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IIW ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS
IIW ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS. IIW (Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin) providing professional civil, structural & architectural engineering and surveying services was incorporated in February 1982 with a staff of five including Carl B. Schoenhard, Jr., President and Dennis F. Waugh, Vice-President. By 1988 the firm had grown to employ twenty-seven people.
In 1988 the principal office was at 3210 St. Joseph Drive, Dubuque. A second office was located at 2 Prince Street in Guttenberg, Iowa. IIW acquired the former Bartels & Byrne Engineering and Surveying firm providing them with a library of engineering and surveying records back to the time J. C. Scott was surveying MINING claims in 1849.
In 1999 the firm became employee-owned. The office in Dubuque in 2010 was located at 4155 Pennsylvania Avenue. An office was opened in Davenport, Iowa in 2010. In 2021 the firm relocated to 137 Main after a renovation was made of the building. The site was the home of the former KEY CITY STEAM CANDY COMPANY.
In 2021 the company was renamed Origin Design. In 2022 the company had seventy-five employees and was planning to add eight more positions.
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Source:
Reese, Kayli, "Dubuque Firm Marks 40 Years of Service," Telegraph Herald, March 1, 2022, p. 1A