OHM Advisors Receives 2026 ACEC-MI Large Member Firm of the Year Award

We are proud to announce that OHM Advisors has been named the 2026 Large Member Firm of the Year at the Fillmore Detroit by the Michigan Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC-MI). This marks the fifth time the firm has received this prestigious award. 

Announced on March 7th at the annual ACEC-MI Engineering & Surveying Excellence Awards Gala, this award recognizes one large and one small member firm for their leadership contributions to the design consulting industry, Michigan’s communities, and the Michigan Chapter of ACEC in the past two years.

“It has been OHM’s privilege to serve as a member firm of ACEC’s for decades,” said Jon Kramer, President, OHM Advisors. “By joining forces, we are able to advance the engineering profession through legislative advocacy and by upholding professional standards that strengthen the industry”

It has been OHM’s privilege to serve as a member firm of ACEC’s for decades. By joining forces, we are able to advance the engineering profession through legislative advocacy and by upholding professional standards that strengthen the industry. 

- Jon Kramer, OHM Advisors President

A high percentage of OHM Advisors employees in Michigan and beyond give significant time and talent to professional organizations, schools, and charities, as well as to firm-supported programs that offer career guidance, mentoring, and scholarships to engineering-focused students. To support and provide greater flexibility to employees who want to share their technical expertise with communities in need, OHM Advisors introduced the Volunteer Service Leave Program in 2023. Through this program, team members have utilized additional time off to provide time and technical assistance to combat water scarcity, promote water reuse, and improve water accessibility in Bolivia; enhance deeply eroded trails in Colorado; construct school structures in Tanzania; survey and layout campsites for a music scholarship and education non-profit organization; and manage a poling location for a special election in Ohio to help make voting easy and accessible to all; and more.

Also, through OHM’s Scholarship Program, we award $4,000 scholarships to college-bound or enrolled students pursuing STEM education. Since its inception, the program has provided more than $100,000 in scholarships. In the last two years, we’ve helped 25 students advance their education. Additionally, we employed high school and college students in our Internship Program, exposing them to experiences matching their individual career goals in areas such as CADD, Engineering, and GIS.

“I am proud of—and inspired by—the many examples of ways the OHM team lives our mission of Advancing Communities,” said Kramer. “Whether sharing new ways of using technology with our industry peers, teaching high school students about GIS career pathways, supporting ACEC as new member firm mentors, or volunteering to clean up highways and local parks, our team is consistently helping communities solve problems and making places better for people—and that’s what we’re all about.”

Watch the video below to hear more about what drives OHM Advisors, what we think it takes for communities to advance, and what this award and our partnership with ACEC means to us (you may have to adjust your cookie preferences if the video does not display).

Engineering & Surveying Engineering Awards
During the awards gala, ACEC-MI also honored outstanding projects and industry leaders and recognized the next generation of engineering talent. OHM Advisors and the City of Troy received a Merit Award for transforming an underused site in Troy’s civic district. The Rink at Stine Community Park is a year-round recreation space that reflects longstanding community aspirations and is anchored by a skating ribbon, mass-timber pavilion, and gathering areas. 

Congratulations to all the 2026 winners!

About ACEC Michigan
Founded in 1956, ACEC is the business voice of the Michigan consulting engineering industry. ACEC-MI has the objective of assisting its members in achieving higher professional, business and economic standards, thus enabling them to provide better engineering services in the interests of their clients. More than 100 member firms representing over 8,000 employees across the state engage in a wide range of engineering projects that propel the state's economy and enhance and safeguard Michigan’s quality of life.

About OHM Advisors
OHM Advisors is the community advancement firm, delivering award-winning work across the architecture, engineering and planning spheres. Founded in 1962, we believe in the power of multidisciplinary teamwork to find ideas that aren’t just different—they are better. Recognized as an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm, our 800+ person team operates across multiple states throughout the U.S., partnering with leaders at all government levels, school districts, developers, universities and private companies to create great places for people.