1875 founder john p. eichleay jr. headquarters pittsburgh pennsylvania u.s.a. website http www.eichleay.com eichleay engineers is a united states engineering firm . contents 1 history 2 eichleay formula 3 notable employees 4 references history edit in 1875 an innovative building inspector named john p. eichleay jr. founded a structural moving business that would soon become renowned for completing projects believed by many to be impossible . the advent of the industrial age brought with it profound changes in urban landscapes of america . this transformation was perhaps no more evident than in john s hometown of pittsburgh pennsylvania . as the preeminent center of industry and technology at the time small houses and buildings were being torn down to make room for larger ones industrial plants were pushing residential neighborhoods outward from the rivers and railroads and street railways permitted people to live further from their places of work . believing that structures could be moved for only a fraction of the cost of demolishing and rebuilding them john felt that all of these factors made for a lucrative business . they did although the projects undertaken during the early years were quite modest they became increasingly bold and impressive as techniques were perfected and the reputation of the company grew . 1 in 2002 the firm was placed into receivership due to financial problems . split into two divisions the assets of the firm were purchased by snc lavalin and pittsburgh based s d engineers . 2 eichleay formula edit the eichleay company is noted for being the namesake of a formula used for pricing federal change orders and or dispute claims . in 1954 eichleay was under contract for the construction of three nike missile sites in pennsylvania . the government changed the scope of work resulting in change orders . the process of delaying the work however resulted in losses for eichleay due in part to maintained overhead costs during the suspension period . the resultant ruling recognized that 1 a contractor should be entitled to compensation for unabsorbed overhead resulting from owner caused delay and 2 there was at the time no accepted method of allocating home office overhead to a particular contract to determine the amount of compensation . 3 notable employees edit the firm at one time employed andy warhol s father . 4 it also provided a day job to the cartoonist scott mcdaniel prior to his full time work in cartooning . references edit john p. eichleay . new york times . 29 november 1940 . retrieved may 23 2009 . davis christopher 16 september 2002 . montreal s snc eyes engineers . pittsburgh business times . retrieved october 24 2013 . cushman robert et . al 2001 . proving and pricing construction claims 3rd ed . new york aspen publishers . isbn 9780735514454 . bockris victor 2003 . warhol the biography . new york da capo press . pp. 16 29 . this pittsburgh related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eichleay engineers & oldid 743626601 categories companies based in pittsburghengineering companies of the united statescompanies established in 18751875 establishments in pennsylvaniapittsburgh stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 13 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view