{"id":7989,"date":"2025-04-28T15:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T20:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost:10018\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:51:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:51:48","slug":"neel-schaffer-improves-to-180-on-engineering-news-records-list-of-top-500-design-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neel-schaffer.com\/2025\/04\/28\/neel-schaffer-improves-to-180-on-engineering-news-records-list-of-top-500-design-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Neel-Schaffer Marks 32nd Year on ENR Top 500, Rises to No. 180"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7993 size-full\" style=\"padding-left: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neel-schaffer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Final.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"203\" \/>JACKSON, Miss. (April 28, 2025) \u2013 Neel-Schaffer, Inc., is proud to announce the firm&#8217;s continued rise on the <em>Engineering News-Record<\/em> (ENR) list of the Top 500 Engineering Design Firms for 2025, moving up 22 spots to No. 180. This year marks the 32nd consecutive year Neel-Schaffer has been featured on the list, showcasing the firm&#8217;s dedication to engineering excellence and the communities it serves.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years, Neel-Schaffer has climbed 52 places on the ENR list, reflecting not just financial growth, but the firm&#8217;s deep commitment to care, service, and excellence in everything we do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur rise reflects a simple belief: that when you care deeply about your employees, your clients, and your work, success follows,\u201d said Joey Hudnall, PE, President and CEO of Neel-Schaffer. \u201cWe are honored to be included among the industry\u2019s top firms on <em>Engineering News-Record&#8217;s<\/em> list. This achievement belongs to our outstanding team and the clients and communities who place their trust in us every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neel-Schaffer is an employee-owned, multi-disciplined engineering, planning, and construction management firm headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, operating 40 offices across nine Southeastern states.<\/p>\n<p>Through these offices and two subsidiary firms, Neel-Schaffer provides consulting services in transportation, traffic, aviation, civil, structural, water resources, water and wastewater engineering. The firm also offers construction management and inspection, landscape architecture, environmental, coastal, surveying, and emergency management services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About ENR<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Engineering News-Record provides the news, analysis, commentary, and data that construction industry professionals need to do their jobs more effectively. ENR&#8217;s audience includes contractors, project owners, engineers, architects, government regulators and industry suppliers &#8211; many of whom work around the world. ENR connects diverse sectors of the industry with coverage that everyone needs about issues such as business management, design, construction methods, technology, safety, law, legislation, environment, and labor.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. 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