HEI is known as a firm that has successfully completed some of the region’s biggest civil engineering projects and routinely partners with IDOT, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, municipalities, county highway departments, and other public agencies and private companies on projects of all sizes. Each project is treated with the same attention to detail and professional project management.
Our roots started in 1945 where we began as Casler and Stapleton with an office in Jacksonville, IL. The company has evolved through several name changes over the years. In 1972, we became Casler, Houser and Hutchison, Inc. As Casler, Houser and Hutchison, we opened a second office in Joliet, IL in 1996. In 2001, the firm name was changed to Hutchison Engineering, Inc. In 2006, our Joliet office moved to its new location in Shorewood, IL and in 2012 a third office was opened in Peoria, IL. There have been three generations of Hutchison’s working for the firm since 1954. Gary Hutchison is currently the President and CEO with son’s Joe Hutchison working as a Vice President and Manager of the Structural Unit and James Hutchison working as part of the technical staff. The firm has consistently grown over the last 70 years and currently stands at 50 employees working in the three different offices. With the long standing presence in Illinois, the HEI staff consists of 26 licensed professional engineers, 3 licensed structural engineers, and 4 licensed professional land surveyors. In addition to the Illinois professional licenses, the HEI staff also has licensed professional engineers in Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, and Michigan. The firm has completed projects in eight of the nine Illinois Department of Transportation districts, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the Illinois Capital Development Board, 37 of the 102 Illinois Counties, 50 Illinois municipalities, and countless other public agencies and private companies.
