ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, February 23, 1997 TAG: 9702210108
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
The company: A firm of architects, engineers, planners that ranks as the third largest design firm in the state and 95th in the nation, based on 1995 results reported in Engineering News-Record, an industry publication.
Operations: Headquarters in Roanoke, branch offices in Lynchburg; Virginia Beach; Rockville, Md.; Greensboro, Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C.; Florence and Spartanburg, S.C.; and Mobile, Ala.
Founded: 1947
Employment: 425, about 220 of them in Roanoke
1996 revenues: $33.2 million
Background: E. Paul Hayes, Gilbert L. Seay and brothers Edwin K. Mattern and Guilford L. Mattern merged their three professional services companies to offer architectural, electrical, mechanical and civil engineering - all steps needed before a project is constructed.
Projects: A wide array of buildings and infrastructure as far away as Tel Aviv. They include, in the local area, Center in the Square, the Market Square Walkway, the Richard H. Poff Federal Building, the Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield building, WSLS Channel 10, Carilion Community Hospital, Spring Hollow Reservoir, 1,038-foot Hales Ford Bridge and the College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. Also, the company chose the site for Washington Dulles International Airport, designed an overhaul of a portion of the Pentagon and planned renovations of the Smithsonian Institution's Natural History and American History museums.
LENGTH: Short : 41 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: HSMM building. color.by CNB