The mission at Michael Benza and Associates,
Inc., and its divisions is to
serve our clients with engineering and surveying information, solutions, and resources so they can
better accomplish their objectives. The firm provides investigative
design, survey, and construction services to government agencies and municipalities,
private concerns, and the insurance industry.
Company Profile
HISTORY
The engineering consulting firm of Michael
Benza & Associates, Inc. was established in 1972, with Michael Benza as
President, and became a professional corporation in 1975.The firm has grown since then and has made significant contributions to
the civil engineering field.These
have been through a variety of clients in both the public and private sectors in
the State of Ohio.
In 1992, the consulting firm of Wheeler & Melena, Inc. was purchased.This acquisition increased our engineering and surveying capabilities to
better serve our clients.
GOAL
The goal of our firm is to provide quality,
professional engineering and surveying services through the preparation of detailed
drawings and specifications that result in accurate bid proposals.This provides savings in construction, operation, and maintenance for
our clients.We emphasize personal
service and client satisfaction on each project.We recognize that our clients require a project to be completed on time
and with client awareness. We especially take pride in our repeat clients.
SERVICES
Michael Benza & Associates, Inc.
offers a wide range of engineering, surveying, and planning services.Our multi-skilled staff and use of technically advanced equipment makes
this possible. We have provided services to many villages, cities, counties, and
sewer districts in Ohio.Several of
these municipalities are represented on a continuing basis, while others are on
a project basis.Our services range
from minor sewer investigation, to preparation of plans and specifications for
major capital projects. Our experience also includes projects for private
developers, architects/engineers, contractors, owners, and projects with state
and federal agencies.
The SurveyDivision has extensive
site and construction survey experience in the Northeast Ohio area.This division provides services for site development from project
inception through construction and post-construction surveys.
PERSONNEL
The firm of Michael Benza & Associates, Inc.
has maintained a policy since
its inception not to discriminate against any employee, or applicant for employment,
because of being a qualified disabled veteran, veteran of Vietnam, race, color, religion,
national origin, handicap, ancestry, sex, or age. The firm will continue to
take affirmative action to insure that all applicants are considered equally, without
regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, handicap, ancestry, sex or
age. These actions shall include but not be limited to the following: employment; upgrading/demotion; transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff
or termination's; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training
including apprenticeships.
FACILITY
The physical resources available to the project staff include all equipment, furniture
and supplies for a 40-person engineering firm. Our staff occupies approximately
10,500 square feet of office space in Brecksville, Ohio.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
The company has a vast number of computer programs in its library
ranging from word
processing to civil engineering design packages to utilities. The company attempts
to maintain updated versions of each program in its library.
The Design and CAD staff primarily use AutoCad Land Development Desktop, along with the Civil
module. EPANet and Heasted Methods design programs are also available to assist in the design process.
The Survey staff use both Land Development Desktop Survey module
and Carlson Field Survey to download the data
collectors from the field crews and to create topographical and other site
information required.
The Administrative and Support staff have WordPerfect, Quattro
Pro, Word, and Excel available.
The office is networked through a Windows 2003 Server with Windows
XP running on the
workstations.
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