scottish media company see stv group scotland . stv group inc. type employee owned industry engineering architecture planning construction management founded 1912 ssv & k 1945 s & t headquarters douglassville pennsylvania and new york city united states key people dominick m. servedio p.e. executive chair milo riverso ph.d. p.e. president & ceo thomas butcher cfo number of employees 1 700 website www.stvinc.com stv group inc. is a private employee owned corporation specializing in engineering architectural planning and construction management services serving the building and facilities transportation energy and infrastructure market sectors . employing more than 1 700 professionals stv has national and international offices . history edit stv marking its 100th anniversary in 2012 . stv s oldest predecessor firm seelye stevenson value & knecht was founded in new york city in 1912 as elwyn e. seelye & co. as a structural engineering firm . over the years the firm s disciplines grew to include mechanical electrical and civil engineering . the firm performed multi disciplined engineering services throughout the country working on projects such as the thomas jefferson memorial in washington d.c. the parachute jump at the 1939 world s fair nasa s vehicle assembly building at the kennedy space center in florida and the enrico fermi national accelerator laboratory in batavia illinois . sanders & thomas is another predecessor firm of stv s and was founded in pennsylvania in 1945 . sanders & thomas performed process and industrial engineering and was best known for its development of numerous new machines . sanders & thomas merged in 1968 with voss engineering company a manufacturer to form stv inc. a management holding company established to acquire other firms that would later evolve into the present day stv group . in 1983 stv acquired lyon associates which enhanced stv s international capabilities with offices in several key foreign cities . in 1990 stv environmental and stv architects were established to increase the firm s abilities within those fields . stv construction services was formed in 1994 to undertake design build contracts . also in 1994 the acquisition of stv silver & ziskind added specialized architectural expertise in criminal justice education and health care facilities . in 1995 seelye stevenson value & knecht sanders & thomas and lyon associates were renamed stv incorporated and merged into one company stv incorporated which is headquartered in new york city . stv group the parent company is headquartered in douglassville pennsylvania . on august 29 2001 stv group s employee and public shareholders approved a proposed transaction to take the firm private with a single owner the company s employee stock ownership plan . today stv is a 100 percent employee owned firm . in 2006 stv acquired ralph whitehead associates rwa a consulting civil and transportation engineering firm based in charlotte north carolina to extend the corporation s geographic reach into the southeastern united states as well as its capabilities in the bridge engineering and freight operations . external links edit corporate website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stv group united states & oldid 743822525 categories construction and civil engineering companies of the united statescompanies based in new york citycompanies based in berks county pennsylvaniaemployee owned companies of the united statesamerican companies established in 19121912 establishments in new york 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 add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 13 22 . 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