Awards

Neel-Schaffer was listed by Roads & Bridges magazine as one of the top 50 road and highway design firms of 2007 in North America.

Neel-Schaffer has been recognized in the Engineering News Record “Top 500 Design Firms” listings since 1994 and in the “Top 300 Design Firms” since 1998.

In 1996, Neel-Schaffer was also recognized as being among the top 40 fastest-growing privately held companies in Mississippi. This competition was jointly sponsored by the Mississippi Business Journal, KPMG Peat Marwick and Bruninini, Grantham, Grower and Hewes. 

For our performance, Neel-Schaffer, Inc. has won several design awards. The American Council of Engineering Companies / MS (ACEC / MS) began its Engineering Excellence Awards Program in 1988. In 17 years of competition, Neel-Schaffer has won the first place award in 1988, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2006; second place awards in 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2004; and honor awards in the remaining years.

In 2006, Neel-Schaffer won the Grand Conceptor Award for design of the Popps Ferry Road Bridge Rehabilitation project for the city of Biloxi, MS. The bridge was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

In 2003, Neel-Schaffer won the Grand Award for design of the US 90 High Level Bridge over the East Pascagoula River in Jackson County, MS for Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Also, in 2003, Neel-Schaffer was the proud recipient of the Mississippi Better Business Bureau and the Clarion Ledger’s Business Integrity Award.

In 2000, Neel-Schaffer won the Grand Conceptor Award for design of the SR 302 / Germantown Road Interchange project for MDOT at Olive Branch, MS.

ACEC has a peer review program. Member firms are reviewed in all areas of their practice by teams of trained principals from other firms. Neel-Schaffer has requested and received three peer reviews. This is an excellent indication of our commitment to quality as less than 100 firms out of 6000 member firms have received three peer reviews.