Square Pegs In Round Holes

Planners in engineering firms? It's a better fit than you'd think.

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March 12, 2002, 12:00 PM PST

In October 2000, the HNTB Corporation, a 3,000-strong, primarily engineering corporation based in Kansas City, Missouri, acquired LDR International, a 45-member planning company in Columbia, Maryland. The merger, which made the combined firm the second largest planning and urban design practice in the U.S., came at a time when more and more engineering firms are showing interest in competing for planning jobs.

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