In 1895, two friends from Coe College started a consulting firm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, committed to providing outstanding service to clients and the local community. Today, Shive-Hattery is one of the largest architecture and engineering firms in the Midwest with operations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and West Des Moines, Iowa; and Bloomington, Des Plaines and Moline, Ill. Shive-Hattery Group is a full-service employee-owned professional design firm that provides complete in-house architectural and engineering consulting services for governmental, industrial, private sector and institutional clientele. The company employs more than 249 employees. It has been ranked by Engineering News Record as one of the Top 500 Design firms in the United States.