We pass the apples to apples test - That’s the one where you look to see if
what was designed was actually built. Design an apple, build an apple. Often the completed
project looks little like the proposed solution. We start with apples and finish with
apples.
Clients Guide Decisions - We solve client problems, we don’t bring new
ones. Parker, Messana & Associates believes our extra efforts to be on site and to
listen and hear what people on the floor want leads to good, practical engineering
solutions.
We know that there’s insight around a lunch pail. Workers don’t say
"They never talked to me". The person doing the job often knows what’s
needed. Our designs respect production and maintenance needs. Similarly, we respond to our
clients corporate culture. Our drawings reflect their presentation formats, so
they’re more understood and integrated into their organization.
Steel Toed Boots and Ties - We combine professional knowledge, grounded in
theory and mud on your boots field work. We pride ourselves in top quality field work.
Unless you know the day to day stuff, you won’t effectively solve engineering
problems. Engineers can design a solution for the wrong problem if they get too Ivory
Tower.
Tight Budgets and Careful Project Management - We blend fiscal management,
problem analysis, and engineering talent, and a disciplined work process into success. We
build a careful and detailed record of our work and involvement. Of course part of
it’s for billing, but it’s an important management tool for us and our clients.
We notify clients immediately when we identify costly surprises on the horizon.
It’s an age of Retrofits - The radical changes in American Industry are
reflected in engineering. We see increased demand for retrofitting versus new facilities.
The reasons are numerous, financing, problems permitting new sites, cost savings through
technology advancements, and many others. We understand and specialize in developing
solutions within the restraints and constraints of retrofitting. All the while respecting
budgets.
Stop trouble before it happens - Interview, review, discuss, suggest,
brainstorm. These are ways we avoid poor problem analysis and thus limited solutions. We
give engineers their head. We believe in their skills. We back them up. It works. Maybe we
should call it holistic engineering.
High Standards - You can’t deliver the goods without them.
The "Five Percent" Rule - Many engineering decisions are no brainers.
The difference is in what decisions we make when "it could go this way or that".
It’s that last five percent, where you’re choosing from alternatives that give
added value to the project. That’s where we excel.
The difference between good and so-so, or good and excellent is the management of the
intangibles.
Technology and Common Sense. Use them both - Advances occur too rapidly to fall
behind. We blend theory and practicality. If there is a solution, we grab it, if
there’s a unique problem, we find a solution.
Experience, Experience, Experience - Good work gets more work. No two ways about
it. We bring success and a record of quality engineered projects.
Small jobs get the same attention and detail of a large job - We are emphatic - each client gets our best no matter what size project.
