HISTORY
OUR PAST
Qodesh Engineering Services, Inc., is our predecessor firm founded in 1986 in Baltimore, MD. QPS, Inc. is the parent corporation operating under the trade names of Qodesh CM and Qodesh Engineering. Our services include structural engineering design and analysis, design-build services, master-planning and feasibility studies, and construction manager as owner's representative. The firm and its predecessors span over thirty years of professional engineering and design management services in the metropolitan areas of the northeast from Virginia to New York.
As an engineering firm, the project portfolio includes all aspects of structural engineering planning, design, and quality control. It includes a broad array of capital projects for institutions, government agencies, industrial clients, builders, and private developers. Our construction management group is all about trust! Our role as owner's representative carries their confidence that we can get the job done as faithful stewards of their vision and resources.
Qodesh Engineering has developed detailed quality management procedures for the systematic execution of its work. Metrics of client satisfaction combine with responsibility for code compliance in public safety and profitability. The result has been a strong track record of on-time delivery of construction documents, a low construction change order percentage, and a clean record against professional liability claims.
What has been consistent over the decades is an unwavering desire for serve our clients with excellence. Understanding that the products of our work have lasting impacts in the society at large, we have a strong emphasis on environmental stewardship. Captured in the phrase, "think global, act local", QPS, Inc. always aims towards responsible, sustainable development in the here and now. We purposefully aim to make a positive difference as global citizens for a greener world through our engineering.
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American Council of Engineering Companies, Maryland
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