KLJ

in seven states but we work across a bigger footprint with projects in private industries, like oil & gas and Telcom throughout the country. We operate within a combination of physical locations and remote staff, so even if you don’t have people in actual branch locations, we might be remote working in a different territory. “We like to be close to the communities we serve and one good example of that is our recent expansion to Grand Junction, Colorado. It’s a mid-sized community that fit a really good niche for us. We’ve hired a lot of local people there who can serve as project managers and engineers, and that’s given us really good traction right out of the chute in Grand Junction. That will be our new model for growth – to hire local people, get close to the community, make sure we know the market, and then ramp up quickly. Having the remote regional office concept has really helped KLJ move forward.” Schuchard: “One thing I’m very proud of is how we evaluate moving into a new office, or a new location, or a merger or an acquisition. We do a very good job of reviewing how it went to develop lessons learned and advance those as best practices for our next endeavor. We have a plan, we execute it, and start seeing results so much sooner than before.” BVM: Do the solutions you offer differ in various communities? Schneider: “It depends on the location. The services we’ll start with in Grand Junction are more in what we call the public market – transportation, municipal, those kinds of projects. I anticipate later we will move into the private side in oil & gas, aviation, etc. “Our marketing team did great work with creating awareness about the company in advance of opening in Grand Junction. In addition to networking efforts, we were able Kristi Spindler, VP Human Resources & Safety