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Our History

EEC was founded on April 11, 1994 as the direct result of God’s leading in my life. At that time I had a good and long career with a good company, encouragements to stay, promises of future opportunity and a growing family. I also saw early retirements, corporate restructuring and a changing outlook for engineering and design needs within manufacturing organizations. It was in this context that the Lord clearly directed me to “leave Ashland Oil and start an engineering firm.” I listened and obeyed, and I am glad that I did.

What follows is a brief summary of some of the key points in the growth and development of EEC. We have not been perfect, but due to our focus on quality we have met, and on most occasions exceeded, our clients’ expectations. When we have failed, we have owned the failure and made every effort to address it in the most effective way possible. I personally thank the Lord for His blessings and what we have accomplished to this date.

Ralph Jackson, P.E.
Founder & CEO

EEC Timeline

  • May 16, 1994 - Officially incorporated as Electrical Engineering Consultants, P.S.C. The service offering was electrical power, controls and instrumentation systems design and analysis services.
  • 1996 – Expanded the service offering to include all the primary engineering disciplines. Changed the name of the Firm to Eta Engineering Consultants, P.S.C. in order to reflect our expanded service offering as well as better communicate our focus on high quality services. Designed, constructed and moved into a new office building in Catlettsburg, Kentucky
  • 2000 - Received the Inc. 500 Award (#393)
  • 2005 - Office Expansion in Catlettsburg, Kentucky
  • 2006 - ACEC Organizational Peer Review
  • 2008 - Reorganized into Business Teams consisting of Power Systems and E&I, Industrial, Automation and Manufacturing, Metals Industry and Process Safety Management
  • 2008 - Opened an office in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 2011 - Established “project” offices in Detroit, Michigan and Granite City, Illinois
  • 2011 - Initiated office presence in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania