HOMEABOUT KCICOMPANY PROFILEOUR HISTORY Our History Early Corporate History The history of KCI can be traced to a small firm operating out of the basement of the co-founder’s Baltimore County, Maryland, home in 1955. By its second year, Matz Childs and Associates took up residence in a proper facility, only to change locations several times over the next decade in a succession of moves that paralleled its growth. In 1969, the recently renamed MCA was purchased by industrial products conglomerate Walter Kidde & Company. Eight years later, Kidde merged MCA with three other architectural and engineering firms to create an engineering subsidiary that came to be known as Kidde Consultants Inc., or KCI. During the 1980s, KCI expanded throughout the Mid-Atlantic, opening new offices in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Employee Ownership In August 1987, Hanson Trust PLC of Great Britain, a manufacturing company with diversified holdings worldwide, purchased Kidde, the parent company. Soon thereafter, KCI initiated an employee buyout from Hanson, which was completed in December 1988. KCI became Maryland’s largest employee-owned company. In 1991, the official name was changed to KCI Technologies Inc. In 2008, the corporate headquarters moved to its present location in Sparks, Md. Continued Growth In control of our own destiny since that time, KCI has been able to share its prosperity and success with all of our team. Over the years, our stock value has significantly outperformed both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ indices, turning some of our long-time staff members from entry-level employees into millionaires. With revenues exceeding $344 million, Engineering News-Record has consistently placed KCI among the top consulting engineering firms in the country. Today, our roughly 1,700 employee owners operate out of more than 55 offices in dozens of states across the U.S. The timeline below highlights some of our amazing story since the 1988 buyout that redefined the firm. 1988 On December 15, the employee owners of Kidde Consultants Inc. completed a leveraged buyout from parent company Hanson Trust PLC. 1989 Kidde forms its first company-wide employee committee. 1991 The firm’s name is officially changed to KCI Technologies Inc. 1993 KCI’s headquarters is consolidated from four buildings in Towson to a single multi-story office in Hunt Valley, Maryland. 1994 KCI pays off our $6 million buyout loan, celebrating with a burn the note party. 1995 Terry Neimeyer takes the helm as president. 1997 Subsidiary KCI Environmental Technologies and Construction begins building stream and restoration projects. 1997 KCI goes live on the Web with www.kci.com. 1999 Terry Neimeyer is promoted to Chief Executive Officer. 2000 KCI appoints Terry Neimeyer to serve as Chairman of the Board. 2004 KCI Convergent Technologies LLC begins offering outside and inside plant communications installation. 2005 New Sons and Daughters Scholarship Program gives four students a hand with college costs. 2006 Nate Beil is promoted to President, Terry Neimeyer remains CEO and Chairman. 2007 KCI creates a Resource Management Discipline to focus on natural and water resource restoration and remediation planning and design. 2008 A new growth strategy starts with acquisition of Jacobs Environmental. 2009 KCI moves its headquarters into a LEED Gold-certified green building in Sparks, Maryland. 2010 KCI acquires ASC Geosciences Inc. 2011 Companywide ISO certification documents the firm’s quality management system. 2012 KCI acquires Triplett King & Associates and ESPA Corp to move more heavily into South Carolina and Texas. 2013 Convergent Technologies becomes KCI Communications Infrastructure with an expanded focus. 2013 KCI acquires Summerall Land Surveying and KCE Engineering to expand technical capabilities in Maryland. 2013 Our team celebrates 25 years of employee ownership. 2014 The firm’s Resource Management Group launches the Blue Current blog. 2016 New Utilities Discipline consolidates power, SUE and utilities coordination capabilities. 2016 Major expansion plans lead to new offices throughout the Mid-West. 2016 KCI acquires RPM Transportation Consultants to expand capabilities in traffic engineering, transportation planning, roundabout and bicycle design. 2017 KCI acquires Georgia-based LandAir Surveying, a recognized leader in advanced technologies including BIM, LiDAR and UAVs. 2018 Nate Beil assumes the role of Chief Executive Officer. Terry Neimeyer remains Chairman of the Board. 2019 KCI acquires Keith & Schnars, a multi-discipline engineering, planning and construction inspection firm with multiple offices in Florida. 2019 KCI acquires Hoehn Landscape Architecture, a Baltimore-based boutique planning and landscape architecture firm. 2019 KCI installs electric vehicle charging stations in six parking spots at its headquarters and adds two 100-percent electric vehicles to its pool fleet. 2020 KCI acquires GCA Inc., a Georgia-based transportation planning and engineering firm. 2020 KCI expands in Texas with the acquisition of the civil engineering and construction engineering & inspection practices of Landtech Inc. 2020 KCI acquires South Carolina-based civil and environmental engineering company, Hulsey McCormick & Wallace (HMW). 2020 KCI installs germicidal UV system to treat airflow at its headquarters. 2021 Christopher Griffith is promoted to president, retaining the role of chief operating officer. Nate Beil remains CEO. 2021 Specialty structural engineering firm Bridging Solutions joins KCI in Florida. Related Media KCI Acquires Texas-based CEC KCI is pleased to announce the acquisition of Texas-based Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC). CEC’s wide-ranging civil engineering, construction management, and surveying expertise will complement KCI’s continued expansion throughout the state. READ MORE ACEC Tennessee Honors Nashville Roundabout Project ACEC TN honored KCI’s Sawyer Brown-Todd Pries Roundabout project with a 2021 Engineering Excellence Award in the Transportation category. READ MORE KCI Participates in 2021 Maryland Chamber of Commerce Extern Program As part of the Maryland Chamber Foundation’s Teacher Externship Program, KCI hosted extern James Davis, a construction design management teacher from Carver Vocational-Technical High School in Baltimore City. READ MORE Stay Connected Join our mailing list to hear how we RISE TO THE CHALLENGE. 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