Parkhill, Smith & Cooper (PSC)

Parkhill, Smith & Cooper (PSC) is a full-service design firm that provides engineering and architectural design primarily in the public sector or with public entities, such as municipal infrastructure, education, healthcare and transportation. Established in 1945 in Lubbock, today PSC's office locations include Abilene, Amarillo, El Paso, Las Cruces, Midland/Odessa and currently has a staff of over 250 professional, technical and support personnel.

The year was 1945 just after the end of World War II. Three college buddies return to their Texas panhandle roots to establish a civil engineering firm in Lubbock, Texas. These three men recognized many communities in the Texas South Plains area were in need of civil engineering consulting services to meet their rapid development.

Fueled by the boom in the agricultural industry, these growing communities needed professional civil engineering consultant services to provide their citizens with basic municipal infrastructure services of water, sewer, paving and drainage. Gordon W. Parkhill, Marlin R. Smith, Jr. and S. Clarence Cooper likely did not even dream that their humble 3-man business would someday be one of the top 500 Design firms in the nation.

Parkhill, Smith & Cooper is consistently ranked among the Top 500 Design Firms in the United States (ENR). Additionally, PSC has been ranked in the Top 3 of the 2010 Best Multidiscipline A/E Services Firms To Work For from Stagnito Media / CE News. This also represents a top rating for Multidiscipline A/E Services firms in headquartered in Texas and the Southwest region.

January 2011 - Parkhill, Smith & Cooper and WD Architects have merged.

These two well-established, award-winning firms have joined forces and are providing unprecedented single-source architecture, design and engineering services to the region. This unified team of experienced professionals is poised to accommodate the area's 21st century public-sector needs above the ground, below the surface and everything in-between.

PSC + WD have decades of rich experience working on major projects throughout the Southwest. The firm's design professionals are organized into specialized sectors, such as K-12 Education, Higher Education, Healthcare, Community Practice, Government, MPE/Structural, Public Works, Infrastructure, Environmental and Transportation. With over 250 design professionals and support personnel, PSC is the largest firm in the region. This benefits each client by providing focused design expertise with the resources of a large firm.

WD Architects (WD), founded by Jim Wilson and Jim Doche, has had a major impact on the Amarillo landscape and skyline for more than 40 years. They have a well-deserved reputation, particularly in the area of healthcare and educational facilities, and provide a full complement of architectural services from site development to interior design.

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