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{{Infobox company
| name = Volkert, Inc.
| logo = Volkert Inc.png
| logo_size = 180px
| type = [[Privately held company|Private, ESOP]]
| genre = 
| foundation = 1925
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| location = [[Mobile, Alabama]]
| locations = 
| area_served = [[United States]]
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list| Thomas Hand (Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer)| Michael Sampson [[Chief financial officer|CFO]]| Leon Barkan (President and [[Chief operating officer|COO]] )}}<ref name="volkertmain">{{cite web |url=http://www.volkert.com/history.htm |title=Who We Are |work=Volkert, Inc. |publisher=Volkert |access-date=March 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618002609/http://www.volkert.com/history.htm |archive-date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| industry = [[Consulting firm]]
| products = 
| services = [[Engineering]], [[Environmental consulting|Environmental]], [[Program Management]], [[Construction Management]]
| revenue = 
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| owner = 
| num_employees = 1200<!-- 650 stated in two refs + 90 from Allied Engineering -->
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| homepage = [http://www.volkert.com/ www.volkert.com]
| footnotes = 
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}}
'''Volkert, Inc.''' is a [[Privately held company|privately held]] [[consulting firm]] based in [[Mobile, Alabama]].  The company offers [[engineering]], [[environmental consulting]], [[program management]], and [[construction]] services.<ref name="privco">{{cite web |url=http://www.privco.com/private-company/volkert-and-associates-inc |title=Volkert Inc. |work=PrivCo |publisher=The Private Company Financial Data Authority |access-date=October 31, 2012}}</ref> It was founded in 1925 in [[New Orleans]] as Doullut and Ewin, Inc.<ref name="volkerthistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.volkert.com/history.htm |title=Path to Success (History) |work=Volkert, Inc. |publisher=Volkert |access-date=October 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618002609/http://www.volkert.com/history.htm |archive-date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  The company operates with a workforce of 1200<!-- 650 stated in two refs + 90 from Allied Engineering --><ref name="privco"/><ref name="acquisition">{{cite news |title=Mobile-based Volkert Inc. acquires Florida firm |author=Kelli Dugan |url=http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2012/10/mobile-based_volkert_inc_acqui.html |newspaper=[[Press-Register]] |date=October 31, 2012 |access-date=October 31, 2012}}</ref> people at more than<!-- Allied Engineering would add 5 to make 30 --> 50 offices in 20 states and the [[District of Columbia]].<ref name="acquisition"/>  Volkert was ranked at 88 among the top 500 design firms in the United States in 2022 by ''[[Engineering News-Record]]''.<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617130322/https://www.enr.com/toplists/2022-Top-100-Design-Build-Firms-preview |date=2022-06-17 |access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>

==History==
The company was founded in 1925 in New Orleans as '''Doullut and Ewin, Inc.'''  It relocated to Mobile in 1946 and was reorganized as J. P. Ewin, Inc.  It was renamed as the '''Ewin Engineering Corporation''' in 1950.<ref name="volkerthistory"/>  David G. Volkert took possession of the company in 1954.<ref name="volkerthistory"/><ref name="volkertobit">{{cite news |title=Engineer David Volkert Dies at 87; Helped Design Area Landmarks |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/66576987.html?dids=66576987:66576987&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+11%2C+2001&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Engineer+David+Volkert+Dies+at+87%3B+Helped+Design+Area+Landmarks |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131165211/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/66576987.html?dids=66576987:66576987&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+11,+2001&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Engineer+David+Volkert+Dies+at+87;+Helped+Design+Area+Landmarks |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=Jan 11, 2001 |access-date=October 31, 2012}}</ref>  The company was renamed as David Volkert & Associates, Inc. in 1963.  An [[employee stock ownership plan]] was begun in 1975.  New subsidiaries, Volkert Construction Services, Inc. and Volkert Environmental Group, Inc. were created in 1984 and 1985.  It was again renamed in 1999, this time as Volkert & Associates, Inc.<ref name="volkerthistory"/>  David G. Volkert died in 2001.<ref name="volkerthistory"/><ref name="volkertobit"/>  The firm was inducted into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2003.<ref name="alaeng">{{cite web |url=http://aehof.eng.ua.edu/members/volkert-associates-inc/ |title=Volkert & Associates Inc. |work=State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame |publisher=State of Alabama |access-date=October 31, 2012}}</ref>  It was renamed as Volkert, Inc. in 2009.<ref name="volkerthistory"/>  Its purchase of Allied Engineering and Testing Inc. of [[Fort Myers, Florida]] was announced in October 2012.  Allied Engineering and Testing Inc. employed 90 people in five Florida-based offices at the time of acquisition.  The company announced that there were no immediate plans to modify the operations or staffing levels of the acquired company.<ref name="acquisition"/>

