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Here are 100 fun facts about our people and our industry!
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1 $2 The amount Fuss & O’Neill secured for Massachusetts municipalities in FY23 MVP Action Grant funding. (million) We currently are made up of 335 employees 4 Our most popular blog is “Overheard at Fuss & O’NeillThanksgiving Edition”. Fuss & O’Neill started as a land surveying company.
5 The number of new shareholders we welcomed this summer 1806 Birthyear of John Augustus Roebling renowned for his suspension bridge designs. He passed away while designing the Brooklyn Bridge, so his son and daughter-in-law finished the job! Emily Warren Roebling is considered to be the first woman field engineer! 7 The International Space Station, The Golden Gate Bridge, The Chunnel, Burj Khalifa, The Great Wall of China, the Hoover Dam, and the Millau Viaduct. 8 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni work at Fuss & O’Neill. Engineering Wonders of the World are:
9 Michael/Mikes work at Fuss & O’Neill. 10 The number of offices Fuss & O’Neill has throughout New England and California. 11 Kevins work for Fuss & O’Neillincluding the CEO! 12 The number of participants on our Climate and Sustainability Leadership Team.
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13 The number of Fuss & O’Neill internal employee-run committees. 14 The number of states in which Senior Project Manager, Richard Boggs is a licensed professional engineer. 16 interns worked at Fuss & O’Neill this past summer. 15 Mt. Everest is named after an engineerGeorge Everest, the surveyor
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1917 The birthyear of I. M. Pei, who is considered to be a master of modern architecture 18 Nora Stanton Blatch was the first female civil engineer, earning her civil engineering degree in 1905. 19 The number of members in our Active Design Group. 20 The number of hazardous materials-related licenses carried by Senior Vice President and Business Line Manager, Robert L. May, Jr.
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23 Civil Engineers created the waterslide. 24 University
alumni currently work at
employee-toemployee awards were given internally in the last three months.
ASCE is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. It was founded in 1852.
of Massachusetts
Fuss & O’Neill.
25 employee outings so far this year at Fuss & O’Neill! 26 Fuss & O’Neill employee dogs were featured this summer on the company’s social channels. 27 We have 21,936 project photos and event photos in our digital asset library. 28 Fuss & O’Neill supports and contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through business operations and consulting services.
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Construction is completed on the Empire State Building Manhattan. It was the city’s tallest skyscraper until 1970. The building is 1,454 feet tall, including its antenna.
29 The number of shareholders at Fuss & O’Neill. 30 10+ of those shareholders are stand more than 6 feet tall! 1931
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Fuss & O’Neill’s Corporate Citizenship program in FY22.
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Fuss & O’Neill’s Manufacturing Solutions helps clients bring greater efficiency to day-to-day manufacturing operations while developing improved systems for increased productivity, reliability, and safety.
“engineer” and “architect” had the same meaning until the 18th century.
“Fuss” & “O’Neill” are two real
Walter Fuss (who joined the firm in 1967) and Bill O’Neill (who joined the firm in 1973).
Fuss & O’Neill won an ACEC Engineering Excellence Honor Award for the Beehive Bridge in New Britain, CT.
37 Fuss & O’Neill is a three-time champion of a design professionals softball league. 38 In addition to our softball team, we also participate in a golf league. 39 We have 559 followers on Instagram and 862 followers on Facebook. Follow us! 40 Two of our offices are piloting composting programs for food waste.
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A rain garden is a sunken garden bed that collects and treats stormwater runoff from rooftops, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, streets, and lawns.
Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo is possibly the most famous (and busiest) pedestrian intersection in the world. 43 The term “landscape architecture” came from a book about Italian painters.
Fuss & O’Neill’s Health and Safety Program, seeks to provide every employee, intern, subcontractor, and visitor with a safe working environment.
45 We have eight certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professionals (LEED-AP). 46 employees have been with the firm for 20+ years. 13 have been with the firm for 30+ years! 47 The number of professionals in our Corporate Services Department. 48 The number of professionals in our Buildings and Hazardous Materials Business Line.
49 Fuss & O’Neill employees graduated from the University of Connecticut. 50 Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee was established in 2017. 52 Our corporate headquarters was formally a silk manufacturing company. 51 The number of professionals in our Environmental and Facilities Services Business Line.
The Jinping-I Dam in China is the tallest manmade dam on Earth, standing at 1,001 feet (305 meters) tall.
