Latest Updates

Nathan Currie to Lead Sain’s Infrastructure Team

Earlier this year, Sain Associates promoted Nathan Currie to Team Leader for the infrastructure group. Nathan joined Sain as a Project Manager for the infrastructure team after moving to Birmingham from Atlanta in 2016. Five years later, he became a shareholder. With over 16 years of engineering experience, his background includes work with state and…
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Meet the Birmingham Site Team

Let us introduce ourselves – we are Sain Associates’ Birmingham Site Team! As a group, we combine our design expertise, strong relationships, and ability to handle difficult and complex problems to deliver quality services to a variety of markets. Over the years, our team has successfully completed projects ranging from a few thousand square feet…
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Why We Love Quality Control Summits

At Sain Associates, one of our main goals is to have a legacy of quality. We try our best to consistently deliver high quality service and products, but we know we can always improve. This is so important since quality affects profitability, reputation, risk management and more. We won’t magically improve if we don’t put…
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Helping Communities with ADA Compliance

Sain Associates is currently assisting multiple municipalities across the state to achieve compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements within public rights-of-way. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is a wide-ranging civil rights law that is intended to protect against discrimination based on disability. A portion of this law governs the steps a…
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A Recap of 2022 and Looking Forward to 2023

2022 was an excellent year for Sain Associates, with revenue growth, notable projects, and team member additions. I’m thankful for our amazing clients and outstanding staff. This year’s highlight was celebrating 50 years in business for our company. It was an award-winning year at Sain. Sain was inducted into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame….
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Celebrating Jim Meads’ 30th Anniversary

This week, we are excited to celebrate a momentous milestone for our President and CEO, Jim Meads – his 30th Sainiversary! We appreciate Jim’s leadership and commitment to Sain. Today we share a Q&A discussion with Jim on his career at Sain, how the engineering industry has evolved, lessons learned, and more. What was your…
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Pavement Preservation – Don’t be Penny Wise and Pound Foolish

We’ve all seen paving crews out working at some time or another. But what are they doing – especially when the road seemed to be in fine shape? Hopefully, the city, county, or state is being proactive about preventive maintenance. The buzzword on this right now is called Pavement Preservation. It is more cost-effective to do preventive maintenance…
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Sain’s A Christmas Carol

Over the past few years at Sain Associates, we have developed a tradition of creating a fun Christmas video and unveiling our masterpiece at the annual company Christmas party. We hope this year’s video, Sain’s A Christmas Carol, brings you some holiday cheer as we enter a busy but joyous time of the year. Merry…
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50 Years of Service

One of my favorite things about working at Sain Associates is our commitment to community service. In the 20 years I’ve been with Sain, I’ve never been told “no” when I’ve asked to join a group, serve on a board, or even run for office. Not only have the leadership of Sain never discouraged me…
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Did You Know: Detention and Retention Ponds

As cities grow and land development expands, properly diverting water becomes crucial. Cities typically require the developer not to increase the amount of water discharging from the site after construction is complete. To control excess water after a storm, detention or retention ponds are used to prevent flooding, erosion, and runoff. As civil engineers and…
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