{"id":10031,"date":"2019-01-17T14:07:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T19:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.167.124.155\/tilt-uptoday\/?p=10031"},"modified":"2025-06-02T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:02:14","slug":"ljb-makes-strategic-acquisition-in-louisville-ky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/2019\/01\/17\/ljb-makes-strategic-acquisition-in-louisville-ky\/","title":{"rendered":"LJB Makes Strategic Acquisition in Louisville, KY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ohio-based consulting firm expands its geospatial and site design services<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10032\" src=\"http:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Acquisition_signing_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Acquisition_signing_small.jpg 576w, https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Acquisition_signing_small-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DAYTON, Ohio \u2013 January 17, 2019 \u2013 LJB Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of Evans\/Griffin, a highly respected civil engineering and surveying firm that has been serving the Louisville\/Jefferson County Metro area for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of the Evans\/Griffin team bolsters LJB\u2019s national presence in providing geospatial and site design services for a variety of private and public sector clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to add the technical knowledge and relationships fostered by Evans\/Griffin since their founding in 1987,\u201d said Rod Sommer, CEO of LJB Inc. \u201cWe\u2019ve been close to Jim Griffin for a number of years, and we\u2019re proud to be able to continue his legacy as he transitions into a well-deserved retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This new business relationship will enable the Evans\/Griffin team to grow in both size and capabilities as the firm expands services throughout the Louisville\/Jefferson County Metro area, western Kentucky and southern Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>LJB has been executing a specific growth strategy in the geospatial, survey and civil engineering space for a number of years. The firm holds professional engineering registrations in all 50 U.S. states and maintains offices in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast and Gulf Coast regions, with plans to open a West Coast office in early 2019. In addition, LJB is a national leader in structural engineering, transportation and services that protect workers at heights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes the decision easy when we come across an acquisition opportunity that not only completely supports LJB\u2019s strategy, but also meets all the needs of the other firm,\u201d Sommer added. \u201cWe\u2019ll only do a deal that is a true \u2018win-win\u2019 for both parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About LJB<\/strong><br \/>\nFounded in 1966, LJB Inc. is an employee-owned consulting firm that provides civil and structural engineering, as well as geospatial, safety, health and environmental services. The firm is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, and has offices in Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Its diverse expertise, client base and geographies have enabled LJB to serve clients in all 50 U.S. states. LJB\u2019s skilled staff hold professional engineering licenses in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., several Canadian provinces and Guam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>\nKim Messer<br \/>\nPrincipal, Corporate Marketing Manager<br \/>\n(937) 259-5020<br \/>\n(937) 305-8359 cell<br \/>\nKMesser@LJBinc.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Ohio-based consulting firm expands its geospatial and site design services DAYTON, Ohio \u2013 January 17, 2019 \u2013 LJB Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of Evans\/Griffin, a highly respected civil engineering and surveying firm <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/2019\/01\/17\/ljb-makes-strategic-acquisition-in-louisville-ky\/\" title=\"LJB Makes Strategic Acquisition in Louisville, KY\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-member_news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10031"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10041,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10031\/revisions\/10041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}