Reid Engineering Co. (REC) was formed by John H. Reid, P.E. in 1977 with a passion to provide a superior and more responsive client experience for private and public clients while raising the standard in engineering solutions delivery. We are comprised of experienced professionals that are truly dedicated to their passion for solving problems and embracing challenges through value-add engineering. Since inception, we have been committed to a strategic focus of being the best in the world at wastewater treatment planning, engineering, design and design build services in the Food Processing, Protein (Poultry and Red Meat), Rendering, Dairy, Municipal and Federal markets.

We have built our core business around serving clients across the nation and around the world from one central strategic office located in close proximately to four airports just outside of Washington D.C. allowing our staff to be responsive to our client’s needs at a moments notice. Our engineering staff are licensed in over forty states which allows clients to rely on our expertise to guide them through the entire project lifecycle regardless of project location. This strategic business model allows us to stay laser focused on our core services and markets while eliminating the headache, bureaucracy and high overhead costs of operating multiple offices ultimately adding tremendous value to our clients. You can count us. We have your back!

We believe in both a corporate and professional responsibility to provide sound, practical and value-added engineering solutions that first and foremost meet or exceed our clients’ regulatory compliance requirements and at the same time make an intentional effort to reduce project costs and to contribute positively to their environmental impact. This is Responsible Engineering. Ultimately, our mission is to play an instrumental role in protecting, sustaining and positively impacting the earth’s resources for future generations to rely on and enjoy.