article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources gai consultants inc. news newspapers books scholar jstor free images march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message gai consultants inc. type privately held ; employee owned industry engineering and environmental consulting founded 1958 number of locations 21 offices throughout the northeast midwest and southeastern u.s. key people gary dejidas pe president and ceo services computer programming website development construction management inspection testing cultural resources management design build delivery system environmental engineering and studies geotechnical and structural engineering graphic design video production public outreach land development and landscape architecture leed engineering and planning project scheduling data management training facilitation mechanical and electrical engineering row acquistition and property management surveying gis gps transportation planning and design utility management consulting water resources and wastewater management revenue us 80 million number of employees 800 website www.gaiconsultants.com gai consultants inc. gai is an employee owned engineering and environmental consulting firm specializing energy nuclear transportation real estate water municipal government industry education and health care . gai also offers the following services design build environmental studies and permitting cultural resources planning survey and gis landscape architecture land development electric transmission leed engineering and planning highway and bridge design traffic planning as well as mechanical structural and electrical engineering construction inspection and management utility management consulting and water wastewater engineering and consulting . the company was founded in homestead pittsburgh pennsylvania and sits on a former brownfield site at the waterfront on the monongahela river . this location is directly across the river from another brownfield site summerset at frick park an award winning 238 acre 0.96 km2 269 million residential development for which gai is the site civil traffic environmental and geotechnical engineer . in late 2009 construction began on the gai building the firm s new office space in orlando florida . gai worked with ustler development and the city of orlando to build the first privately developed green office in downtown orlando . the gai building opened for business in april 2011 . in addition to its largest operations in pittsburgh and orlando gai maintains offices in boca raton and jacksonville florida ; fort wayne indianapolis scottsburg and valparaiso indiana ; erlanger kentucky ; mt. laurel new jersey ; charlotte north carolina ; cincinnati ohio ; altoona cranberry murrysville philadelphia and canonsburg southpointe pennsylvania ; richmond virginia ; charleston west virginia ; and green bay and mayville wisconsin . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 1958 1.2 1962 1.3 1964 1.4 1968 1.5 1969 1.6 1974 1.7 1982 1.8 1985 1.9 1986 1.10 1992 1.11 1998 1.12 2002 1.13 2003 1.14 2006 1.15 2007 1.16 2009 1.17 2010 1.18 2011 1.19 2012 2 references history edit 1958 edit a group of six carnegie mellon university graduate students and their professor formed e. d appolonia & associates an engineering consulting firm in wilkinsburg pittsburgh pennsylvania that specialized in foundation and soil mechanics engineering . this union on august 28 1958 set in motion the future for what would become gai consultants inc. u.s. steel corporation became one of its first clients requesting specialized services in foundation engineering for its many facilities in the southwestern pennsylvania region . 1962 edit coal fired power generation stations across the county experienced environmental and engineering problems with coal combustion byproduct fly ash disposal in landfills . gai embarked on landmark research into the engineering properties of flyash setting the stage for the creation of innovative and beneficial uses for flyash . duquesne light company and allegheny power became loyal clients forging a partnership that would endure for the next 50 years . gai began work for the nuclear industry when westinghouse electric company hired gai to complete concrete analysis for one of its nuclear containment facilities . 1964 edit the young engineers who originally founded e. d appolonia associates broke away to form general analytics inc. and named dr. anthony m. digioia as president . the technical expertise of these young principals including geologist richard e. gray set the foundation for gai s future reputation as a technically innovative firm providing solutions to the unique engineering needs of the coal steel and electric utilities industries . 1968 edit the firm grew to 65 engineers with the acquisition of systems planning inc. a civil engineering firm adding comprehensive transportation planning regional planning and sewer and water infrastructure design services to general analytics existing array of disciplines . gai s unique professional staff most holding doctoral or master s degrees continued to attract premier clients such as u.s. steel corporation and rockwell international . 1969 edit as one of the founding firms of asfe general analytics played an active role in the organization as it led the way to new contracting concepts and limitation of liability for the engineering industry . embracing risk management techniques such as alternative dispute resolution and promoting quality focused programs including peer reviews asfe was recognized by engineering news record as one of the most innovative construction industry association programs ever formed . 1974 edit aware of the continuing need to address environmental issues gai added environmental studies to its wide array of technical expertise to respond to the national environmental policy act of 1969 that required federal agencies to perform environmental impact statements . gai s first work in this area was for the u.s. army corps of engineers pittsburgh district . gai set itself apart from other engineering and environmental consulting firms by adding a cultural resources management group and completed its first archaeological excavation on prehistoric sites at east fork lake for the u.s. army corps of engineers louisville district . 