptual planning to completion and  the credit, we just do what needs to be
                                                                                                                 ence,” Carr said. “No one cares who gets
                                                                              from start to finish, taking clients from
                                                                                                                 done.”
                                                                              occupancy, with a team to handle engineer-
                                                                                                                   The firm engineered a damper tank for
                                                                              ing and construction concerns every step of
                                                                                                                 the top of the Comcast building to reduce
                                                                              the way.
                                                                                “I think we have a great team and we
                                                                                                                 ture on windy days.
                         LehighValleyCenterfor                                consistently deliver a high level of perform-  the amount of sway in the 973-foot struc-
                                                                                                                   “There’s a lot of exciting projects we
                                                                              ance to our clients,” said Ronald Carr, a
                         IndependentL ving                                    principal with the firm for 30 years.  have here, it’s not the same thing day-to-
                                                                                                                 day,” said senior project manager Ethan
                                                                                D’Huy offers facilities engineering,
                                                                              structural design and forensic engineering,  Fick.
                                                                                                                   Fick oversees a wide variety of projects,
                     610-770-9781 | www.lvcil.org                             utilizing a team approach. The firm began  including many school district construction
                                                                              in 1976 and has grown to 45 employees. In
                                                                              the 2018 Top Workplaces survey, the com-
                                                                              pany was named No. 4 among small em-                       See Page 37
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