Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine ranks it 72 among the nation's top 500 design firms.
[1] Stanley Consultants began as a small engineering firm in Muscatine, Iowa, founded by Charles Young in 1913 called Central States Engineering.
Stanley Consultants obtained many government contracts dealing with rural electrification, state roads and highways, and water supply and sanitation systems.
When Mr. Young retired in 1939 the firm again changed names to The Stanley Engineering Company.
As to better reflect the company's scope and nature of the services provided, the name was changed to Stanley Consultants in 1966.