==Projects==
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[[File:Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center - looking S at entrance - 2011.JPG|thumb|Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center in Arlington County, Virginia during 2011.]]
*[[Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.)|Arena Stage]], Washington, D.C.<ref name="volkertobit"/>
*[[Arlington National Cemetery]] Visitors Center, Arlington County, Virginia<ref name="volkertobit"/><ref name="volkertarch1"/>
*[[Birmingham, Alabama (Amtrak station)|Central Station]], Birmingham, Alabama<ref name="volkertarch2">{{cite web| url=http://www.volkert.com/PDF%20Files/architecture.pdf |title=Volkert Architecture | work=Volkert, Inc. |publisher=Volkert }}</ref>
*[[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|Capital Beltway]] Bridge (I-495), Forest Glen Park, Maryland<ref name="volkertserv">{{cite web| url=http://www.volkert.com/Services/pdf/Engineering%20Services.pdf |title=Volkert Services | work=Volkert, Inc. |publisher=Volkert }}</ref>
*[[Clearwater, Florida|Clearwater Pass Bridge]], Clearwater, Florida<ref name="volkertawards"/>
*[[Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge]], Mobile, Alabama<ref name="volkertarch1"/>
*[[Crescent City Connection]] approaches, New Orleans, Louisiana<ref name="volkertserv"/>
*[[Danziger Bridge]], New Orleans, Louisiana<ref name="volkertawards"/>
*[[Jubilee Parkway|Interstate 10 twin bridges]], Mobile Bay, Alabama<ref name="volkertarch1">{{cite web| url=http://www.volkert.com/PDF%20Files/DVA_Historic_Brochure_1994_web.pdf |title=A Record of Growth | work=Volkert, Inc. |publisher=Volkert }}</ref>
*[[Interstate 165 (Alabama)|Interstate 165]], North Section, Mobile, Alabama<ref name="volkertawards">{{cite web| url=http://www.volkert.com/awards.htm |title=Awards | work=Volkert, Inc. |publisher=Volkert }}</ref>
*[[L'Enfant Plaza]] roadway, Washington, D.C.<ref name="volkertawards"/>
*[[Lake Pontchartrain Causeway]] [[bascule bridge]]s, New Orleans, Louisiana<ref name="volkertarch1"/>
*McDuffie Terminal at [[Port of Mobile|Alabama State Docks]], Mobile, Alabama<ref name="volkertawards"/>
*[[Mobile Regional Airport]] Terminal Complex, Mobile, Alabama<ref name="volkertawards"/>
*[[Panama City-Bay County International Airport]] Terminal, Panama City, Florida<ref name="volkertserv"/>
*[[Perdido Pass|Perdido Pass Bridge]], Orange Beach, Alabama<ref name="volkertawards"/>
*[[Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium]], Washington, D.C.<ref name="alaeng"/>
*[[Shelton State Community College]] campus, Tuscaloosa, Alabama<ref name="volkertarch2"/>
*[[Smithsonian (WMATA station)|Smithsonian Metro Station]], Washington, D.C.<ref name="volkertarch1"/>
*[[United States Navy Memorial]], Washington, D.C.<ref name="volkertobit"/>

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