Donan Engineering Continues to Grow Through Geographic Expansion

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Donan Engineering Co., Inc. today announced plans to open new offices in Austin and Dallas, Texas.  Donan will begin offering forensic investigative services from the new locations on February 1, 2012.  These offices will represent the firm's first foray into the state of Texas.

"Texas has been on our radar screen for a number of years, but we have intentionally delayed our efforts to open offices in this market," says Kevin B. Abell, Donan Engineering's chief sales and marketing officer.  "We saw a huge need for us to build up additional offices in surrounding states, which will now allow us to properly support our Texas market in the event of a catastrophic event that overextends our local capacity.  Our growth over the past couple of years has now allowed us to build up the level where we feel 100% confident in our ability to move into Texas as an industry leader from day one.  We see the opportunity to really improve the service levels our clients are used to receiving throughout the state."

Abell went on to say, "At Donan, we live to serve our customers' needs by providing industry-leading customer service and turnaround time on our assignments.  Our approach is to have more offices in closer proximity in order to provide more efficient response times to losses and more investigative personnel close by to provide any additional support needed.  We know that, as the saying goes, 'Everything is bigger in Texas,' including the expectations of our customers, so we are prepared to meet the challenge."

Donan Engineering offers consumers a single source for forensic engineering investigations and fire origin & cause investigations.  The firm offers a wide array of services falling under the main categories of structural engineering investigations, fire and explosion origin & cause investigations, roofing investigations, and component testing.

Donan Engineering is a third-generation, family-owned engineering firm that was founded in 1947 in Madisonville, Kentucky.  From 1947 until 1999, the firm focused on providing mostly conventional engineering services (civil, structural, environmental, mining, architecture, etc.).  In 1999, with approximately 20 employees in four offices, the decision was made to focus exclusively on the forensic engineering and fire investigation industry.  In 2005, the firm relocated its company headquarters to Louisville, Kentucky.

With the addition of the new Texas offices, Donan Engineering will have 38 offices located throughout 19 states.  Currently, the firm retains approximately 210 employees, and that number is anticipated to grow to near 280 employees by the end of 2012.  In 2011, the firm completed approximately 27,000 forensic investigations for a client base consisting primarily of insurance companies, attorneys, commercial property owners and businesses, manufacturers, utilities, and homeowners.  For a list of Donan's office locations, please visit www.donan.com/locations.

You can also visit Donan's website at www.donan.com.

SOURCE Donan Engineering Co., Inc.