{"id":2077133,"date":"2023-11-07T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-cs-engineer-magazine.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2077133"},"modified":"2023-11-07T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:00:00","slug":"degenkolb-engineers-and-rubyassociates-combine-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/degenkolb-engineers-and-rubyassociates-combine-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Degenkolb Engineers and Ruby+Associates combine firms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Acquisition expands geographic and service offerings for both companies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>San Francisco, CA \u2013 <\/strong>San Francisco-based structural engineering firm Degenkolb Engineers (Degenkolb) and Michigan-based structural engineering firm Ruby+Associates (Ruby) signed a Purchase Agreement and closed on an acquisition effective November 1, 2023. Ruby\u2019s 55 employees will join Degenkolb, which will now have more than 330 employees in 10 offices.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2328\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Stacy_Bartoletti_Degenkolb_12-6-22_TWC-7628-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2077136\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.909375;object-fit:cover;width:200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stacy Bartoletti<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Michigan-based team will operate as Ruby+Associates, a Degenkolb Company. With Ruby\u2019s engineering licenses in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and three Canadian provinces, the company\u2019s combined forces will have a much broader geographical reach. The acquisition expands Degenkolb\u2019s presence beyond the western United States for the first time in its 83-plus year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stacy Bartoletti, CEO of the combined firm, said of the acquisition, \u201cI have known leaders at Ruby for more than a decade, and we have partnered in different aspects of our business for multiple years. Our cultures align around giving opportunities to our employees and providing exceptional client service. The combined firm will grow more together than each firm would have on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"2401\" src=\"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tricia_Ruby3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2077137\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9995835068721366;object-fit:cover;width:200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tricia Ruby<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ruby+Associates is a 39-year old structural engineering firm headquartered in Bingham Farms, Michigan (metro Detroit), with a focus on steel construction and construction engineering services. Tricia Ruby has served as CEO since 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are both proud of the firms that we\u2019ve built. Our people are invested in our identities. The opportunities that this will provide to our existing employees and new hires are incredible. There will be flexibility in location, in markets to serve, and in clients to work with in the future,\u201d said Tricia Ruby, Principal and Group Director at the newly combined firm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acquisition expands geographic and service offerings for both companies. San Francisco, CA \u2013 San Francisco-based structural engineering firm Degenkolb Engineers (Degenkolb) and Michigan-based structural engineering firm Ruby+Associates (Ruby) signed a Purchase Agreement and closed on an acquisition effective November 1, 2023. Ruby\u2019s 55 employees will join Degenkolb, which will now have more than 330 employees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5017,"featured_media":2077138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[2425],"tags":[288,31073,4493,52991,32940,52990,4504,3428,832],"acf":[],"views":148,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/AdobeStock_510943164-scaled-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2077138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}