B. & A. Engineers, Inc. has a history of engineering excellence beginning in 1921 when Raymond J. Briggs established the firm as a sole proprietorship. His son, Carlyle W. Briggs, became a principal member in 1947 and the company name was changed to Briggs and Associates. In 1970 Raymond Briggs retired and Carlyle and Maxine Briggs became the owners and continued the firm's engineering services under the Briggs and Associates name. In 1978 the members of Briggs and Associates incorporated and the name was shortened to B. & A. Engineers, Inc.. It was at this time that Joseph D. Canning became an owner in the firm.

Since our beginning we have directed our efforts into different endeavors due to the economic changes in our surrounding area. In the past we were very instrumental in designing bridges, dams, and airports. We still have expertise in these areas but when residential development escalated in the mid 1980’s, the firm became more involved with land planning and land development projects, a service the firm continues to provide to many developers today. As a result, B. & A. Engineers, Inc. has been involved in some of the largest private developments in the Treasure Valley.

PRINCIPAL STAFF MEMBERS

The firm has always been composed of engineers eminently capable of doing the engineering work undertaken. The firm's two principal engineers are Carlyle W. Briggs and Joseph D. Canning. Carlyle Briggs has many years of experience in civil municipal engineering work which includes water and waste water systems, sewer systems, irrigation systems, airports and city mapping. Joseph Canning's expertise is in land development projects, small sewer system designs and surveying. Both are licensed professional engineers and land surveyors and are active in many professional and civic organizations. Members are licensed to practice in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Utah.

OFFICE LOCATION

Until 1993 the firm was located in downtown Boise. For 45 years it owned and occupied one of Boise's historic buildings at 619 Grove Street in Boise's Historic District. The building was sold in 1993 and the business was moved to its present location at 5505 West Franklin Road, to better accommodate the corporation's needs and accessibility for its valued clients.

TOOLS of our TRADE

Striving to be competitive and adaptable to the modern day business environment, we have implemented a 15 workstation computerized network with triple redundancy archiving and have our own onsite I.T. department. With in-house plotting and blueprinting capabilities we are truly self contained. We also have a 5MB high speed broadband connection allowing for rapid file transfer and are utilizing the latest versions of AutoCAD® Land Desktop, AutoCAD® Civil 3D Pro, AutoDesk Civil Design®, and Microsoft® Office Professional Suite, all operating on the Windows XP® platform.

Our field crews are up to any task, and are able to provide services for engineering and land surveys including boundary, cadastral and construction control with the use of either a Sokia® Set-5A Total Station or through Global Positioning with our 2 Leica® SR 530 GPS systems.