Cranston
Baldwin Engineering Company and Cranston Associates merged to shape infrastructure in the Southeast.
Led by Craig Cranston, evolved into a full
service powerhouse offering engineering, landscape architecture, planning, and surveying.
Part of The HFW Companies’ national network since 2022, accelerating growth and regional impact.
Typical projects include municipal complexes, hospitals, schools, parks, roads, bridges, dams, and pedestrian structures.
Expertise spans transportation, water
resource systems, structural design, landscape architecture, and land surveying.
Leads construction engineering, inspection, and capital
funding program management.
Manages historic canal and dam preservation, engineering of marine structures, and underwater bridge inspections.
Financially private
equity backed, reporting steady growth under HFW’s strategic investment platform.
Client focus includes public and private sectors—from municipal governments to private development and infrastructure.
Collaboration – A collaborative culture allows us to leverage our diversity of expertise and experience to achieve superior results.
Relationships – Trust means everything to us, and we strive to earn it through long
term relationships built on a foundation of respect, reliability, fairness, and honesty.
Problem‑solving – We make it a priority to help guide communities and clients through a rigorous, collaborative process aimed at resolving complex infrastructure design challenges with innovative, cost‑effective solutions that promote sustainability and improved quality of life.
Drive for excellence – We foster a learning culture that leverages a diversity of technical expertise, shared experience, and strong leadership from our team and partner network to drive excellence and achieve the best design solutions possible.
Entrepreneurial spirit – We take ownership of and responsibility for our work and our collective success, encouraging an employee culture that places a high value on individual creative initiative, exploration of new ideas, innovation, and a bold pursuit of transformative change.