Heavy industrial engineering and design consulting for manufacturing and process facilities
Progressive Design is a 35-year-old, woman-owned engineering firm serving Fortune 500 manufacturers across chemical, pharmaceutical, power, and discrete industries. The tech stack reveals a mature, CAD-centric operation: AutoCAD, Revit, MicroStation, and specialized tools like CADWorx and RISA 3D dominate, paired with enterprise project management (Oracle Primavera P6, SAP). Current hiring leans heavily toward senior and manager-level engineers, and active projects around BIM execution plans, 3D scanning integration, and Revit library standardization suggest the firm is modernizing its design workflows and pushing toward standardized, repeatable processes.
Progressive Design, Inc. is a privately held engineering consulting firm founded in 1986 and headquartered in Midlothian, Virginia. The company provides full-spectrum engineering services to manufacturing and industrial clients: EPC/turnkey projects, process design, capital projects, environmental compliance, and detailed estimates. In 2021, founder Robert Ranson's daughter, Erica Burgess, acquired ownership and established the firm as a woman-owned business. With 51–200 employees concentrated in engineering roles, Progressive Design serves Fortune 500 organizations across chemical, tobacco, power, film, fiber, plastic, paper, pharmaceutical, metals, food and beverage, and discrete manufacturing sectors.
AutoCAD, Revit, Bentley MicroStation, CADWorx, RISA 3D, and AutoCAD Plant 3D form the core CAD suite. Oracle Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and SAP handle project/resource management. DCS and SCADA support control system design.
Active projects include Autodesk Construction Cloud deployment, BIM execution plan development, BIM best practices rollout, 3D pipe specification development, Revit library standardization, and 3D scanning data integration for transmission and solar work in Virginia.
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