McKim & Creed, Inc. is an employee-owned engineering and surveying firm that works on complex infrastructure problems across the United States. Founded in 1978 by Herbert P. McKim, Jr., the firm has grown to more than 700 employee-owners and maintains offices in seven states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Texas, Louisiana and Delaware.
Its technical work spans civil, environmental, mechanical and electrical engineering, together with subsurface utility engineering, geomatics, surveying, geospatial services and planning. The geospatial and surveying practice, in particular, involves the collection and handling of spatial data; geospatial services are delivered with an emphasis on sustainability and environmental stewardship. Planning work also encompasses landscape architecture. The firm's projects concentrate on civil infrastructure, water and wastewater systems and environmental work.
The company operates an employee-ownership model, under which employee-owners share in its successes, and describes itself as a people-first organisation with an emphasis on individual growth and innovative thinking. It has been named one of the Best Firms to Work For by the Zweig Group. McKim & Creed states a commitment to sustainability and to innovation and resource efficiencies aimed at a cleaner, safer and more sustainable future.
