North Engineering

Krech Ojard & Associates, P.A. Consulting Engineers and Architects provides design and engineering services to private clients and industrial and government agencies. Established in 1984, it offers architectural, civil, structural and marine engineering services. Its services include master planning, feasibility studies conduction, project management, preliminary design, equipment selection, construction administration, structural inspection, and underwater engineering and inspection. The company provides material processing, industrial ventilation, site grading, environmental permitting and coordination, construction staking, bridge design, cost estimation, erosion control, shoreline stabilization and drainage analysis services. In addition, it conducts boundary and topographic surveys. Krech Ojard & Associates, P.A. Consulting Engineers and Architects is headquartered in Duluth, Minn., with other offices in La Crosse, Superior and Eau Claire, Wis.; Bellingham, Wash.; Hermitage, Pa.; and Dubuque, Iowa.

NORAMCO Engineering Corporation is an engineering company that specializes in the design of mineral benefication, industrial mineral, manufactured minerals and related materials handling systems. The company asl handles expansion into the wood, pulp/paper and plastics industries. NORAMCO has been serving clients in industry, business and government since 1986. Headquartered in Hibbing, Minn., NORAMCO Engineering Corporation is a privately owned company that employs nearly 25 people.

Barr provides engineering, environmental and information technology services to clients across the nation and around the world. Started in early 1900s, Barr was incorporated as an employee owned firm in 1966. The firm s 300 engineers, scientists and technical support staff in Minnesota, Michigan and Missouri work with clients in numerous industries as well as at all levels of government. Some of the industries that it serves are forest products, manufacturing, mining, power, refining, research facilities, transportation and watershed management. It has also served amusement parks, colleges and universities, retailers, small businesses, agricultural companies, nonprofit organizations, homeowners' associations, lake associations and american indian tribes. The company s other services include Joint Application Development, Web-Based Project Management, Communications and training in areas such as HTML, Microsoft FrontPage, online search techniques and general Web use and database administration.