Beta Group Inc., of Lincoln, started small – with three employees in 1982 – and it has continued to grow, taking a leap, for example, in mid-2012, when it acquired the landscape architecture firm Gates, Leighton & Associates, which became a new division of BETA.
For the most part, BETA’s growth – to 145 employees in 2016 – is a consequence of good work and cultivation of ongoing and repeat relationships with its clients.
BETA is an employee-owned planning, engineering and construction services firm that serves private clients as well as governments at every level. The company believes that when employees own a part of the company, they have a vested interest in seeing it grow. Every employee holds shares in proportion with his or her compensation rate.
BETA is a regional leader in the fields of civil engineering, environmental engineering, the environmental sciences geographic information systems, landscape architecture and urban design, structural engineering, and transportation and traffic engineering. n
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1982
TYPE OF BUSINESS: Engineering, science and technology firm
THEN:
OWNERS: Michael Grilli
LOCATION: Lincoln; Norwood, Mass., Rocky Hill, Conn.
EMPLOYEES: 45 in Lincoln, 40 in Norwood, 5 in Rocky Hill
ANNUAL SALES: WND
NOW:
OWNER: Employee owned
LOCATION: Lincoln
EMPLOYEES: 145
ANNUAL SALES: WND