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Arellano Associates and the business of being heard
A railway needs engineering. Its public meetings need engineering, too. Arellano Associates turns maps, text messages and neighborhood conversations into the working machinery of community engagement.
Delve Underground
Delve Underground is an employee-owned heavy civil and tunnel engineering firm that designs, builds, and rehabilitates the underground infrastructure behind transit systems, water and wastewater networks, and energy projects. Founded in 1954 as Jacobs Associates and rebranded from McMillen Jacobs Associates in late 2022, the firm brings roughly 350 specialists across 21-25 offices in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to some of the most technically demanding tunnels, shafts, and deep foundations in North America and Australasia.
Atomiton
Atomiton builds an immersive intelligence platform that ties operational activity to energy, water and carbon performance, helping data centers, manufacturers and building operators cut costs and hit sustainability targets in real time.
BrightAI
BrightAI is a Palo Alto-based physical AI company building Stateful OS, a platform that pairs edge sensors, robots, and multimodal AI models to monitor, inspect, and maintain critical infrastructure - pipes, power grids, HVAC systems, and more. Co-founded in 2019 by SmartThings creator Alex Hawkinson, the company crossed $80M in revenue while bootstrapped before raising a $51M Series A in July 2025.
Woodard & Curran
Woodard & Curran is a 100% employee-owned environmental engineering and consulting firm founded in 1979 and headquartered in Portland, Maine. With roughly 1,300 employees across 30+ offices in 14 states, the firm integrates engineering, science, design-build, and operations to solve complex water and environmental challenges for municipal, industrial, and government clients. From treating 11.7 billion gallons of drinking water annually to cleaning up Superfund contamination sites, Woodard & Curran positions itself as the firm that takes on the hard problems in water infrastructure and environmental health — not as a contractor but as a long-term partner.