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Needham DBS

Company Profile

Needham DBS is a structural engineering firm providing services for all types of building construction. Clients include Architects, Contractors, Developers, Building Owners and Manufacturing Companies. With such a wide range of clients, Needham DBS has designed many types of projects all over North America and the Caribbean. Needham DBS is a leader in the design-build delivery of building structural products through Needham's DBS division. Needham DBS uses BIM technology, combined with twenty-five years of steel fabrication experience, to provide a single source proposal for division five products. This approach is now being expanded into division three concrete products.

Membership

Sustaining Member since 1998

Location (View all locations)

15950 College Blvd
Lenexa, Kansas 66219-1369
(913) 385-5300
www.needham-dbs.com

Primary Contact

Karen S. Hand
(913) 385-5300
khand@needham-dbs.com

Services

Engineering: Structural

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Representative Work

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Participation

2024
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Member, Engineering Task Group on Partially Composite Sandwich Panels
Karen S. Hand, PE, Member, Tilt-Up Cyber Roundtable
Sean Wonderlich, PE, Member, Tilt-Up Cyber Roundtable
Karen S. Hand, PE, Past President, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Board of Directors
Chelsea Lewis, Member, Tilt-Up Cyber Roundtable
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Future Think 4.0
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2024 - Phoenix
Needham DBS, Exhibitor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2024 - Phoenix
2023
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Member, Engineering Task Group on Partially Composite Sandwich Panels
Karen S. Hand, PE, Member, Tilt-Up Cyber Roundtable
Karen S. Hand, PE, President, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Board of Directors
Karen S. Hand, PE, Mentor, TILT Mentorship Program
Karen S. Hand, PE, President, Executive Committee
Sean Wonderlich, PE, Member, Tilt-Up Cyber Roundtable
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2023 - Tampa
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2023 - Tampa
Needham DBS, Exhibitor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2023 - Tampa
2022
Karen S. Hand, PE, Speaker - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2022 - Denver
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Member, Engineering Task Group on Partially Composite Sandwich Panels
Karen S. Hand, PE, Vice President, Executive Committee
Karen S. Hand, PE, Panelist, Future Think 3.0 Panel
Karen S. Hand, PE, Member, Tilt-Up Cyber Roundtable
Sean Wonderlich, PE, Mentee, TILT Mentorship Program
Karen S. Hand, PE, Mentor, TILT Mentorship Program
Karen S. Hand, PE, Vice President, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Board of Directors
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2022 - Denver
Needham DBS, Exhibitor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2022 - Denver
2021
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Speaker - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2021 - St. Louis
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Member, Engineering Task Group on Partially Composite Sandwich Panels
Karen S. Hand, PE, Vice President, Executive Committee
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Contributor - TCA Initiates Full-Scale Testing of Composite Insulated Concrete Sandwich Panels, Tilt-Up Today
Karen S. Hand, PE, Vice President, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Board of Directors
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2021 - St. Louis
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2021 - St. Louis
Needham DBS, Exhibitor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2021 - St. Louis
2020
Karen S. Hand, PE, Speaker - Tilt-Up Academy
Karen S. Hand, PE, Speaker - Tilt-Up Academy
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Member, Engineering Task Group on Partially Composite Sandwich Panels
Karen S. Hand, PE, Secretary, Executive Committee
Karen S. Hand, PE, Contributor, Collective Position on Temporary Construction Site Shutdown Procedures
Karen S. Hand, PE, Secretary, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Board of Directors
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2020 - St. Louis
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2020 - Virtual
Needham DBS, Exhibitor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2020 - Virtual
Needham DBS, Exhibitor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2020 - St. Louis
2019
Karen S. Hand, PE, Speaker - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2019 - Atlanta
Karen S. Hand, PE, Director, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Board of Directors
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Member, Engineering Task Group on Partially Composite Sandwich Panels
Karen S. Hand, PE, Technical Review, Limit Design of Tilt-Up
2018
Karen S. Hand, PE, Director, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Board of Directors
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Member, Engineering Task Group on Partially Composite Sandwich Panels
Needham DBS, Sponsor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2018 - Dallas
Needham DBS, Exhibitor - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2018 - Dallas
2017
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Speaker - Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2017 - Miami
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Author - Composite Concrete Panels - The Future For Tilt-Up Walls?, Tilt-Up Today
2015
Karen S. Hand, PE, Juror, Tilt-Up Achievement Awards Jury
2014
Karen S. Hand, PE, Juror, Tilt-Up Achievement Awards Jury
2013
Karen S. Hand, PE, Juror, Tilt-Up Achievement Awards Jury
2012
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Author, Analysis of Damage from Historic Tornado in Joplin, Missouri, U.S.A. on May 22, 2011
Karen S. Hand, PE, Contributor, Analysis of Damage from Historic Tornado in Joplin, Missouri, U.S.A. on May 22, 2011
2011
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA, Author, Analysis of Damage from Historic Tornado in Joplin, Missouri, U.S.A. on May 22, 2011
Karen S. Hand, PE, Contributor, Analysis of Damage from Historic Tornado in Joplin, Missouri, U.S.A. on May 22, 2011

Recognition (Professional)

2024
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA - TCA College of Fellows
2023
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA - TCA College of Fellows
2022
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA - TCA College of Fellows
Karen S. Hand, PE - David L. Kelly Distinguished Engineer Award
2021
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA - TCA College of Fellows
2020
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA - TCA College of Fellows
2019
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA - TCA College of Fellows
2018
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA - TCA College of Fellows
2017
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA - TCA College of Fellows
2012
Jeffrey R. Needham, PE, SE, FTCA - David L. Kelly Distinguished Engineer Award

Recognition (Project)

2024
Tilt-Up Achievement - Santa Fe Middle School
2022
Tilt-Up Achievement - Lilly RTP
2021
Excellence in Achievement - Donnelly College Academic Building
2019
Tilt-Up Achievement - Project Dylan
2017
Tilt-Up Achievement - Olathe West High School
Tilt-Up Achievement - iFly - Overland Park
2016
Tilt-Up Achievement - Warren Theatre - Broken Arrow
2015
Tilt-Up Achievement - Warren Theatre
2012
Tilt-Up Achievement - Korean War Veterans Memorial
2009
Tilt-Up Achievement - Zona Rosa Building C
2007
Tilt-Up Achievement - Best Buy at the Shoppes at Shoal Creek
2004
Tilt-Up Achievement - EPA Region VII Science and Technology Center

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AREAS OF OPERATION/LICENSURE

While physical office locations are presented below for this company, it is important to understand that many tilt-up professionals work regionally, nationally, even globally. Listed here are this company's areas of operation/licensure.

US States and Territories: Kansas, Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Canadian Provinces: Saskatchewan

OFFICE LOCATIONS

Needham DBS

15950 College Blvd
Lenexa, Kansas 66219-1369

Phone: (913) 385-5300

Needham DBS

9921 Dupont Circle Dr W Ste 125
Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46825-1610

Phone: (260) 497-8400

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