Colorado Real Estate Journal - July 15, 2015
KL&A Inc. recently announced its merger with another established Colorado structural engineering firm, REI Structural. The two firms will operate as one organization under the KL&A name while maintaining REI Structural’s office and staff at 1875 Lawrence St. in downtown Denver. With the goal of continuing work in all offices uninterrupted, the new KL&A will have a total of five offices – Denver, Golden, Loveland, Carbondale and Buffalo, Wyoming, – and more than 70 employees. Staff includes 52 structural engineers, designers and interns (29 of which are licensed as PE or SE), 10 detailers and drafters, and four construction managers. Principals Doug Rutledge and Brant Lahnert of KL&A and Bob Redwine of REI have been working together as active members of the Colorado branch of the Lean Construction Institute since 2012. During this time they realized that the corporate cultures of the two firms were extremely well aligned and that a merger would require very little in the way of adjustment for either party or their clients. “We are looking forward to the combined energy of the two firms working as one, especially in concert with local architectural and construction professionals to bring seamless and efficient processes to bear on architecturally significant projects for forward-thinking owners,” said Greg Kingsley and Bob Redwine jointly