Legacy
LJA was founded in 1972 when John “Dutch” Lichliter established The Lichliter Company. In 1976, Bill Jameson joined the firm as president, and the firm was renamed Lichliter/Jameson & Associates. The firm evolved into LJA Engineering, Inc. in 2011, as it is known today. At LJA, we continue to build upon our reputation, while broadening our knowledge and constantly striving to be better. To us, there is no measure that matters more than our own drive to exceed the firm we were yesterday. Our history defines us, but in no way limits us. We are proud of landmark projects from our past and look forward to blazing a new path and setting the new standard. The best companies are about great people – and great people, working together, make great projects. We believe this to be true about LJA.
Mission
We seek solutions.
We design results and deliver purpose-driven projects for our clients and employee-owners in all communities we serve. We empower each other as true partners, working together to be the best at what we do for our LJA family. Our reputation is built upon a legacy of trust – among our staff and our clients – and this mutual trust continues to drive our commitment to pursue and deliver the best solutions to complex building and business challenges. At our core, LJA is comprised of employee-owners within a client- and teamwork-centered culture. The LJA difference is our people who are making a positive impact on tomorrow’s communities, today.
Reach
In response to our growing client needs and requests, we continue to open new offices across the nation. Some of our largest and most notable include:
Austin, Texas (2004); San Antonio, Texas (2006); The Woodlands, Texas (2008); Beaumont, Texas (2012); Spring, Texas (2014); Katy, Texas (2015); Dallas, Texas (2015); Corpus Christi, Texas (2015); Conroe, Texas (2016); Round Rock, Texas (2018); Arlington, McKinney, and Fort Worth, Texas (2019); Pearland, Texas (2021); Jacksonville, Florida (2015); Tulsa, Oklahoma (2020); Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Murfreesboro, Tennessee (2021); Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia (2021); Cottonwood Heights, Utah (2021); and Charleston, South Carolina (2022).
Growth
Each extension of our geographic reach grows the range of our expertise and capabilities. With office across the nation, LJA is poised to deliver the most dedicated and responsive teams directly to local clients who need concept-to-completion solutions. A strategic balance of organic growth coupled with carefully aligned mergers and planned acquisitions has positioned us to provide optimum, reliable, and timely service to our clients, precisely when and where they need us.
Resources
LJA is an Engineering News-Record Top 500 National Firm offering full-service engineering and consulting services to public and private sector clients. With over 1,500 employee-owners in more than 43 offices across the nation, we are organized around eight comprehensive sectors. This allows us to best leverage our resources across our company, deliver expertise-driven teams, increase responsiveness to your specific needs, and individualize project solutions.
Leadership
Our sector leaders have experience managing, directing, and designing some of the most recognizable and prestigious projects across the nation including master-planned communities, infrastructure, regional and area-wide flood control, coastal environments and waterfronts, and major transportation planning and improvement. Our leadership remains hands-on and is active not only in day-to-day firm operations but in setting an example for maintaining project excellence among our employee-owners.
Employee-Ownership
LJA is employee-owned with each staff member empowered to make key decisions while being vested in the success of the firm. Company ownership builds loyalty, motivates people to perform their best, and fosters an environment where employees and clients have mutual respect and interest in the successful outcome of each project. Satisfied, fulfilled personnel care about the jobs they do and the future of our company. We take care of our employees, so our employees can devote their best to taking care of our clients.
Awards
The strongest indication of our success stems from client satisfaction and industry recognition. A carefully honed internal culture of dedication, commitment, and client-focused results is indicative of our approach to our work at all levels and evident in the way we conduct our business. The firm has received awards for not only project excellence, but more importantly for our ability to connect with our employees, our clients, our communities. National and regional awards over the years include Top Work Place, Best Places to Work, Hot Firm, Fast 100, Top Design Firm, and Top Civil/Structural Firm. LJA was recently named the Design Firm of the Year by ENR Texas & Louisiana.
Our DNA
Defining characteristics inherent to LJA keep us at the forefront of our industry. We offer a singular and unique perspective to our clients that is defined by our very DNA. At our core, LJA is comprised of our people and our culture. Our employee-owners work tirelessly to build LJA’s reputation of experts in our chosen disciplines and precision in our engineering solutions. The LJA difference is our people who make the commitment to treat every client like a part of the LJA Family. We believe in keeping relationships for life.