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JBCI Consulting Engineers builds on 50
years of structural engineering expertise
with focus on repair and restoration
New York Construction Report special feature
Over its 50-year history as a con-
sulting engineering firm, Joseph B.

Callaghan, Inc. (JBCI) has devel-
oped and evolved its offering as a
structural engineer, and along the
way, developed a niche expertise in
the fields of repair and restoration.

President Allen Roth says the
firm’s work in restoration and repair
began in the 80s and, over the past
10 years, that specialty has grown
significantly. The firm’s staff has
grown from three to 13.

He says the company’s motto
and ongoing goal is always to
achieve the lowest total project
cost, start to finish, and that invest-
ing at the outset in an ongoing
maintenance program can have a
significant impact over time.

“Unfortunately, many clients in
the past came to us initially be-
cause they found out the hard way
the cost of not having maintenance
programs in place,” Roth said.

“Today, more people realize that on-
going maintenance goes a long
way towards ensuring the life of a
building.” Working with concrete as well as
other materials, the team’s projects
have included dams, stadiums,
bridges and high-rise buildings.

“We’ve worked on Carnegie Lake
Dam, JFK Stadium while it was in
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use, Franklin Field, several large
high-rises at the University of Penn-
sylvania campus, Resorts Casino in
Atlantic City…”
The firm has also worked on
hospitals and condominium proj-
ects and, through long term staff,
develops and maintains strong
client relationships. This has led to
many long term clients, referrals,
and repeat business. “The average
tenure of our staff is 18 years and
we have many who have been here
almost that long. People come, and
they stay, and that makes for rela-
tionships clients can count on.”
“Over our firm’s 50-year history,
we’ve had two presidents; our
founder, Joseph Callaghan, and me.

Joe was active in the company for
47 years and I’ve been here 33.

That’s a lot of continuity and reliabil-
ity our clients can count on, through-
out every aspect of the firm.”
Part of why people come and
stay is a culture based on work/life
balance. JBCI staff seek to ensure
solid client relationships by under-
standing each situation’s nuances
and responding with flexibility.

“We did work for an all girls’
school and, because almost half of
our staff is female, were able to as-
sign a female to work on the proj-
ect. Not only did the client get the
work they needed done, but they
were able to hold this up to stu-
dents as an example of women
achieving in careers, which they ap-
preciated on another level.”