HISTORY
Robert Sanderson, fresh from graduate school at Montana State University, joined with long-time Billings area engineer and surveyor, Jack Mueller, to form Engineering, Inc. in 1969. A few years later another Billings native, John Stewart, joined the firm, and the rest as they say is history.
Under Bob and John’s leadership, the company evolved over the next 30 or so years from a traditional civil engineering and land surveying company into the go-to firm for land development services in the Billings area. While the firm’s success largely mirrored the various periods of growth and decline in the Montana economy, through it all the firm became a strong and stable presence in the community.
In 2002, long-time employees, Michael Sanderson, Rick Leuthold and Dennis Randall purchased the firm. With a new energy and vision for the future, the firm has since expanded its geographic reach and its service offerings. Today, we are a collaborative and multi-disciplinary community development services firm serving clients throughout the West.
TIMELINE
| 1961 |
Bob Sanderson begins working for Jack Mueller and Jim O'Brien at Sage Engineers and Land Planners as a rear chainman on a survey crew. |
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| 1965 |
Jack Mueller starts Mueller Engineering in a converted garage on Grand Avenue. Bob works for Jack during vacations from college. |
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| 1967 |
Jack calls Bob in Seattle, and Bob returns to work for the growing firm after a stint with the Department of the Navy. |
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| 1969 |
Engineering, Inc. is incorporated and the firm continues to grow at its new location in the Plaza Office Building at 1629 Avenue D in Billings. |
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| 1971 |
John Stewart returns to join the firm in his hometown of Billings after six years in Iowa. |
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| 1976 |
Bob and John complete their purchase of the firm from Jack, and Jack retires. |
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| 1984 |
Rick Leuthold joins the firm as a construction inspector. |
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| 1985 |
The growing firm moves to a new office in the Homestead Business Park in Billings. |
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| 1985 |
Dennis Randall joins Engineering, Inc. of Wyoming in Sheridan and moves to the Billings office two years later. |
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| 1988 |
Michael Sanderson, while still in high school, begins working at Engineering, Inc. as a surveyor. |
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| 2002 |
Michael, Rick and Dennis purchase the firm from Bob and John, but Bob and John remain with the firm as active project managers and members of the Board of Directors. |
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| 2003 |
Engineering, Inc. moves to its new office in the TransTech Center and helps pioneer Billings’ new state-of-the-art tech park. |
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| 2005 |
Engineering, Inc. opens a branch office in Bozeman, Montana. Go Bobcats! |
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| 2007 |
The company opens a branch office in Sheridan, Wyoming, when it acquires the long-standing Sheridan firm, Mentock Engineering. |
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| 2009 |
In its 40th year as a company, the firm introduces its new name, Sanderson Stewart. |
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| 2011 |
Sanderson Stewart opens a branch office in the booming community of Williston, North Dakota. |
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