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10 years later:
The Story of Arrow Engineering Flying straight and true, a vibrant engineering firm uses new ideas to improve on an old industry. By Nerissa McNaughton
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“We have always been profitable,” Burdett says “We have had strong growth over the years. In 2015 alone we won four awards”. With more than 50 competing engineering firms in the city, the fact that Arrow has thrived speaks to Arrow’s partners’ business acumen, their employees and their ability to take on projects with agility, experience and confidence. One of the monumental steps taken during the earlier years was welcoming the team from Kroening Consultants, an esteemed mechanical engineering group that had been in operation since the 1970s. “The decision for Kroening Consultants to join forces with Arrow Engineering to help build a great organization was simply about the people. The partners and staff have developed a corporate culture that I’m proud to be a part of,” explains Greg Kroening. Let’s take a look at how Arrow achieved their rapid growth. It started with opening in a sustainable way with a great part-
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en years ago, Greg Burghardt, Paul Burdett and Robert Prybysh launched Arrow Engineering. “We wanted to build a great engineering company and believed that together we could do just that,” says Burghardt, president and CEO of the company. They started with a team of eight – the three partners and five valued and committed staff. Each of these original staff are still with Arrow today, working among the team that now numbers over 70. “We have a very low employee turnover rate, and a talented team” smiles Burghardt. The low turnover can only be due to one thing: employees that want to stay and who are worth keeping. Why do employees remain loyal to a company? Great working conditions, opportunities for personal and professional growth, outstanding projects and a diverse workload. Arrow Engineering provides all this, and more.