About
Delivering thoughtful, start-to-finish engineering solutions through lasting partnerships.
Who We Are
Prein&Newhof is built on the belief that long-term thinking matters. We’re committed to looking beyond immediate needs to deliver solutions that stand the test of time. Our core values guide everything we do. We don’t take them for granted. Instead, we work intentionally to live them out, day after day.
To us, “seeing farther” isn’t just a single decision, it’s a mindset shaped by the everyday choices we make:
- Speaking with kindness and respect
- Doing the job right, even when it’s hard
- Putting others’ needs ahead of our own
- Making time to learn and grow
- Taking thoughtful risks and owning the outcome
- Always telling the full truth
Our Values
- We develop long-term relationships with communities, businesses, and our own employees.
- We work collaboratively with municipal governments and regulatory agencies to reach our clients’ goals.
- We communicate openly and thoughtfully, and we remember that our actions always speak louder than our words.
- We find long-term, sustainable solutions—refusing to cut corners or compromise quality.
- We make informed financial decisions that improve our service, build our business, and enable us to fairly compensate our employees.
- We use our time and resources efficiently.
- We work to be experts in our fields, well-qualified to meet our clients’ changing needs.
- We adapt our services to better serve our clients, and we will actively solicit their feedback.
- We are not content with the status quo and constantly seek new ways to improve.
- We are responsible to our clients, our colleagues, and our communities to be completely honest and ethical in all that we do.
- We each work to contribute to the success and profitability of Prein&Newhof.
- We demand accountability from each other, and we reward success.
- We will be a positive force in our communities—making every community we live in and every community we serve a better place to live and work.
- We will protect public health and safety.
From concept to completion, we’re with you every step.
Our Story
Ed Prein and Tom Newhof founded our firm in 1969 to challenge the conventional way projects were delivered. Their belief—that great infrastructure requires continuity, commitment, and care—set the tone for everything that followed. Today, as a new generation leads Prein&Newhof forward, we remain grounded in that founding vision while charting bold new paths to serve our clients, support our communities, and shape the future of engineering.
What started as a two-person venture has grown into a company of more than 170 people across Michigan. Over the years, we’ve expanded our services to include civil engineering, surveying, airport engineering, geotechnical and environmental consulting, landscape architecture, GIS, CAD, asset management, grant assistance, and more.
Our growth has always been intentional. In 1974, we opened an environmental laboratory to better support our clients. We added offices in Holland (1994), Muskegon and Kalamazoo (1997), and Cadillac (2013) to be more accessible to the communities we serve throughout Michigan. Today, we’re proud to be one of Michigan’s most versatile and collaborative civil engineering firms.
