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W&A Engineering’s Andrew Elliott, EIT was selected to participate in the inaugural ACEC Junior Board of Directors. After a rigorous selection process and interview, Andrew was chosen as one of fifteen engineering professionals to represent the more junior members of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia. Composed of members between the ages of … Continued

David Eskew is a program management intern who joined W&A in Fall 2021. A third-year student at the University of Georgia, David studies Landscape Architecture at the College of Environment + Design and is very enthused at UGA’s recent national championship win! Working in our Athens headquarter office, David assists with AutoCAD drafting and land … Continued

It’s with great pleasure that we’re able to announce W&A Engineering’s 2021 Employee of the Year, Adam Bledsoe, RLS! Every year, the employees of W&A Engineering nominate one of their own to be named Employee of the Year. This nominee is chosen based on their commitment to the firm’s mission, their accountability in the workplace, … Continued

While building better communities via our professional services and community support is something that W&A Engineering strives to do every single day, it is far less common for our team members to be able to provide potentially life-saving assistance in the midst of a high-stress situation. Earlier this year, two members of our Athens Survey team were … Continued

The W&A family is honored to be recognized as one of the top 100 fastest-growing organizations owned or operated by UGA alumni for the second year in a row! We are grateful to be recognized alongside community partners like ESP and 5Market Realty! LEARN MORE

We’re thrilled to welcome Yahaira Corona to our W&A family! Yahaira joined our team in October 2021 and has already proved to be an incredible member of our Nashville Civil Engineering team. Yahaira met our Nashville Director of Operations, Clayton Washburn, at a function at Tennessee State University earlier this year, and he quickly broad … Continued

During the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2021 Annual Conference, Jon Williams was named this year’s Civil Engineering Entrepreneur of the Year. Nominated by members of the W&A Engineering team, he became the first Landscape Architect and non-Civil Engineer in the award’s history to win. “If you would have told me twenty-two years ago that … Continued

A Celebration of Growth! On September 30th, 2021, W&A Engineering celebrated officially becoming a centurial force, now having over a hundred employees building better communities all across the southeast! In an all-day event celebrating this incredible milestone, W&A team members gathered to welcome new team members, enjoy the company of their work family, and launch … Continued

Clayton joined the W&A Engineering family in 2021 with over 30 years of success linking strategic planning and long-term growth objectives with routine operational execution. He is known for building, leading, and enabling high-performing teams while crafting and implementing successful strategies to drive productivity and efficiency. His methods help teams improve speed, accuracy, and the … Continued

“Being a female humanities junior scholar in the engineering industry has been such an incredible journey,” she said. “I could not be prouder to be part of a firm that truly goes beyond profit and builds better communities.”

This week, W&A Engineering celebrates National Surveyors Week, celebrated every March during the week after the month’s third Sunday. National Surveyors Week was proposed February 13, 1984 by President Ronald Reagan. In fact, many of our early presidents have been instrumental in land surveying. At the age of 17, Georgia Washington was appointed to serve … Continued

We are incredibly pleased to announce that the new Nashville office is officially open. Our Nashville staff has been operating in this new building for a few weeks, but yesterday we were able to commemorate its official opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony. “Building better communities and being a part of the overall company culture … Continued

February was book drive month for our Charity of Choice, Books for Keeps! In the spirit of friendly office competition, four members of our leadership team competed to see how many books they could collect within the W&A family. In three short weeks, we more than doubled our goal! The competition is still going strong … Continued

As part of our employee wellness program, W&A Engineering hosts an annual health screening for our employees. During this health screening, W&A welcomes in the wonderful nurses of Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center to provide our employees with fundamental health information between regularly scheduled doctor’s visits. “W&A’s Annual Employee Health Screenings provide us with a … Continued

Meet Patrick Waylor from W&A Engineering’s Athens office! Patrick Waylor has been with W&A Engineering since September of last year, though he has been practicing landscape architecture for over twenty years. A project manager in the Planning Department, Patrick assists both the Planning and Landscape Architecture teams on various planning and design projects. Above all, … Continued

Meet Adam Bledsoe, RLS at W&A Engineering Nashville! Adam is the Director of Surveying for our W&A Engineering Nashville office, and we are so pleased to have added him to our W&A team. With the Nashville addition being W&A Engineering’s most recently established office, Adam is inspired by the potential for growth he sees in … Continued

Today, January 28th in our parking lot, family and friends gathered for a socially distanced celebration of W&A Engineering’s first twenty years with the long-awaited unveiling of our vicennial anniversary sculpture. This newest addition to our headquarters in Athens, Georgia has stood under a tarp for the past several weeks, building anticipation for what lay … Continued

Meet Emily Grube, one of the newest additions to the W&A family, operating as the Chief of Talent Acquisition & Retention! Emily came to W&A Engineering with extensive experience working in talent acquisition, having recruited engineering candidates for firms all across the United States throughout her career. In fact, W&A was her very first client! … Continued

W&A Engineering is delighted to announce that CEO and President, Jon Williams, ALSA, PLA has recently been appointed to the Georgia Board of Landscape Architects by Governor Brian Kemp. The Georgia General Assembly created the Georgia State Board of Landscape Architects in 1958 for the purpose of protecting the public health, safety, and welfare by … Continued