Our Story
From public infrastructure to private development
Johnson started fourteen years ago on work the public depends on but rarely notices: bridges, transit structures, municipal buildings. Projects measured in decades, judged on whether they’d still be standing long after everyone involved had moved on.
Over the last several years, we brought that discipline to private development. Mixed-use, adaptive reuse, residential towers. The work moves faster and clients carry more risk, but the questions are the same ones we’ve always answered.
These two worlds make each other better. Public work gave us rigor. Private work gave us pace. Developers get both.
14 years
In practice
12
Engineers
20+
States with completed work
$2b+
Construction value
Our Values
How we operate
You work directly with principals, not coordinators. We answer questions early, before they cost money. And we don’t issue drawings and disappear.
Show up prepared
We walk into the room having already done the work others promise to do later.
Say the hard thing early
Bad news doesn't improve with age. Neither do structural surprises.
Stay till it's built
Our name is on the drawings through the last RFI, not just the first submission.
Treat the budget like ours, on-time
The most elegant structure that blows the pro forma isn't a good structure.
Leadership
Led by the engineers who do the work
Four principals, each responsible for the projects in their practice area. No middleman between you and the person accountable for your structure.
