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Thank you to our amazing partners for 2025-26!

Platinum Sponsors

CDM Smith

We are a privately owned engineering and construction firm providing legendary client service and smart solutions in water, environment, transportation, energy and facilities. Passionate about our work and invested in each other, we are inspired to think and driven to solve the world's environmental and infrastructure challenges. CDM Smith delivers innovative water and wastewater solutions for our North Carolina clients with national experts based in our local offices and extensive firmwide resources.

CJS Conveyance, PLLC

CJS Conveyance is an engineering consulting firm specializing in the design of water and wastewater facilities, including pipelines, pump stations, tanks, and primary treatment. Our company was founded in 2016 with the goal of delivering a higher level of service to our clients while cultivating a work environment that values flexibility and prioritizes the well-being of our employees. Drawing on our three founders' extensive local design experience, we offer sophisticated engineering services, commonsense project management, and a personalized project experience. After nearly a decade in business, we continue to see the success of this personal approach reflected in the dedication of our team and the trust of our repeat clients. 

Garver

Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental services firm focused on aviation, transportation, buildings, federal, water and wastewater services; surveying; advisory services; and construction engineering and inspection. In the top 100 of Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms list, with more than 1,300 employees, Garver has a people-first culture that drives innovative, client-first service and is consistently recognized as a best firm to work for by Zweig Group. Learn how Garver invests in people and places they call home at GarverUSA.com.

Hazen

Hazen and Sawyer develops practical solutions to water quantity and quality challenges around the globe. Since our founding, we’ve maintained a singular focus on all things water – working with communities to identify new sources, structure effective treatment, and deliver water back to the environment in a productive and mindful way. The integrated water resources management we provide improves the resiliency of watersheds and turns nutrient removal into nutrient recovery, waste into energy, discharge into reuse – often while reducing operating costs and providing a multitude of environmental and societal benefits. If you’re trusted to protect public health or the environment, we can help.

HDR

HDR is built on a foundation of service-oriented professionals driven to identify the best course of action. Using natural and infrastructure components, we work smart to achieve your project’s water quality and quantity objectives while considering equity, resiliency and feasibility. Whether working with municipal agencies, research groups or professional organizations, we value partnerships that innovate our sector and advance the quality of life in our communities.

Highfill Infrastructure Engineering, PC

HIGHFILL's team of highly experienced engineers specializes in helping you get the most value from your aging water and wastewater infrastructure. Our goal is to serve as an extension of your staff and provide the highest quality service possible.

Willis Engineers

Willis Engineers is a small consulting engineering firm specializing exclusively in public water and wastewater utilities in the Piedmont area of North Carolina.  While many engineering firms pursue expanding markets and geographical growth, we have intentionally limited our scope of services and practice area.  This allows us to design better facilities and stay focused on exceptional customer service. 





Gold Sponsors

Ulliman Schutte

Ulliman Schutte is a company of engineering and construction professionals. We specialize in the construction and renovation of water and wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, flood protection systems, and associated utility work. By focusing on this unique and challenging industry, we have developed and fine-tuned our resources and systems to excel at delivering the best value to our clients. Through experience, expertise, deep practical knowledge, and a drive to exceed our clients' expectations, we have firmly established a reputation as a high-powered and trusted teammate for Design-Build, CMAR, and Design-Bid-Build projects.

Brown and Caldwell

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction firm with 65 offices and 2,300 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, our creative solutions have helped municipalities, private industry, and government agencies successfully overcome their most challenging water and environmental obstacles. As an employee-owned company, Brown and Caldwell is passionate about exceeding our clients’ expectations and making a difference for our employees, our communities, and our environment. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com.

Heyward, Inc.

At Heyward, our mission is simple: provide the best products and the highest quality service to our customers. With a team of dedicated engineers and specialists, we bring expertise, innovation, and reliability to every project. Whether it’s designing solutions, managing projects, or offering aftermarket support, we work collaboratively to ensure success. Our values drive us to adapt, lead, and deliver—because helping our clients is at the heart of everything we do.

McKim & Creed, Inc.

The Raleigh, North Carolina-based company, which was founded in 1978, specializes in civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering; industrial design-build services; airborne and mobile Lidar/scanning; unmanned aerial systems; subsurface utility engineering (SUE); and hydrographic and conventional surveying services for the energy, transportation, federal, land development, water and building markets.

McGill Associates

Shaping Communities Together® is more than a tagline to McGill . Since 1984, McGill has been collaborating with local governments— providing a wide range of engineering, land planning and recreation, and consulting services. We assist communities in identifying and resolving problems, developing cost-effective and innovative solutions, and ensuring successful project completion. Our team has performed all aspects of project delivery for water and wastewater projects. We help shape the best outcomes for each client and community.

Ardurra

Ardurra formerly WK Dickson is a multi-disciplined consulting firm specializing in community infrastructure solutions, including airport planning and design, environmental and water resources engineering, land planning and development, and energy support services. Our business is focused on the planning, design, engineering, operation, and transfer of major capital projects for the government, municipal entities, and private companies. In late 2024, WK Dickson was acquired by the Ardurra Group. With their resources combined with WK Dickson's, we can now offer critical infrastructure and funding services across the country from more than 80 offices. 

Raftelis

Raftelis helps local governments and utilities thrive by providing management consulting expertise to help transform local governments and utilities. We’ve helped more than 600 organizations in the last year alone. We provide a wide range of management consulting services including: finance, assessment, communications, technology, executive recruitment, strategic planning, stormwater utility services, and solid waste services. 

