Architecture and planning firm across the Southeast with four regional studios
McMillan Pazdan Smith is a 201–500-person architecture and planning practice spanning Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The firm's tech foundation is traditional AEC (Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, SketchUp) layered with Microsoft enterprise tools and an emerging data-analytics spine—Power BI dashboards, Azure SQL, data integration work—indicating a shift toward internal operational visibility. Hiring pressure is concentrated in design (half of open roles) and healthcare verticals, while simultaneous investment in contract templates, resource balancing, and claim mitigation suggests process-maturity initiatives to contain project friction and cost overruns.
McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture provides architecture, planning, interior design, and advisory services to corporate, commercial, industrial, civic, healthcare, higher education, and K-12 clients across the Southeast. The firm was founded in 1955 and operates studios in four states. Core competencies span master planning, BIM, construction administration, historic preservation, and adaptive reuse. Active work includes contract development and negotiation, project quality assurance, resource allocation, and claim mitigation—all areas historically manual in architecture practices. The firm employs 201–500 people with senior and mid-level roles dominating the workforce.
Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp for design; Bluebeam for construction review; Newforma Project Center and Microsoft Project for project management; Power BI for dashboards; Azure SQL and Dataverse for data infrastructure.
Four studios across Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Headquarters in Greenville, SC. The firm also hires in Switzerland.
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