Volkert, Inc. is a

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based in Mobile, Alabama. The company offers

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, and

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services. It was founded in 1925 in

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The company operates with a workforce of 1200 people at more than 50 offices in 20 states and the

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. Volkert was ranked at 88 among the top 500 design firms in the United States in 2022 by ''

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History

The company was founded in 1925 in New Orleans as Doullut and Ewin, Inc. It relocated to Mobile in 1946 and was reorganized as J. P. Ewin, Inc. It was renamed as the Ewin Engineering Corporation in 1950. David G. Volkert took possession of the company in 1954. The company was renamed as David Volkert & Associates, Inc. in 1963. An

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was begun in 1975. New subsidiaries, Volkert Construction Services, Inc. and Volkert Environmental Group, Inc. were created in 1984 and 1985. It was again renamed in 1999, this time as Volkert & Associates, Inc. David G. Volkert died in 2001. The firm was inducted into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2003. It was renamed as Volkert, Inc. in 2009. Its purchase of Allied Engineering and Testing Inc. of

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was announced in October 2012. Allied Engineering and Testing Inc. employed 90 people in five Florida-based offices at the time of acquisition. The company announced that there were no immediate plans to modify the operations or staffing levels of the acquired company.

Projects

Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center - looking S at entrance - 2011

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, Washington, D.C. *

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Visitors Center, Arlington County, Virginia *

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, Birmingham, Alabama *

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Bridge (I-495), Forest Glen Park, Maryland * Clearwater Pass Bridge, Clearwater, Florida *

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, Mobile, Alabama *

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approaches, New Orleans, Louisiana *

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, New Orleans, Louisiana * Interstate 10 twin bridges, Mobile Bay, Alabama * Interstate 165, North Section, Mobile, Alabama *

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roadway, Washington, D.C. *

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s, New Orleans, Louisiana *McDuffie Terminal at

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, Mobile, Alabama *

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Terminal Complex, Mobile, Alabama *

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Terminal, Panama City, Florida * Perdido Pass Bridge, Orange Beach, Alabama *

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. It is located about due east of the U.S. Capitol building, near the ...

, Washington, D.C. *

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campus, Tuscaloosa, Alabama * Smithsonian Metro Station, Washington, D.C. *

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, Washington, D.C.

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