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Q&A: Architecture firm is first in state to use employee trust ownership model

January 9, 2026

Luke Leising founded and leads Guidon, which has more than 90 employees and specializes in designing buildings for medical professionals and hospital campuses.

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Students at UIndy benefit from real-world engineering experiences

March 1, 2024

Mickey Shuey

DesignSpine has been part of the University of Indianapolis engineering curriculum since the school was started in 2017, spurred by a $5 million gift from the Indianapolis-based R.B. Annis Educational Foundation.

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Indy Chamber, Rethink Coalition propose vision for I-65/I-70 split on southeast side of downtown

March 16, 2026 | Marek Mazurek

A new study calls for the Interstate 65/70 “Southeast Gateway” to go underground, creating land on top of the highways to spur economic development and urban connectivity.

AAR Aircraft Services to close airport plant, terminate 329 employees

December 28, 2025 | IBJ Staff

The plant at Indianapolis International Airport will see its first series of employment terminations starting on Feb. 15, with more phases continuing through Feb. 28, 2027, the company said.

With $2M gift, UIndy to establish endowed professorship in engineering

December 16, 2025 | Daniel Lee

The R.B. Annis Distinguished Professor of Engineering is the namesake of Hoosier inventor Robert B. Annis, who died in 1999 and is remembered as an expert in magnetics and balancing instruments.

Archaeologists complete excavation for planned Henry Street bridge

November 14, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

The total number of grave shafts found on the former cemetery site was about 2.5 times the initial estimate by the city. Construction on the $40 million Henry Street Bridge can now continue, but archaeological work on the remains is far from over.

At new center, Purdue engineers will collaborate with IU doctors

October 24, 2025 | Daniel Lee

Purdue University’s new Center for Musculoskeletal Engineering in Indianapolis has a growth plan that metaphorically matches a healthy growing body.

Shiel Sexton carves out high-profile sports projects as niche

July 11, 2025 | Sam Stall

Interestingly, while sports have been very, very good to the company, management didn’t set out to make arenas and fieldhouses one of their specialties. It just sort of happened.

Ivy Tech, Purdue partnering to fill Indiana’s engineer pipeline

January 24, 2024 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

The program fills a gap that was left behind by the split of IUPUI’s campus between Purdue and Indiana University.

Marian University marks opening of new engineering building

August 11, 2023 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

University President Dan Elsener said the opening of the school comes amid enrollment that has exceeded expectations.

Noblesville approves $9.5M bond, tax breaks for Bastian Solutions HQ

March 31, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

The company plans to create 250 jobs over the next five years in Noblesville with an average salary of $67,000 and retain and relocate 400 employees to the new corporate campus.

Engineering consulting firm looks to continue growth in Hamilton County

February 17, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

Projective USA Inc., a subsidiary of Fleet, England-based Projective Ltd., is currently housed at Office Evolution, a co-working space near the Nickel Plate District in Fishers.

Rose-Hulman engineering major to race in Daytona, prepare for final exams

February 17, 2023 | Wes Mills, Inside INdiana Business

When Mandy Chick isn’t racing from class to class at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the mechanical engineering major has stock car racing on her mind, especially this weekend.

Chip execs, biz leaders look to Purdue for help filling engineering void

October 24, 2022 | The Washington Post

The United States needs an estimated 50,000 or more new semiconductor engineers over the next five years. Tech leaders are traveling to West Lafayette for help.

Fishers-based Flexware Innovation acquired by Hitachi

September 6, 2022 | Wes Mills, Inside INdiana Business and IBJ Staff

Flexware Innovation, founded in 1996, is an engineering company that helps companies integrate ever-changing software with advanced manufacturing systems.

Engineering firm expanding in downtown Indy

July 7, 2022 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

HNTB Corp. has expanded its space in Salesforce Tower on Monument Circle and plans to add 40 workers, it announced Wednesday.

Marian University lands $5M grant from Fairbanks Foundation for engineering

July 6, 2022 |

John Russell

Marian University said the grant would help educate “a pipeline of diverse engineering talent” to meet the workforce needs of central Indiana.

Rocky Ripple residents push back on demolitions in cost-cutting anti-flood plan

February 15, 2022 |

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Three years after Rocky Ripple approved a no-demolition plan for a new floodwall, the Indianapolis Department of Public Works has unveiled a tweaked plan that would involve destruction of as many as 14 houses and the Rocky Ripple Town Hall.

Local software firm Woven scores $8M in funding

February 4, 2022 |

Susan Orr

Woven aims to streamline the hiring software engineers, a process that typically requires skills-testing and multiple rounds of interviews.

Engineering firm Beam Longest & Neff LLC merges with Toronto-based company

August 19, 2021 | IBJ Staff

The combination forms a business with more than 800 engineers, project managers and technical experts in 21 offices throughout North America.

Purdue engineers help develop refrigerator for space travel

June 11, 2021 | Ellie Albin

Engineers from Purdue University, Whirlpool Corp. and Air Squared Inc. have developed a refrigerator prototype to help solve the problem of astronauts not having a fridge to store food for long missions.

U.S. infrastructure gets C- from engineers as roads deteriorate

March 2, 2021 | Associated Press

In its “Infrastructure Report Card” released Wednesday, the group estimated it would cost $5.9 trillion over the next decade to bring roads, bridges and airports to a safe and sustainable level.

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