Shortly after we turned off the lights at our 50^th Anniversary Party, one of our major clients filed for bankruptcy and shut down their local operations "indefinitely".  With more than $2 million in projected lost revenue, we were forced to react quickly and adjust our staff accordingly.

2001 – ODOT Design/Build

As we faced the challenge of our industrial market shrinking, we teamed with S.E. Johnson and were selected by the Ohio Department of Transportation for design and construction of a third lane and bridge widening on Interstate 90 in Lorain County . At the time, this was the largest design/build contract awarded by ODOT.

2001 – Colorado Furnace

R.E. Warner returned to Pueblo , Colorado to provide design and construction administration for a new electric arc furnace for Rocky Mountain Steel.

2001 – September 11^th

With the steel industry already reeling, the attacks on September 11th created havoc on the economy and pushed the country into a recession.  Over the next few years, we were faced with reduced capital spending in all our markets, but take advantage of our technical strengths and market diversity to weather the economic storm.

2003 – Solon Construction Administration

R.E. Warner was chosen by the City of Solon to provide QA/QC and resident construction engineering services for new sanitary sewers, storm sewers, waterlines, bike and multi-purpose trails and road reconstruction of Aurora East and Pettibone Roads.

2003 – Air Pollution Control Upgrade to MACT Standards

We were awarded a major design contract by Ross Environmental Services to upgrade their facility to achieve Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT).  This project later received the ACEC Ohio Outstanding Achievement Award.

2004 - Relocated to LaCentre

Seizing a unique opportunity to lease Class A space at below market rates, R.E. Warner relocated from King James Office Park to our current home in modern, state-of-the-art facilities at LA Office Plaza at LaCentre.

2004 – Westlake Service Center

R.E. Warner was selected to design a new state of the art service center in Westlake leading to the design of similar facilities for the Ottawa County Transit Authority, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Cleveland Water Department, Village of Moreland Hills and City of Chardon .

2005 – Westgate Mall Redevelopment

The Richard E. Jacobs Group selected R.E. Warner to prepare plans, specifications and construction administration for the redevelopment of Westgate Mall.  This project received the ACEC Ohio Engineering Excellence Honor Award.

2005 - Leadership Warner

Looking to the future, we kicked off Leadership Warner, an innovative one-year leadership development program for our young professionals.

2007 - Largest Single Design Contract

We were awarded the largest single design contract in our firm's history by RMI Titanium, a world class titanium producer, for a greenfield titanium plant in Martinsville , Virginia .

2007 - 2009  Leadership Transition

• Brett Neff was elected to the Board of Directors and named Vice President (2002)
• Ted Beltavski was elected  to the Board of Directors and named Vice President (2004)
• Debby Joppeck was elected to the Board of Directors (2004)
• Randy Walton retired as Senior Vice President and member of the Board of Directors (2007)
• Wade Blackburn retired as Senior Vice President and member of the Board of Directors (2009)

2007 - ACEC Engineering Excellence Honor Award for U.S. Steel Emergency Water Supply

R.E. Warner received ACEC Ohio Honor Award for the design of an emergency water backup system at U.S. Steel’s Michigan facility.

2008 – Technology Upgrade

We completed a major technology upgrade by purchasing AutoCAD Revit and SolidWorks 3-D modeling software and Deltek Vision, a fully-integrated project based accounting and project management software for architecture and engineering firms.

2008 – First Cuyahoga County Stimulus Project

We accelerated the design of improvements to Bainbridge Road in Solon for the Cuyahoga County Engineer in time for the project to receive the first stimulus funds in the county under the American Resource and Recovery Act.

2008 - LEED Certification

Our first five professionals became LEED Certified and in 2011 provide complete engineering, interior, landscape and LEED design services for Cleveland ’s Gateway Bike Storage Facility incorporating LEED-CI certification.

2009 – Construction Surveying Showcased

Our construction surveying expertise was showcased with the Cleveland Clinic’s Heart Center , University Hospital ’s Seidman Cancer Center , Ahuja Medical Center , the Euclid Corridor and Crocker Park Lifestyle Shopping Complex.  We later received the ACEC Ohio Distinguished Awards for the Heart Center and Crocker Park .

2009 - Named One of the Top 99 Places to Work In Northeast Ohio

R.E. Warner was recognized for the fifth consecutive year by the Employer's Resource Council as one of the Top 99 places to work in Northeast Ohio .

2009 – Ashtabula Chemical Plant

Millennium Inorganic Chemicals selected R.E. Warner for design of a major process improvement to their Ashtabula facility, improving production efficiency up to 25%.

2011 – Easterly Chemical Feed Building

We receive our first contract with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District for design of the chemical storage and feed facility at their Easterly Wastewater Treatment facility.

2011 – Shaping Our Future

The Longview Group is retained to facilitate our strategic plan as we begin our next decade.