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About Barr Engineering Co. About Barr Engineering Co. Barr provides engineering and environmental consulting services to clients across North America and around the world. We have been employee owned since 1966 and trace our origins to the early 1900s. Our engineers, scientists, and technical specialists work together to help clients develop, manage, process, and restore natural resources. At Barr, we solve clients’ problems as if they were our own. We’ll bring to your projects the insights and expertise we've gained from our work on thousands of projects—and a promise to do our best work on your behalf. For more than 60 years, Barr has brought efficiency and agility to energy companies across North America. We’re driven to develop innovative and practical solutions that help you power a sustainable future. Our unique approach to engineering and environmental services delivers holistic support for your renewable energy project—accounting for the full range of costs, challenges, and opportunities. We’ve covered every phase of biomass, hydro, solar, and wind projects—including initial siting and feasibility studies; permitting assistance and environmental reviews; and structural, geotechnical, civil, and electrical engineering. At Barr, you’ll work with people who champion your success because it’s our calling. Barr provides engineering and environmental consulting services to clients across North America and around the world. We have been employee owned since 1966 and trace our origins to the early 1900s. Our engineers, scientists, and technical specialists work together to help clients develop, manage, process, and restore natural resources. At Barr, we solve clients’ problems as if they were our own. We’ll bring to your projects the insights and expertise we've gained from our work on thousands of projects—and a promise to do our best work on your behalf. Even before its incorporation in 1966, Barr's founders were assisting mining and mineral processing clients with natural resource issues. Today, Barr offers one source for technical and regulatory services needed to take complex national and international mining projects of all scales from exploration, conceptual studies, environmental assessments, and permitting through detailed facility design, construction, operations, closure, and reclamation. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Barr has regional offices in 11 states and Canadian provinces—Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Washington, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.