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Halff
The Halff story began in 1950, when Dr. Albert H. Halff founded the one-man consulting firm that would one day become one of the nation’s largest engineering companies. His vision: A company dedicated to improving the lives of real people in real communities. An award-winning, employee-owned, diverse and multidiscipline professional engineering firm, Halff improves lives and communities by turning ideas into reality. The people-first firm is committed to continuously investing in its employees and fostering a culture of collaboration. Halff has 32 offices in Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. The firm was recognized as the 2023 Texas & Louisiana Design Firm of the Year by the Engineering News-Record. Halff is ranked No. 85 in the latest Top 500 Design Firms rankings by ENR. Halff is the No. 15 Top Workplace nationally in 2023 as ranked by Energage for businesses with 1,000 to 2,499 employees.
Purpose
Our founder, Dr. Halff, had a deep commitment to innovation in engineering—not to gain fame or monetary reward, but to better serve the public. He had an abiding faith in and love of people. He expressed that love in his work, his friendships and his boundless commitment to help others.
Everyone at Halff—those who have been here for more than 40 years and those who started last week—have a shared vision and a shared purpose on which our company was founded. Today, they represent our purpose statement: We improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.
We improve the lives of people in our local communities, both in the work we do and through the Halff Community Initiative. We improve the lives of our own people by providing challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
We improve communities through every service we offer. We design safe roads, highways and bridges. We develop better water, sanitary sewer and storm drain systems. We help prevent flooding. We create beautiful cities and parks. We improve our environment. We facilitate the flow of energy. And so much more. At Halff, we visualize the future.
We turn ideas into reality. We solve our clients’ problems by being creative in our thoughts and designs. The finished product is something our people can point to and be proud of by saying, “I helped do that.”
Everyone at Halff—those who have been here for more than 40 years and those who started last week—have a shared vision and a shared purpose on which our company was founded. Today, they represent our purpose statement: We improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.
We improve the lives of people in our local communities, both in the work we do and through the Halff Community Initiative. We improve the lives of our own people by providing challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
We improve communities through every service we offer. We design safe roads, highways and bridges. We develop better water, sanitary sewer and storm drain systems. We help prevent flooding. We create beautiful cities and parks. We improve our environment. We facilitate the flow of energy. And so much more. At Halff, we visualize the future.
We turn ideas into reality. We solve our clients’ problems by being creative in our thoughts and designs. The finished product is something our people can point to and be proud of by saying, “I helped do that.”
Additional Culture Details
Halff is the firm planned, designed, engineered and constructed for people. Because when you focus on people and treat them well, success will follow. From our most-tenured employee to our most recent hire, everyone at Halff has the responsibility to improve the lives and communities around them. And we all aspire to emulate the true servant leadership of our founder. Because Dr. Halff’s leadership style continues to guide our culture today: Halff S.E.R.V.E.S.
Values
- Solidarity: We work together as one.
- We are built by many practices and locations, but we solve problems together as one. When working collaboratively toward a common purpose, the rewards can be uncommonly good.
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