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Since 1974, Harris & Associates improves communities and creates better places to live through smart, safe, sustainable planning, design, and construction solutions.

Harris is a 100% employee-owned company focused on helping communities solve today's complex challenges in planning, funding, environmental compliance, civil engineering, and construction management. Our offices and project sites span the West Coast in California and Washington with a staff of over 200 employee owners focused on serving clients in the municipal, water, transportation, and education markets.

The Harris Way

Today's challenges in planning and infrastructure are the most complex they have ever been. From sustainable and resilient planning solutions to innovative design and construction to the long-term management of public resources, Harris & Associates takes an interdisciplinary approach to solve these challenges and provide extraordinary value throughout the project life cycle. 

Driven by our shared values to build stronger communities where we live and work, Harris & Associates delivers results for clients across the West Coast in four key markets: education, municipal, transportation, and water.

Agility in Action

Make one call to Harris & Associates, and you'll see what responsiveness means. That's been the Harris Way since 1974. It's why public, private, and institutional clients keep coming back.

Sure, there are bigger firms. We are sized to keep your project a priority, with a team of over 250 employee-owners throughout the West Coast who are passionate about their work—and about making you look heroic in yours.