Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. history

By 1934, the Company became “Banister Engineering Company” and moved to the City of St Paul, Minnesota.

Roger Short, a 1942 civil engineering graduate of the University of Minnesota, specialized in all phases of water and sewage work.

P.R.’s son, Bill (A.W.) Banister, joined the Company in 1945 and his positive impact was felt right away.

1947 ushered in a new era for our Company, as an enterprising young engineer, Roger Short, joined the team.

He became partner in 1952, a year that would mark a turning point for the Company.

A notable project in 1963 included the plans, specifications and supervision of construction for a water booster station and supervisory control system for a 1.5 million-gallon elevated water tank for the growing City of Roseville, Minnesota.

Gray first began working for Banister in 1969.

In 1971, Duane Elliott and Norman Hendrickson were named partners.

The Federal Clean Water Act of 1972 had a huge impact on SEH and the industry as a whole.

The Chippewa Falls office in Wisconsin opened in December of 1973.

By 1977, Roger Short, Duane Elliott and Norman Hendrickson were the remaining Company principals.

Roger Short retired in 1982, ending the classic era of our Company.

Norman Hendrickson retired in 1985, followed by Duane Elliott, three years later.

Gary Gray was the office manager there until 1987.

By 1988, long-time Civil Engineer Don Lund had taken over as Company president.

In January of 1992, the SEH merger with Pauly, Olsen, Bettendorf, Eastwood & Associates of St Cloud, Minnesota brought an expanded architectural capability.

President Don Lund retired in 1997 and was replaced by Gary Gray.

A 1999 merger with Reike, Carroll, Muller (RCM) of Minnetonka, Minnesota, added key office locations and instrumental personnel, including former CEO, Sam Claassen.

Sam Claassen, an RCM veteran and long-time wastewater engineer, was appointed CEO by the SEH Board of Directors in 2010.