November 8, 2021, Lisle, IL — Brindley Engineering is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for 2021-2022. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Brindley Engineering. This year, 92% of...
About a year ago Bryan I., Process Engineer at Brindley Engineering wrote an article about his experience applying for a job right before Covid Hit… We recently caught up with Bryan to check in and find out how life is at Brindley Engineering one year later. Q:...
Women in Engineering: A One Year Retrospective About a year ago Alesia T., Associate Mechanical Engineer at Brindley Engineering wrote an article about Being a Woman in a Male Dominated Industry. We’ve had many questions and comments on her article, so we recently...
In 2016, Brindley Engineering designed a structural system and engineered lift plan for the removal and replacement of superheater pendants located inside of a boiler at a coal and natural gas-fired power plant located in the upper Midwest. The function of the...
A large midwestern utility needed to replace critical steam line pipe hangers on the Main Steam, Hot Reheat and Cold Reheat Steam Lines that had completed their life cycle over the 40 plus years of operation. Brindley Engineering’s Power Group was awarded the...
Out of the Box Solution in Action In part 1 of this series, we introduced a case study: Updating Coal Industrial Dust Collection Infrastructure. In 2017, a large utility with a Tier One (2) unit coal fired base loaded plant in Wisconsin needed to upgrade their...
We Had Ambitious Goals, Then Covid Hit There is something about the start of a new calendar year, the energy surrounding it and looking forward at what is to come. Brindley Engineering had just come off a successful year in 2019 and our goals for 2020 were...
Creating a Plan In part 1 of this series, we introduced a case study: Updating Coal Industrial Dust Collection Infrastructure. In 2017, a large utility with a Tier One (2) unit coal fired base loaded plant in Wisconsin needed to upgrade their aging coal dust...
How to Handle the Dirty Work Dirty Work Handling coal is dirty work. The majority of coal fired power plants throughout the nation receive their fuel via rail. Coal travels to the coal fired power plants via a 110-ton train cars, sometimes over a mile long, and...
A Lesson in Resiliency, Teamwork, and a Bright Future While some people worked from home before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a whole new ballgame for those who have not. Engineers working from home that are normally in the field faced a unique experience full...
Life at Brindley Engineering as a Student: A View from the Inside According to a study from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workplace, over the past 25 years, more than 70 percent of college students have worked while attending school. About 40...
I Applied for a Job, and Then Covid Hit... The experience of working from home was not new to me, it had become the norm for nearly 2 months before I began my journey with Brindley Engineering (BE). Prior to officially joining BE, I interviewed and was in regular...