Wishing You a Successful 2020
For many, the end of the year is a time for reflection and introspection. We contemplate the personal meaning of the holiday and Christmas season and look toward a new year, and a new decade, with hope and optimism.
Within our Mid-South family, we look back on a successful 2019 and we’re grateful for a wonderful place to apply our profession and for the people with whom we have the privilege to work: our co-workers, project team members and our clients that place their trust in us daily. We’re excited as we see a 2020 full of wish...
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Mid-South Celebrates Milestone Achievements
Attaining the appropriate licensures is a vital component of an engineer’s career. Licensure is typically accompanied by an increase in responsibility. We want to take a moment to congratulate members of our team on their recent accomplishments.
The following individuals put in a lot of time and effort and recently passed the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam, earning their PE certifications, and starting the next step in their journey as Professional Engineers:
Mid-South Engineering Celebrates Fifty Years
In 1969, Mid-South was founded by four engineers with a common vision – to be a complete engineering service provider focused on total dedication to the client. The path to their goal was simple: work with good clients, select and train good employees, delegate authority, and allow room for the proper execution of the job.
Over the past fifty years, Mid-South Engineering has served as a trusted independent consultant to the wood products industry, delivering a full range of engineering including...
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Mid-South Adds Drones to Engineering Toolkit
Mid-South has recently added unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to our engineering toolkit. Drone imagery has proven to be an effective complement to traditional site documentation for many ongoing engineering projects. The images captured provide complete and up-to-date high-resolution pictures that are continuously referenced through the life of the project. Time on site can be reduced by allowing preliminary site data to be taken directly from the flight images, including layout, lengths and elevation profiles. Simple modeling...
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Mid-South Acquires Stolberg Engineering
Mid-South Engineering of Hot Springs, Arkansas, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Canada’s Stolberg Engineering. Going forward, Stolberg Engineering will operate from its office in Richmond, BC, as the Mid-South Engineering Stolberg Group, where it will continue to be led by industry veterans Norm Stolberg and Rod Gronlund.
Marc Stewart, President of Mid-South Engineering, commented, “The Stolberg team is widely respected and the company has a rich history over the nearly 40 years it has been providing services...
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MEET US AT SFPA 2019
Mid-South Engineering will be at Booth #644 at the Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo in Atlanta, GA from June 26-28, 2019. Learn more about the expo here. Be sure to stop by our booth to see how drone imagery and 3D design can be used on your next project. We will have virtual reality software in our booth for you to experience immersive design first hand. While you’re there, drop off a business card to enter a chance to win FREE...
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Mid-South Projects Recognized
Mid-South recently received three Engineering Excellence awards for its work on a new 388 MMBF Weyerhaeuser sawmill in Dierks, Arkansas; including the top award of “Grand Conceptor”. The awards were given by the Arkansas branch of the American Council of Engineering Companies. In addition to the overall award, Mid-South Engineering’s design took first prize in two categories – Large Special Projects and Large Structural Systems.
The Weyerhaeuser-Dierks sawmill was an immense project. Here are a few statistics:
- 8,500 engineering drawings
- 45,000 tons concrete
- 1,500...
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Code Matters
Code Matters by Karen Griffin, Staff Architect, Mid-South Engineering, Hot Springs, AR
“How do I classify an electrical room located inside a larger building, and is it required to be fire-rated or sprinklered?”
USNR Acquires Mid-South Engineering
USNR announced that it has recently completed the acquisition of Mid-South Engineering Co., the leading consultant and provider of engineering services to the wood products industry in North America.
SFPA: 2017 Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo
Join Mid-South Engineering on June 14-16, 2017 at the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta for the 2017 Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo.
Sponsored since 1950 by the Southern Forest Products Association, the Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition has provided the a venue for equipment manufacturers to display their products and services to the wood processing industry.
Check us out at Booth #1836. We will see you then!