The Pan-American highway is the longest road in the world, stretching 29,800 miles from Prudhoe Bay in North Alaska to Ushuaia, in Argentina. 55 is the maximum speed on urban interstates in the Washington DC.
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56 The number of professionals in our Water and Natural Resources Business Line.
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57 For sustainability purposes, several of our offices have eliminated disposable bowls, plates, dishes, glasses, mugs, and silverware. 58 The number of professionals in our Transportation Business Line. 59 In 2021, our firm was honored with seven industry awards. 60 Fuss & O’Neill’s first website was launched in 1997.
1961 The Space Needle is completed in Seattle, WA, standing at 605 ft. This icon of Seattle was built for the 1962 World’s Fair. 62 A brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. 63 The EPA estimates that there are more than 450,000 brownfield sites in the United States. 64 The number of professionals in our Community Development Business Line.
The age of the Wuhan First Yangtze Bridge in China, a double-deck road and rail bridge across the Yangtze River.
The ancient Egyptians were some of the first civil engineers, constructing pyramids and monumental structures.
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66 Civil engineering is one of the oldest disciplines of engineering perhaps commencing between 4000 and 2000 BC. 68 Fuss & O’Neill prioritizes a work/life balance for all employees through our Wellness Program and by offering hybrid and flexible working hours.
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Benefits of transit-oriented development (TOD), include reduced traffic congestion, higher, more stable property values, and an overall healthier lifestyle.
Fuss & O’Neill has been named a Best Place to
by the Zweig Group! 71 The road network in the United States is the biggest one in the world (4.09 million miles).
Fuss & O’Neill participates annually in a Dragon Boat Race along Pawtucket River at Festival Pier, a project which we helped the City of Pawtucket remediate and redesign.
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75 Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee hosts a book/pod club. 76 In the 1950s, Fuss & O’Neill was run by a father and son team!
The Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) in Chicago, IL becomes the tallest building in the world at 1,451 feet.
1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which opened this year, has the longest central span (2,023 m) of any suspension bridge.
77 Last month we opened our newest office in New Haven, CT. 78 The number of licensed Professional Engineers on staff at Fuss & O’Neill. 79 The number of new employees hired in 2021. 80 The number of industry events attended in 2022.
Birthyear of George Stephenson, who revolutionized transportation and urban infrastructure by creating the world’s first public inter-city railway line that used steam locomotives.
Year the Brooklyn Bridge was opened. The longest suspension bridge in the world at the time, it has a main span of 1,595.5 feet and a deck 127 ft above mean high water.
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Fuss & O’Neill has been recognized by ENR as a top 500 design firm. 84 Benefits of an engineering career include: employability, high salary potential, the chance to think creatively, and the opportunity to improve the world! 1883
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The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur that draws from multiple disciplines including landscape architecture, urban design, and ecology.
The year we moved to our current headquarters in Manchester, CT, which is home to 155 employees.
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Fuss & O’Neill has an Innovation Brainstorming Committee, whose mission is to seek out, evaluate, and engage in items that may improve efficiencies through automation to existing work processes, provide improved client deliverables, or expand service offerings.
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The word “engineer” is derived from the Latin ingenium, which is loosely defined as “cleverness” or “native talent.”
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The term “design-build” refers to a collaborative process in which the major project leaders (the owner, the engineer, and the contractor) identify challenges and solutions up front, create a plan that integrates each phase and each team member’s level of responsibility, and ensure that expectations are understood. 91
Indoor air quality is important.
Interior spaces typically have around two to five times the amount of air “pollutants” when compared to the exterior ambient environment
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Fuss & O’Neill is committed to supporting and contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through both our business operations and our consulting services.
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Benefits of efficient energy include lowered greenhouse gas emissions, cost saving opportunities, and reducing the demand for energy imports
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1993 The year our first regional office opened in East Longmeadow, MA. 94 Green spaces in urban areas improve air quality, reduce noise, enhance biodiversity, and provide physical and mental health benefits. 95 A fish ladder is a structure that allows migrating fish passage over or around an obstacle on a river. 96 There is a growing movement called “agrivoltaics”, a practice that finds agricultural uses for land covered by solar panels.
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& O’Neill’s Emerging Contaminants Taskforce was created to provide ongoing analysis and an up-to-date understanding of current investigative and treatment strategies regarding emerging contaminants (contaminants of emerging concern). 99 Fuss & O’Neill was established in 1924, which means…. 98 Our first blog was published on January 15, 2018. We’re so excited to have reached this milestone!
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