1982 edit to take advantage of the building boom in central florida following the opening of walt disney world gai opened a subsidiary in orlando florida through the acquisition of thigpen & treon inc. gai consultants southeast inc. opened at 1833 edgewater drive in orlando offering site development structural and transportation engineering and surveying services . 1985 edit gai consultants opened its third office in neighboring west virginia charleston to pursue additional opportunities in the chemical and mining industries and to provide full service transportation and environmental engineering to state and local agencies there . 1986 edit gai acquired the transportation and construction monitoring divisions of green international inc. an engineering firm based in sewickley pennsylvania . this doubled gai s highway and bridge design capabilities and brings construction monitoring to the wide array of engineering consulting services offered by the firm opening the door for state department of transportation dot work . 1992 edit gai consultants opened a fourth office in fort wayne indiana to serve environmental engineering and remediation clients in the midwest . a decade later this office would play an active role in the development of an alternative fuel source ethanol . 1998 edit with steady growth in the central florida market gai s subsidiary gai consultants southeast inc. decided to expand its facilities and establish an office in jacksonville florida to provide consulting engineering in the north florida region . the office opened with an emphasis on construction engineering and inspection services with plans for continued growth into a full service engineering office . 2002 edit gai opened a new office in king of prussia pennsylvania near philadelphia that provides construction monitoring services and was hired to provide construction inspection for the us route 222 construction projects in philadelphia and allentown . gai s involvement with the projects led to the successful completion of critical infrastructure improvements to two major transportation links in the region . 2003 edit in a corporate wide consolidation effort gai consultants inc. merged with its subsidiary gai consultants southeast inc. to reorganize the company s processes for providing premier engineering consulting services to its clients . gai introduced a new brand and logo . gary m. dejidas p.e. was named president and ceo of the newly organized firm which retained the name gai consultants inc. 2006 edit gai opened two more midwest offices in cincinnati ohio and erlanger kentucky . 2007 edit gai acquired hartman consulting & design of orlando florida adding environmental engineering expertise in the florida offices . hartman design specialized in wastewater management and provided gai with a new service area for its clients . in eastern pennsylvania gai acquired valley forge laboratories of valley forge pennsylvania and added geotechnical and materials testing laboratory services to the growing philadelphia office . a third acquisition bbs engineering of cincinnati ohio added mechanical engineering and boiler design services to gai s capabilities . 2009 edit gai completed a merger with the bonar group an engineering and environmental consulting firm located in indiana . bonar group president tom cicero p.e. became vice president and manager of gai s midwest operations which included offices in indiana ohio and kentucky . gai opened new offices in westmoreland county pennsylvania now gai murrysville ; charlotte north carolina ; boca raton florida ; and mt. laurel new jersey . the firm reaches 650 employees . 2010 edit gai began construction on a new office building for its orlando operations . the sustainable facility was designed for leed certification and was the first privately developed green office in orlando florida . the gai building opened for business in april 2011 . gai opened new offices in richmond virginia ; and altoona canonsburg southpointe and cranberry pennsylvania . during this time gai reorganized into a regional structure to better manage the continuing growth . gai operated a total of 19 offices in the northeast midwest and southeastern united states . 2011 edit gai expanded its midwest operations into wisconsin by acquiring enpower llc an energy and environmental firm whose key clients are involved in electric transmission and generation . the acquisition added gai offices in green bay and mayville wisconsin . in april the gai building opened in orlando florida . in september gai opened a new office in columbus ohio . the firm reaches 800 employees . 2012 edit gai transitioned to a regional market based organization focusing on eight market sectors energy nuclear transportation real estate municipal government industry and institutions . in january gai completed the acquisition of two firms lee simpson associates inc. based in dubois pennsylvania and real estate research consultants inc. rerc located in orlando florida to expand gai s capabilities in airport design and real estate management . president and ceo gary dejidas celebrated 40 years of service with gai . citation needed v t e pittsburgh corporations within the pittsburgh metro area fortune 500 headquarters u.s. steel pnc financial services ppg 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mellon formerly mellon financial dreyfus corporation eaton corporation spreadshirt macy s list of corporations in pittsburgh references edit gai consultants homepage . retrieved 2012 01 11 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gai consultants inc. & oldid 743626628 categories companies based in pittsburghengineering companies of the united statesengineering consulting firmsdesign companies established in 19581958 establishments