Company News

All KL Engineering offices will be closed on Monday, May 26th, in honor of Memorial Day. We hope everyone has a meaningful and restful extended weekend!

KL Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the promotion of Scott Cramer to the role of Chief Leadership Officer, in addition to his current duties as Chief Operating Officer. The Chief Leadership Officer is a newly established position that underscores the company’s commitment to fostering leadership excellence and preparing for the next generation of industry

KL Engineering, Inc. proudly announces the promotion of Ryan Schanhofer, PE, to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), in addition to his current duties as President, following the retirement of founder and CEO Kim M. Lobdell, PE. Ryan has served as President since 2022 and, as CEO, will assume full responsibility for major corporate decisions, as well

KL Engineering is pleased to announce that on January 1, 2025, we added 9 new shareholders. Congratulations to Travis Brush, John Goltz, Joshua Melby, Josh Mercier, Matt Regnier, Dan Ryan, Dave Tollefson, Kristy Treichel, and Lance Williston on committing to the future success of our firm. They join Kim Lobdell, Ryan Schanhofer, Scott Cramer, Aaron

KL Engineering, Inc. humbly announces the upcoming retirement of its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kim M. Lobdell, PE, effective December 27, 2024. Kim’s career spans more than four decades of leadership, innovation, and service in the civil engineering industry, culminating in the successful growth of KL Engineering into one of Wisconsin’s most respected engineering

Congratulations to Jake Joyal and Paul Lenerz! Jake is being promoted to Project Leader II within our Infrastructure Services team. He leads our lighting and electrical team and has 11.5 years of experience in the industry. Jake designs and develops plan sets from start to let that meet client and public needs in a timely,

Congratulations to our newly promoted Discipline Leaders, Samantha Herheim and Jim Dzienkowski! Samantha will be a Discipline Leader in our Infrastructure Services group. She has 23 years of experience in the industry. Her collaborative approach provides a strong foundation for successful management of transportation design projects. She has brought numerous award-winning projects to life, including

We had another successful Quarterly Meeting last week! KL Team members came together to celebrate recent wins and discuss our future goals. Many thanks to Kathi Rowley from Hausmann Group and to Jared Maxwell and Bret Gough from Ames & Gough for sharing your knowledge with our staff. There were many exciting announcements which we’ll

KL Engineering started 33 years ago today by Kim M. Lobdell, the company’s founder and CEO. She wanted to fill a need she saw in the industry and since then has seen amazing growth. We’ve had the opportunity to work with countless stakeholders and clients and have received numerous awards for our innovative approaches and

Many thanks to those of you who joined us on October 2nd to celebrate the expansion of our Madison headquarters! We are grateful to the City of Fitchburg and the Fitchburg Chamber Visitor + Business Bureau for holding a ribbon cutting ceremony to help us commemorate being a Fitchburg business for over 25 years. Kim

It was great to have the KL Family gather for our quarterly meeting. We got updates from different segments of the company and celebrated the bright future ahead!

We are thrilled to have completed our office expansion project and wanted to share the transformation of our Madison headquarters. We now have room for 25 more staff to accommodate our growing KL family. There’s a new area off the lunchroom for staff to relax and watch TV, play Pac-Man or foosball, or just hang