Silver Sponsors

AECOM

At AECOM, we believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone – uplifting communities, improving access and sustaining our planet. We’re committed to managing our business with the upmost responsibility and to always strive for better — be that reducing emissions, creating social value or diversifying our senior leadership and workforce. We understand both the urgency of the challenges facing our society and our responsibility to act in an impactful and enduring way. We’re leading the change towards a more sustainable and equitable future, partnering with those who want to make a positive difference in the world.

Davis Martin Powell Engineers and Surveyors

DMP is one of the largest engineering firms headquartered in the North Carolina Triad area. DMP employs multiple skilled Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors and provides services in Civil/Site and Municipal Engineering, Surveying, Subsurface Utility Engineering and Construction Management/Inspection.

We seek to leverage technical innovation to create value in our services and look for ways to creatively solve problems for the benefit of our clients. DMP has an excellent reputation for integrity and quality of service, which is evident by our extensive list of long term, repeat clientele.

Dewberry

With a legacy of more than 65 years of excellence, we are a nationwide firm of planning, design, and construction professionals. We create responsible and innovative solutions for those who own, operate, and maintain natural and built environments. Our North Carolina staff work collaboratively with our clients including municipalities, government agencies, the military community, institutions, developers, and corporations. We value lasting relationships, achieving our clients’ visions, and celebrating in their success.

Freese and Nichols

Freese and Nichols is a privately owned engineering, planning and consulting firm serving clients across the United States. Founded in 1894, we offer stability as a long-term trusted advisor and use our national expertise to meet contemporary challenges. We’re a two-time recipient of the  Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award  — and the first engineering/architecture firm to receive it. Our focus on continuous improvement helps us consistently deliver award-winning solutions backed by superior client-focused support.

GHD

Established in 1928, GHD is one of the world’s leading employee-owned engineering, architecture and environmental consulting firm. We sit in the top 100 of the Engineering News-Record's prestigious Top 500 Design Firms list and are consistently recognized as a best firm to work for. GHD employs more than 12,000 people across five continents and serves clients in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, digital, property and buildings, and transportation. Our North Carolina team office specializes in water/wastewater treatment and infrastructure services and have been serving North Carolina clients for more than 20 years.

Shook Construction

Founded in 1926, Shook Construction provides construction expertise that spans the industry in size and scope. We are recognized as a leader throughout the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions for our strength in traditional construction methods and our innovative approach to cutting-edge technologies and delivery systems. From modestly-sized renovations to multi-million-dollar projects, the company specializes in the education, healthcare, industrial, and water resources markets. With over 500 employees, Shook serves clients from its offices in Dayton, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Kokomo, Indiana; Richmond, Indiana; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Stantec

Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That's why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind.
We care about the communities we serve—because they're our communities too. This allows us to assess what's needed and connect our expertise, to appreciate nuances and envision what's never been considered, to bring together diverse perspectives so we can collaborate toward a shared success.

We're designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

The Wooten Company

As a multi-disciplinary firm, The Wooten Company’s 100+ employees provide municipal engineering and architectural services. Founded in 1936 and incorporated in North Carolina in 1949, our privately held company touts 88 years of continuous operation. Wooten offers comprehensive capabilities including environmental engineering, civil engineering, geomatics, with a large focus on water and wastewater projects. Our experience affords our clients a singular point of contact for most infrastructure needs, making Wooten an efficient and reliable partner providing cost-effective solutions.

Kimley-Horn

Kimley-Horn has been providing professional engineering services since our founding in 1967. Throughout our 58 years, our firm has grown from a small group of engineers into a nationwide, multidisciplinary firm composed of utility, civil, structural, transportation, and roadway engineers; construction phase specialists; landscape architects; environmental professionals; and transportation planners working together to serve our clients well. Our firmwide staff includes more than 8,900 professional and technical employees, with ample resources to serve clients responsively from 140+ offices nationwide. Kimley-Horn’s staff members have extensive experience improving our client’s experience while serving public agencies and are passionate about providing water and wastewater services including, but not limited to, water supply, utility relocations, asset management, grant funding assistance, hydraulic modeling, pump station design, master planning, sewer rehabilitation and replacement, trenchless pipelines, wastewater collection and transmission systems, wastewater treatment design, and wastewater process evaluations.

Bronze Sponsors
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Arcadis

Our Water consulting and engineering services encompass the entire water cycle: water supply, treatment and distribution; wastewater collection and treatment; water reuse; urban water, stormwater and drainage; and natural water systems (rivers, coasts, integrated water resources and ecosystems). Our experts assist clients in understanding and preparing for the growing trends of water scarcity, water quality concerns, extreme weather events, climate change adaptation, and asset management and fiscal challenges related to urbanization and aging infrastructure. Sustainable design is key to our strategy for developing solutions, whether in natural infrastructure for the protection of coasts and rivers or green infrastructure for stormwater management.

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Compliance EnviroSystems, LLC

Incorporated in 1995, CES has operated as a full-service professional storm sewer and sanitary sewer evaluation firm for over 30 years. We provide professional Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Survey (SSES) services throughout the United States, as well as water, storm water and gas evaluation services. We have provided solutions to our clients’ asset management via services such as CCTV inspections, cleaning, smoke testing, flow monitoring, dye testing, cross-bore locating, sonar/multi-sensor inspections (MSI), lead service line inventory (LSLI), GPS mapping, and manhole inspections, among others. We primarily serve municipalities, utilities, cities, and engineers. We have offices throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee and Oklahoma, and have worked in many other states across the U.S.

2025-26 Silver and Bronze Sponsors

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