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Tighe & Bond President and CEO Robert Belitz
Architecture & Engineering
TGrowth by Design Tighe & Bond Continues Impressive Trajectory
By Joseph Bednar
o say Tighe & Bond is a growing company would be an under- statement.
From 2006 to 2016, the West- field-based engineering firm
increased its workforce from 170 to 270, but since then, the tally has expanded to 450, due to a combination of geographic expansion across New England, enhancements to special- ized services, and organic growth.
“We like to say it’s still manageable growth — robust, but manageable for us,” said Robert Belitz, who was hired by Tighe & Bond as chief financial officer in 2014 and took the reins as president and CEO three years later. “Our stra- tegic planning process, which we go through
“ to our existing sites and brings more capabili- We like to say it’s still ties to our clients; they also did a lot of coastal-
resiliency work as well, and that will continue manageable growth — robust, to be in high demand for us.”
but manageable for us.” The other recent acquisition was join- ing forces with RT Group, which expanded
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every year, says it would be nice to grow between 5% and 10%. So you can see we’re on the higher end of that range.”
Among the recent footprint-expanding additions include an office in Portland, Maine, and two strategic acquisitions. One is a land- scape-architecture and urban-planning firm in Boston called Halvorson Design, which is part of the firm’s continuing strategy in Eastern Mass. and its first office presence in the Hub.
“The work they do is a terrific complement
the firm’s waterfront and coastal-engineering capabilities in Rhode Island.
“Given where our offices are, there is a tre- mendous amount of coastline where we have opportunities to support our clients,” Belitz said. “There’s an awful lot of funding that’s being directed toward seawall construction, which is part of our coastal practice. The RT Group does a lot of work around port areas.”
With offices in Massachusetts, New Hamp- shire, Maine, and Connecticut, it’s a natural fit for Tighe & Bond to tackle more coastline work, he added. “There have been a number