WithersRavenel, formerly Withers & Ravenel, is an American multidisciplinary civil engineering firm headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. Founded in 1983, WithersRavenel has nine office locations across North Carolina in Asheville, Cary, Charlotte, Greensboro, Pittsboro, Powells Point, Raleigh, and Wilmington.
WithersRavenel became an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) company in 2014 and, in 2019, WithersRavenel completed the transition to become a 100% employee-owned Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company.
Currently, WithersRavenel has more than 460 employees serving a variety of public and private sector clients.
History WithersRavenel was established in 1983 as Withers & Ravenel, P.A., by Hamilton “Tony” Withers and Sam Ravenel in Cary. For the remainder of the decade, the company would add its first employees and take on its maiden projects.
In the 1990s, WithersRavenel hired Jim Canfield, the company's current President, added surveying services, and formed Withers & Ravenel Environmental Engineering. Throughout the decade, the company took on private and public projects working for clients such as Badin Shores and the North Carolina National Guard.
In 2001, the company officially changed its name to Withers & Ravenel, Inc. In the years to follow, WithersRavenel would surpass 200 employees and open new offices in Greensboro and Wilmington.
The 2010s saw the company re-brand itself as WithersRavenel in conjunction with becoming an ESOP company. In addition, WithersRavenel opened three new offices in Asheville, Pittsboro, and Raleigh. WithersRavenel opened its newest office location in 2021 in Charlotte.
The company celebrated the 40th anniversary of its founding in 2023.
Services & Markets WithersRavenel provides civil engineering, surveying, planning, environmental, funding, financial, and infrastructure consulting services. Its principal service areas include construction administration, design and planning, environmental services, funding and finance, geomatics and surveying, infrastructure asset management, land and site development, stormwater, and water and wastewater utilities.
The firm works across three primary markets. Its land development practice serves private developers through site evaluation, planning, permitting, engineering, surveying, environmental, stormwater, utility, and construction-related services. Its public-sector work includes consulting for municipalities, counties, councils of government, utility districts, and state, federal, and Tribal agencies.
Awards +YearAwardRankingIssuing Organization2017Best Places to WorkN/ATriangle Business Journal2017PSMJ Premier Award for Client SatisfactionN/APSMJ | Resources, Inc.2018Engineering Firms in the Triangle9thTriangle Business Journal2019Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle15thTriangle Business Journal2019Top 500 Design Firms451stEngineering News-Record2019PSMJ Premier Award for Client Satisfaction N/APSMJ | Resources, Inc.2020ESOP Company of the YearN/ACarolinas Chapter | The ESOP Association2020PSMJ Premier Award for Client SatisfactionN/APSMJ | Resources, Inc.2020Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle37thTriangle Business Journal2021Space AwardN/ATriangle Business Journal2021PSMJ Premier Award for Client SatisfactionN/APSMJ | Resources, Inc.2021Fastest-Growing Middle-Market CompanyN/ABusiness North Carolina2021Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle35thTriangle Business Journal2022Top 100 Fastest-Growing AEC Firms in the United States and CanadaN/AZweig Group2022Top Southeast Design Firms45thEngineering News Record2022Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle39thTriangle Business Journal2023Top 500 Design Firms323rdEngineering News Record2023Top 100 Fastest-Growing AEC Firms in the United States and Canada36thZweig Group2023Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle43rdTriangle Business Journal2024Top 100 Fastest-Growing AEC Firms in the United States and CanadaN/AZweig Group2024Zweig Marketing Excellence Award - Special Events CategoryN/AZweig Group2024CX-cellence Award Winner - Professional ServicesN/AClient Savvy2024PSMJ Premier Award for Client SatisfactionN/APSMJ | Resources, Inc.2024Mid-Market 40 Award21stBusiness North Carolina2024Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle30thTriangle Business Journal2024Platinum CX-cellence Award Winner - Client ExperienceN/AClient Savvy2024 Healthiest Employers Triad WinnerN/AHealthiest Employers2025CX Gold Award for Excellence in Client ExperienceN/AClient Savvy2025CX-cellence Award - Professional ServicesN/AClient Savvy2025Top 500 Design Firms291stEngineering News Record2025Top 100 Fastest-Growing AEC Firms in the United States and Canada66thZweig Group2025Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle16thTriangle Business Journal
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