About Us

Designing Infrastructure. Building Character.

Palmer Engineering Company, an ESOP Corporation incorporated on February 25, 1969, in Winchester, KY, is a civil /structural engineering and surveying consulting firm. The mission of Palmer Engineering is to continually earn clients’ respect and trust by consistently delivering solutions-oriented, exemplary service in a responsive and financially-accountable manner. Palmer has successfully completed more than 3,500 infrastructure projects for more than 1,000 clients including federal, state, and local governments, as well as the private clients. Departments of Transportation and Local Public Agencies constitute Palmer’s largest business sectors.

With headquarters in Winchester, KY, and 9 other offices--including Cincinnati and Medina, OH; Louisville, Fort Mitchell, and Lexington, KY; Nashville, TN; Orlando and Tallahassee, FL; and Teays Valley, WV. The firm has 121 employees, including 48 Professional Engineers, 10 engineers in training, 8 Professional Land Surveyors, and 1 Land Surrveyor in Training (LSIT). In addition to registered professionals in transportation engineering, traffic operations engineering, structural engineering and inspection, and land surveying, the firm has certified professionals in energy and environmental design, erosion control, and storm water quality available to provide the highest quality engineering services.

Learn more about our leadership below.

“Palmer’s success has been – and always will be – the result of having good people, people who are problem solvers and who like the challenge of finding solutions.”

— Ralph Palmer

“The foundations of our business, honesty, and integrity, will continue to be our guideposts. Treating everyone with fairness and meeting our commitments – doing what we say we’re going to do – that won’t change. It hasn’t changed for us for three decades, and it never will.”

— Dick Nunan

OUr Leadership

  • David Lindeman, PE, PLS

    President

  • Stephen Sewell, PE

    Vice President

  • Brad Robson, PE, PhD

    Vice President

  • David Deitz, PE, PhD

    Vice President

  • Brian Ward, PE, PLS

    Vice President

  • Todd Kemp, PE, CPESC

    Vice President

  • Brian Lee, PE, CPESC, CPSWQ

    Vice President