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Spec Engineering video and the module to follow along to receive
with Brian Bernard hands-on training in their office.
President
Willett Engineering
with J. Mac Willett
The future is coming at us faster than we are President & Principal Engineer
prepared for.
That’s become apparent in the current climate. As
we kick off 2021, Spec Engineering is planning for In spite of last year's challenges, the Willett team
the future. We know if we don’t take time to work has been busy with a steady stream of structural
on the business, we are going to lose sight of our engineering projects from customers old and new.
purpose. Spec Engineering’s purpose is Improving We have embarked upon the new year with a robust
Lives through Innovation, Responsibility and Trust, slate of projects and a strong backlog.
6 One Project at a Time. Currently, like many other At Willett, we are immensely proud that one of
companies in the Gray Family, we are on a journey our projects – the Ford Auditorium Renovation at
to develop our strategic plan and drive results, and Berry College in Rome, Georgia – was awarded the
are excited to continue that throughout 2021. prestigious Architecture MasterPrize. Our part in the
After only five years in our current building, project was to analyze the historic building’s roof
we have outgrown its walls. With a significant framing and to engineer a new acoustic roof. The
investment in team growth and increased project presented unique challenges, and I want to
service offerings over the last year, this outcome commend design engineer Moumita Ganguly, EIT, on
was inevitable. Our new 75,000 s.f. corporate her many hours of diligent work.
headquarters is located in Naperville, Illinois, a We recently welcomed back our friend and
suburb 35 miles outside of Chicago. With 20,000 colleague Brandon Hoffman, PE, who was an
s.f. of the buildout designed for office space, our integral part of our team from 2009 to 2018. Having
60+ employees will have an expansive, collaborative him back on board expands our capacity to meet
workspace. When complete in mid-2021, the the growing needs of our customers in the year
facility will include eight fabrication, assembly to come.
and manufacturing cells for our skid systems To our Gray family, we love working with you,
and equipment lines, a large UL panel shop, and we are available to meet any of your structural
lab/showroom for product testing, equipment engineering needs. It’s a pleasure to work with
demonstrations and factory acceptance testing, and people who share our values, goals and vision.
VR studio, to name a few.
Most importantly, our commitment to Safety is Ohio Valley
continuing to take on more structure and soon will with Steve Renshaw
be able to reach beyond our own team and touch President
other companies in the Gray family. Spec has built
our first Lockout/Tagout Trainer Module that we will
be bringing on the road to visit each company in We started off 2021 with a bit of good news with
order to enrich safety training programs. It has been two projects back on the go list. A Goodwill Store in
designed and built to be compact and transportable. Pikeville, Kentucky (our 3rd store in two years) and
When it arrives, each team will be able to use our Jack Kain Ford - Service Center Expansion will both
