Jack Janney founded WJE in 1956 as Janney and Associates, a one-person engineering consultancy. More than sixty years later, WJE has evolved into an international interdisciplinary firm that has been called upon to solve some of the world's most challenging construction-related problems.

WJE PeopleExtraordinary people continue to be the foundation of our success. Our engineers, architects, and materials scientists have expertise in developing solutions for all aspects of new and existing structures. More than 80 percent have earned advanced degrees. WJE supports professional development through in-house conferences and technical resource groups that provide forums for interaction, collaboration, and sharing of technical knowledge. Our dynamic in-house research program enables us to continue to explore better solutions for the built world’s most challenging problems.

WJE MissionWe are in business to solve structural, architectural, and materials problems in all types of structures. We aspire to consistently deliver practical, innovative, and technically sound solutions—solutions that are better than those provided by others, better than our clients expect, and better than we have delivered before.