# WithersRavenel

WithersRavenel, formerly Withers & Ravenel, is an American multidisciplinary civil engineering firm headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. Founded in 1983, WithersRavenel has ten office locations across North Carolina in Asheville, Cary, Charlotte, Greensboro, Pittsboro, Powells Point, Raleigh, Southern Pines, and Wilmington.
WithersRavenel became an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) company in 2014 and, in 2019, WithersRavenel completed the transition to become a 100% employee-owned Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company.
Currently, WithersRavenel has more than 460 employees serving a variety of public and private sector clients.

## History

WithersRavenel was established in 1983 as Withers & Ravenel, P.A., by Hamilton “Tony” Withers and Sam Ravenel in Cary. For the remainder of the decade, the company would add its first employees and take on its maiden projects.
In the 1990s, WithersRavenel hired Jim Canfield, the company’s current President, added surveying services, and formed Withers & Ravenel Environmental Engineering. Throughout the decade, the company took on private and public projects working for clients such as Badin Shores and the North Carolina National Guard.
In 2001, the company officially changed its name to Withers & Ravenel, Inc. In the years to follow, WithersRavenel would surpass 200 employees and open new offices in Greensboro and Wilmington.
The 2010s saw the company re-brand itself as WithersRavenel in conjunction with becoming an ESOP company. In addition, WithersRavenel opened three new offices in Asheville, Pittsboro, and Raleigh. WithersRavenel opened its newest office location in 2021 in Charlotte.
The company celebrated the 40th anniversary of its founding in 2023.

## Services

WithersRavenel provides engineering and consulting services for asset management, design and planning, economic development, environmental, funding and finance, GIS, land and site development, public engagement, stormwater, surveying and geomatics, transportation, and water and sewer utilities.

## Awards

| Year | Award | Ranking | Issuing Organization |
| 2017 | Best Places to Work | N/A | Triangle Business Journal |
| 2017 | PSMJ Premier Award for Client Satisfaction | N/A | PSMJ | Resources, Inc. |
| 2018 | Engineering Firms in the Triangle | 9th | Triangle Business Journal |
| 2019 | Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle | 15th | Triangle Business Journal |
| 2019 | Top 500 Design Firms | 451st | Engineering News-Record |
| 2019 | PSMJ Premier Award for Client Satisfaction | N/A | PSMJ | Resources, Inc. |
| 2020 | ESOP Company of the Year | N/A | Carolinas Chapter | The ESOP Association |
| 2020 | PSMJ Premier Award for Client Satisfaction | N/A | PSMJ | Resources, Inc. |
| 2020 | Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle | 37th | Triangle Business Journal |
| 2021 | Space Award | N/A | Triangle Business Journal |
| 2021 | PSMJ Premier Award for Client Satisfaction | N/A | PSMJ | Resources, Inc. |
| 2021 | Fastest-Growing Middle-Market Company | N/A | Business North Carolina |
| 2021 | Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle | 35th | Triangle Business Journal |
| 2022 | Top 100 Fastest-Growing AEC Firms in the United States and Canada | N/A | Zweig Group |
| 2022 | Top Southeast Design Firms | 45th | Engineering News Record |
| 2022 | Fastest-Growing Company in the Triangle | 39th | Triangle Business Journal |
| 2023 | Top 500 Design Firms | 323rd | Engineering News Record |
| 2023 | Top 100 Fastest-Growing AEC Firms in the United States and Canada | 36th | Zweig Group |