Coffman Engineers, Inc. is a multidiscipline consulting engineering firm founded in 1979, originally as a seven-person structural engineering practice. The company has since expanded into an ENR Top 500 engineering firm with offices throughout the United States and international operations, delivering civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and fire protection engineering services across commercial, retail, institutional, government, and industrial sectors. Projects range from small renovations to large-scale infrastructure including embassies and marine pipelines spanning miles.
The firm operates across twelve technical domains: civil engineering, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, fire protection engineering, process piping, instrumentation and controls, corrosion control engineering, project management, commissioning, land survey services, and integrated multidiscipline engineering solutions. Coffman serves clients both as prime consultant and sub-consultant, combining the responsive service model of a small firm with the comprehensive capabilities typically associated with larger engineering consultancies.
The company maintains a decentralized structure with local office autonomy and what it describes as a culture of entrepreneurship. Under CEO Dave Ruff's leadership, offices operate with independence while accessing firmwide multidiscipline resources. This organizational approach allows the company to deploy integrated engineering teams across diverse project types while maintaining regional client relationships and technical expertise in multiple engineering disciplines simultaneously.