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LAN celebrates 45 years of architectural and engineering innovation

LAN Associates Engineering, Planning, Architecture, Surveying, Inc. (LAN), one of the largest full-service architectural and engineering firms in northern New Jersey, is celebrating 45 years of design and project excellence this year. Since its inception, the Midland Park-based firm has grown to more than 70 employees and generated more than $9 million in revenue in 2009 through architectural, engineering, environmental, and surveying services.

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This article originally appeared in the April 7, 2010 issue of The Villadom Times.

New Jersey Firm Goes Lean and Thrives in Poor Economy

After completing a few large projects in the fall of 2007, LAN Associates, Engineering, Planning, Architecture, Surveying, Inc. (LAN), a 75-person firm from Midland Park, New Jersey, experienced a significant downturn in work, exposing inefficiencies throughout the firm. Two years later, the firm has rebounded with a leaner, more efficient operation and its highest revenue to date.

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This article originally appeared in the May 2010 issue of Professional Services Management Journal, a publication of PSMJ Resources, Inc. For more information or to subscribe, visit www.psmj.com or call 1-800-537-7765.

Architecture Firm Cuts Costs to Avert Crisis

In December 2007, a Midland Park-based architecture and engineering firm saw its decline in work as a canary in the economy's coal mine, more than a year before the construction industry virtually shut down.  LAN Associates Engineering, Planning, Architecture, Surveying Inc. emerged two years later with its highest revenue to date after taking on smaller jobs, laying off staff, closing a satellite office and cutting expenses that saved the company more than $200,000. 

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