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Varo joins Salas O’Brien
Varo joins Salas O'Brien as the first manufacturing firm to join the company.
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Varo joins Salas O’Brien, expanding our technical excellence in manufacturing and critical environments
We have some exciting news to share with you: Salas O’Brien is expanding to Ohio! We have merged with Varo Engineers, creating a combined firm with 16 offices and 460 employee-owners.
The merger was shared late last week with the Varo and Salas O’Brien teams. Because Salas O’Brien is a 100% ESOP company, owned by all its team members, each Varo team member will become an owner of the combined firm.
The combined company will become a national powerhouse with significant expertise in manufacturing, critical environments, industry, power transmission and distribution, clean energy, education, and telecommunications. Varo will join other Salas O’Brien offices serving the Southeast, Texas/Louisiana, California, and the Northwest.
Under Tim Burnham’s leadership as managing principal, all Varo team members will remain with the firm, and clients should expect the same service and decision-making from the same team members as before.