SHIVE-HATTERY, INC.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA

As a Client-intimate consulting firm, we go beyond traditional design. With deep knowledge of our Client’s business, we offer customized solutions and provide support as an extension of your staff. We do not pursue one-time transactions; we cultivate relationships. To be your trusted advisor is the highest honor and our ultimate goal. Employee-owned architecture and engineering firm Unparalleled client service is our purpose. We track our clients perceptions actively, to make sure we deliver on our promises to you. As evidence, in client feedback for the last six months clients provided 818+ feedback responses to let us know how to drive better project outcomes. Rather than wait for your project to be over (when there’s little opportunity to change the outcome), our project team asks you for feedback at various project milestones or presentations. This proactive communication improves your experience and ultimately helps us meet or exceed your expectations. The relationship elements – quality, helpfulness and responsiveness – are the essential elements to make your experience exceptional. Building lasting relationships begins with our shared purpose and foundational values. Shive-Hattery exists to provide Unparalleled Client Service and fulfilling careers and professional satisfaction for our Employees. Our Shared People Values give us guidance on how we treat each other. They are a critical part of our firm’s culture. Our Shared Business Values – as a project-based, professional service firm we must provide information and share responsibility, give authority for decision making, provide resources to get things done, and, most importantly, allow time to think and plan. Shive-Hattery’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) enhances the abilities of home-grown leaders within the company. LDP develops a pool of change agents as they advance their leadership knowledge and skills through the 15-18 month program. Jim Lee, president, facilitates LDP which routinely consists of two classes of 8-10 employees each, with two-day-long discussions occurring every three months. Approximately 100 alumni exist from the 20-year-old program who now share a common language and knowledge base as it pertains to leadership within the company of 400 employees.  The program builds leaders from within to then lead initiatives across the company. Leadership occurs at all levels of the organization diminishing the top-down management style that Shive-Hattery seeks to avoid. Over 70% of LDP alumni have stayed with Shive-Hattery to become leaders and create positive, adaptive change. Company Operations Group "As architects and engineers we have the responsibility to be stewards of our built environment.  Working with owners to realize their goals by listening, educating and informing is what makes a project a success.  Sustainability is so much more than energy efficiency and I enjoy helping our clients make that connection." Our Philosophy "Shive-Hattery’s Sustainability Commitment guides us and our clients toward doing what’s right for the economic, social, and environmental stakeholders of our planet" Sustainable design, construction and operation reduces the resources and energy needed for your project. It also improves quality of life in the buildings. Shive-Hattery’s energy professionals can help you: