PB Marks 125 Years

Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is celebrating its 125th year as a New York City-based international engineering giant. In 1885, William Barclay Parsons established a consulting engineering practice at 22 William Street in Lower Manhattan. Since then, PB has continued to play leading roles on transportation, power, buildings, and environmental projects throughout the world. Today, the firm is a strategic consulting, planning, engineering and program/construction management organization with approximately 14,000 employees in 150 offices on six continents.

In January, the firm, which maintains its headquarters in New York City, welcomed a new Chief Executive Officer, George J. Pierson, and began its first full year of operation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Balfour Beatty plc, London.

During its 125-year history, PB has participated in the development of the first mass transit systems for New York City, San Francisco, Atlanta, Taipei and Singapore; the advancement of immersed-tube tunnel technology; and various innovations in the design and construction of bridges.

George Munfakh, Director of PB’s Geotechnical & Tunneling Technical Excellence Center, wrote about the firm’s contribution to the tunneling industry in the June issue of TBM: Tunnel Business Magazine. (http://tunnelingonline.com/featurestory/featurestory3.php)