Barr Engineering Co.

Barr Engineering Co. is an employee-owned engineering and environmental consulting firm founded in 1966. The company helps clients develop, manage, and restore natural resources through integrated engineering, environmental, sustainability, and water-management services. Its workforce exceeds 1,000 engineers, scientists, and technical specialists, and the firm's roots trace back to the early 1900s.

Services are delivered by multidisciplinary project teams and span engineering and design; environmental investigation and remediation; environmental permitting and compliance; sustainability and resiliency planning; and water management. Clients include firms in power, refining, fuels, mining, manufacturing, and renewable energy, as well as attorneys and government agencies. Work has covered sectors such as oil sands and iron ore mining.

Barr is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with offices across the Midwest United States and the Americas. Project sites have extended to South Dakota, California, western Canada, and South America, with client service worldwide.

Employee ownership has been in place since 1966. Employee-owners work alongside clients, with an emphasis on collaboration, listening, and shared problem-solving, and on responsibly managing, developing, conserving, and restoring natural resources.