SMPS SFBAC Sponsor Spotlight: Harris & Associates
SMPS SFBAC Sponsor Spotlight: Harris & Associates
By Tina Barni Aday
I recently had a chance to touch base with Jillian Grabenstein, Senior Strategic Pursuits coordinator for Harris & Associates, and ask her a few questions about her firm, which is one of our Golden Gate sponsors.
Tell us about your firm and services.
Since 1974, Harris & Associates (Harris) improves communities and creates better places to live through smart, safe, sustainable planning, design, and construction solutions. Harris is a 100% employee-owned company focused on helping communities solve today's complex challenges in planning, funding, environmental compliance, civil engineering, and construction management. We have a staff of over 200 employee owners focused on serving clients in the municipal, water, transportation, and education markets. Our offices and project sites span the West Coast in California and Washington, with our Headquarters located within the Bay Area in Concord!
How many years have you been in business?
46 years
Could you tell us about some notable projects?
Some of Harris’s most recent significant projects include the following:
- California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR), Construction Package 1 - Design/Build
- Santa Rosa Junior College Lindley Center for STEM Education
- Santa Clara Valley Water District McKelvey Park Flood Detention Basin
- Marin County Civic Center Drive Circulation Improvements Project
- City of San Mateo El Cerrito Relief Line Project
What differentiates your firm in terms of approach, talent, tools, and values?
Today's challenges in planning and infrastructure are the most complex they have ever been. From sustainable and resilient planning solutions to innovative design and construction to the long-term management of public resources, Harris takes an interdisciplinary approach to solve these challenges and provide extraordinary value throughout the project life cycle.
Driven by our shared values to build stronger communities where we live and work, Harris delivers results for clients across the West Coast in four key markets: education, municipal, transportation, and water.
Sure, there are bigger firms. We are sized to keep your project a priority, with a team of over 200 employee owners throughout the West Coast who are passionate about their work—and about making you look heroic in yours.
How long have you been a sponsor of SMPS?
4 months
What are some of the memorable or key events of SMPS that your firm has been involved with?
- 2019 SMPS SFBAC Holiday Party
- 2020 SMPS SFBAC Holiday Party
- 2019 SMPS SFBAC Wellness Workshop
- 2020 SMPS SFBAC Wellness Workshop
- 2019 SMPS SFBAC Annual Business Meeting
- 2020 SMPS SFBAC Annual Business Meeting
Tina Barni Aday is the Marketing Director at Lea & Braze Engineering. She writes for the Shortlist and is on the SMPS SF Communications Committee.
She can be reached at [email protected]
