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Contact:  Larry Thomas, P.E., TES Engineering Inc. (440) 871-2410, ext. 20
               Steve Chase, TES Engineering Inc. (440) 871-2410, ext.11
               Corky Thacker, Corky Thacker Communications (216) 371-4693

TES Engineering Wins Weatherhead 100 Award for Fast Growth

CLEVELAND, OH — Nov. 8, 2007 — TES Engineering, a national consulting mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineering firm, has been selected as a Weatherhead 100 winner for 2007.  The annual award, presented by the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) in Cleveland, OH, honors the 100 fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio. 

Eligibility requirements include net sales of at least $100,000 in 2002 and over $1 million in 2006, an increase in 2006 sales over the prior year, and a minimum of 16 full-time employees in 2006.  A ranking system determines the top companies.

TES’ revenues have nearly tripled since 2002, including a 34 percent increase in 2006 over 2005.  The Firm had 24 full-time employees in 2006, and the current staff has grown to 30.  Additional revenue increases of more than 70 percent are projected by 2010. 

TES had already doubled its space at its previous location in 2004, and moved to new quarters in July 2006 to accommodate further staff expansion.  The current facility has room to triple in size to meet the needs for future growth, including an expansion planned for early 2008.

President Lawrence (Larry) M. Thomas, P.E., attributes TES’ success to a unique perspective. “It’s really about our people and our approach to customer service; we’ve instilled caring and passion for responsive service into our staff to build our company and culture around developing clients’ trust and turning them into raving fans,” he says.  “Also, we’re not a traditional engineering firm - discussions with our clients are just as likely to cover finances, building appearance, and kiosk locations as they are air conditioning capacities, power requirements, and plumbing needs.  My partner, Steve Chase, our senior staff members, and I have hands-on backgrounds in construction as contractors and this enables us to provide dependable guidance to our clients and keep designs in line with budgets.”

TES creates designs with buildable documents and “thinks like an owner” to save money for clients and provide value.  The Firm has developed an industry specialization in retail, optimizing its activities to keep fees down and services up, with a proven track record in helping clients increase funds from operations and speed initiation of rent.  Clients include national developers such as Simon Property Group, Inc., CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Poag & McEwen Lifestyle Centers, The Westfield Group, and The Richard E. Jacobs Group, Inc.   Much of TES’ work for these clients has been done through national architects such as Omniplan Architects, ka architecture, and Dorsky Hodgson Parrish Yue.  TES also has worked with architects on national retail projects such as Borders, JC Penney, La-Z-Boy®, and Steve & Barry’s, to name a few. 

Near TES’ Northeast Ohio headquarters, the company served Dorsky Hodgson Parrish Yue with MEP design for the acclaimed First & Main development in Hudson, as well as the Westgate Mall redevelopment in Cleveland’s western suburbs and Belden Village Mall in Akron.  The Firm is currently working with ka architecture on the new JC Penney store in Avon, OH.  TES also has broad MEP design expertise in areas such as commercial office space, multi-story residential, senior living, grocery, restaurant, and light industrial.

Cleveland, OH-based TES Engineering provides flexible specialized consulting MEP engineering activities molded to the business processes of the construction industry nationwide, with an emphasis on regional retail developments.  TES’ expertise helps clients create spaces that generate profits quickly, reduce energy use, make changes or expansion decisions efficiently, reduce bid contingencies and risk, troubleshoot code requirements, and speed permitting and construction.  For more information, visit www.tesengineering.com.