In May of 2008, Baer Engineering established the Industrial Safety Services line to enhance the capabilities we offer to our clients. Industrial Safety Services has the flexibility to offer both traditional safety consulting on a project-by-project basis, and for recurring management and administration services. Areas of expertise include:

• Safety Management Systems development;
• Routine safety inspections of manufacturing and construction sites;
• Compliance audits in accordance with OSHA and company requirements;
• Hazard assessments and personal protective equipment selection;
• Special problems and accident investigations, and;
• Assistance with new projects design safety review.

Industrial Safety Services also develop site-specific health and safety procedures, emergency response plans, and required safety training plans. Safety training including Hazard Communication and Hazwoper refresher classes can be presented at client locations, or at our offices located in Austin, Texas.

Industrial Safety Services integrates with our Environmental, Facilities, and Industrial Hygiene services to provide our clients an array of engineering, environmental and industrial Hygiene services to fulfill their unique needs.

Baer Engineering was founded in February 1992. Originally founded to serve government and industry in their compliance efforts, Baer Engineering currently provides environmental, civil, facilities, and water resources engineering, and industrial hygiene, environmental health, and safety services to commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental clients.

Since 1992, Baer Engineering has developed a reputation for delivering quality work products on time and on budget while providing high quality engineering and environmental services on challenging projects. Our ability to exceed client expectations is reflected by our repeat clientele, which includes clients from municipal, state, and federal agencies; light and heavy industry; commercial developers; lending institutions; building owners; architectural and engineering firms and educational institutions.

Baer Engineering will be hosting a celebration party on January 31, 2007, to commemorate our 15-year anniversary. Leadership recognizes and credits the company's success to the commitment and dedication of our employees and the continued confidence of our clientele.

Each year the Austin Business Journal ranks the Top 25 Environmental Consulting Firms based on Austin-office environmental consulting fee revenue for the previous year. Baer Engineering made the Top 25 Environmental Consulting Firms List for the Austin Business Journal’s 2006 list of top firms, ranking thirteenth.

Working through the Austin Branch of ASCE, Baer Engineering has facilitated five interactive webinars since April 2006. The webinars are provided for professional engineers and other staff from various departments of the City of Austin, who extends an invitation to engineers from other agencies with offices in Austin, such as Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of Transportation, and the Lower Colorado River Authority. Webinar topics have included:

• Project Work Plans: Why and How?
• Quality: What Is It and How Do We Achieve It?
• Making Better Decisions
• How to Plan Your Project Effectively-Part I
• How to Plan Your Project Effectively-Part II

Each webinar is facilitated by Baer Engineering with financial contributions from local architectural and engineering (A/E) firm sponsors. These webinars have been well received by the participants, providing current relevant information and a great opportunity to earn professional development hours to fulfill individual continuing education requirements. Sponsoring A/E firms enjoy an added benefit of the excellent one-on-one networking opportunity with webinar participants.

The next ASCE webinar is scheduled for September, 2006. Supporting sponsorships are limited. A/E firms interested in being a webinar sponsor should contact Therese Baer at tbaer@baereng.com or Ann Fringer at afringer@baereng.com or 512-453-3733 for more information.

The devastating scenes of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita remind us all of how crucial public support is to storm-related tragedies. A storm sees no faces, and leaves lives that must be rebuilt, step by step.

Baer Engineering and Environmental Consulting, Inc. is humbled and thankful for the generosity of our employees. Donations totaling $1400 were sent to the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Capital Area Food Bank, Catholic Relief Services and the Round Rock Area Servicing Center. Baer Engineering's student interns raised over $200 by donating their Labor Day weekend recreation funds!

The donations received from Baer employees as well as their friends and family members were matched by Baer Engineering. Matching funds totaling $1400 were presented to Mayor Will Winn of the City of Austin to help in their hurricane relief efforts.

Remember that the work has barely begun. Donations of your time and money will continue to serve those in need.

In September 2005, the Austin Asian-American Chamber of Commerce (AAACC) will host Korea: Heart and Seoul, its 2005 Annual Fundraising Program of Events. This year’sprogram will be held in Austin, Texas over the weekend of September 17th and 18th. Korea: Heart and Seoul will cater to families, Asian and non-Asian, from areas across the great state of Texas, for a fun-filled weekend of family-wholesome and spiritually-meaningful events.

      Jerry has been a cheerful, dedicated volunteer on Austin Habitat construction sites and behind the scenes helping to raise fund for the past five years. His involvement with Habitat goes back even further, to when he was a volunteer at Oklahoma City HFH in the 1990's. He has been coordinator for the Oak Hill United Methodist Church volunteers. Jerry considers his work at Habitat to be his personal ministry, reflecting the motto that "everyone in the church is a minister." He says he loves the "genuine feeling of accomplishing something with an outstanding team." We've enjoyed having Jerry on our team and look forward to many more fun Saturdays working with him.

      Therese M. Baer, PE is the 2005 Engineer of the Year for TSPE Travis Chapter.
      Therese has 23 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering (Environmental Option) from Rice University (Class of 1979), where she attended on full academic scholarship. At Rice, Therese was a National Society of Professional Engineers scholar and a student member of TSPE.
      Therese is an active and participating member of TSPE, ASCE, SAME, and SWE. She is a past president of the Travis Chapter TSPE and has served as the chapter’s chaplain and Annual Children’s Christmas Party committee chairman for the past ten years. Therese continues to promote and sponsor frequent continuing education programs for professional engineers in government and private practice. She also participates in educational programs to encourage children to excel in math and science as well as other career development activities for young engineers-to-be.

      Therese has had a diversity of experience in the public and private sectors. Through employment in local and state government, industry, and private practice, she has developed a strong background for solving problems within a regulated community and has a significant appreciation of the regulated versus the regulator perspectives. Her colleagues and the public have recognized her work throughout her career. She was the youngest presenter at the Kansas Water Pollution Control Association’s 1984 State conference for her work in rehabilitation of publicly-owned treatment works. She was also the subject of the feature technology section of the Kansas City Corporate Report magazine wherein she was described as possessing “thriftiness, along with innovation and creativity” in her management of funds for public works projects. Since that time, Therese has managed many diverse types of projects in the Midwestern and Southern states.
      In 1992, Therese founded Baer Engineering and Environmental Consulting, Inc. At Baer Engineering, she serves as principal engineer on a variety of civil and environmental projects and as the company’s chief executive officer. She also serves as a mentor in Baer Engineering’s highly successful Student Intern Program.
      Committed to public service, she served as a formal advisor to the Texas Water Commission for development of rules to implement the Texas Groundwater Protection Act and as a member of the City of Austin’s Environmental Board for development of watershed protection ordinances. Therese currently serves as a member of the TCEQ’s Small Business Assistance Program Advisory Group, the TCEQ’s EnviroMentor program, the Texas Association of Business’ Environmental and Legislative Committee, and the Governor’s Texas On-site Wastewater Treatment Research Council.
      Therese is a member of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, where she taught Sunday school for ten years. She has two grown stepdaughters, Jennifer and Kristen, and a more recent addition, 18-month-old Lucas.