Building upon over a century of successful projects
Lee & Company, LLC was founded in 2008 as a Missouri Limited Liability Company specializing in the planning, design, and deployment of cutting-edge infrastructure technology and an engineering-based approach to the management of a wide variety of mechanical and electrical equipment assets. The Founder, President and CEO, Gary Lee P.E., took decades of infrastructure engineering experience and applied those principles to the development of a project management approach uniquely formulated to assist in deployment of new innovative technologies.
Having evolved from the century old environmental and civil engineering consulting firm ET Archer, and growing from its technical background, Lee & Company developed a proprietary process (CAPTURE©) to bring the best scientific methodologies and business strategies to the process of maintenance. Lee & Company evolved from a company named Universal Asset Management and has bridged the engineering background of Archer with the asset management programs of UAM.
Today, Lee & Company provides a wide variety of consulting services, risk and fixed asset management consultation, modeling and analysis, and independent project management services.
Building upon over a century of successful projects
Lee & Company, LLC was founded in 2008 as a Missouri Limited Liability Company specializing in the planning, design, and deployment of cutting-edge infrastructure technology and an engineering-based approach to the management of a wide variety of mechanical and electrical equipment assets. The Founder, President and CEO, Gary Lee P.E., took decades of infrastructure engineering experience and applied those principles to the development of a project management approach uniquely formulated to assist in deployment of new innovative technologies.
Having evolved from the century old environmental and civil engineering consulting firm ET Archer, and growing from its technical background, Lee & Company developed a proprietary process (CAPTURE©) to bring the best scientific methodologies and business strategies to the process of maintenance. Lee & Company evolved from a company named Universal Asset Management and has bridged the engineering background of Archer with the asset management programs of UAM.
Today, Lee & Company provides a wide variety of consulting services, risk and fixed asset management consultation, modeling and analysis, and independent project management services.
1907
Elmer T. Archer founded ET Archer with a vision of providing electrical power to small and mid-size communities in the Midwest. The firm expanded greatly during WWII, but Mr. Archer elected to downsize afterward to maintain the ideal of a small firm working closely with long-term clients.
1953
Willis Lee purchased ET Archer from Mr. Archer and worked with his business partner Elmer West on water system projects in Northern Missouri and Kansas. Over the next 40 years, the firm constructed over 100 water systems throughout the Midwest.
1975
Gary Lee, Willis’ son, joined the firm after finishing his second tour of engineering work for the U.S. Public Health Service. Gary was appointed president in 1978, and he expanded the company’s services in water & wastewater systems and established 9 new offices throughout Missouri, Kansas, and Kentucky.
2001
Gary Lee, together with Willis Lee, founded Universal Asset Management with a broader range of services and a focus on total asset management. ET Archer was sold in 2006, and UAM became a global enterprise with projects in Missouri, Australia, Mexico, and Hawaii.
2008
Lee & Company, LLC, consulting engineers was founded after the death of Gary Lee’s longtime business partner and father, Willis Lee. Lee & Company focuses more on engineering services with particular emphasis in design, project management and risk analysis.
From the days of Mr. E.T. Archer taking a train or horse and buggy rides to council meetings, to Lee & Company pioneering new methods of water system engineering, our firm’s story has always been one of success. As always, our firm’s success is embedded in its personnel, the engineers, the technicians, the surveyors, the architects, the support staff that make up the project teams that serve our clients. With our continued influence over our market, Lee & Company’s reputation as an design and management firm is hinged not only on quality minded professional services, but also on quality execution for our client which will continue to carry Lee & Company’s success into the next century.
Key Events of Innovation in the History of Lee & Company
1976
Raymore, Missouri
First use of large diameter PVC sewer pipe in a Missouri-Sanitary Sewer Collection Project
1979
Freeman, Missouri
First rural public water district in Missouri to operate its own water treatment plant - PWSD No. 7
1984
Germanton, Missouri
Largest coal strip mining reclamation project in the United States
1984
Para, Brazil
American Express International Voluntarism Award for the use of appropriate technology and innovative community implementation of water supply wells for remote villages along the Amazon River
1985
Mexico City, Mexico
Lead earthquake water distribution recovery team for the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), US State Department
1989
Guatemala City, Guatemala
World Bank management team for water system management improvements, EMPAGUA
1990
Atherton, Missouri
Biosolids waste to energy plant using fluidized bed technology co-fired with sewage sludge and coal, Little Blue Valley Sewer District
1995
Duckett Creek Sanitary District, St. Charles, Missouri
Awarded the Missouri Consulting Engineers Council Excellence in Engineering recognition for the innovative design of a 6 mgd wastewater treatment plant
1998
PWSD No. 7, Freeman, Missouri
First use of membrane technology for a drinking water plant in Missouri, awarded the Missouri Consulting Engineers Council Excellence in Engineering recognition (this was the first plant in the world to use ballasted coagulation and clarification as pre-treatment to membrane filtration
2000
Maryville, Missouri
First use of submerged membrane filtration in a drinking water plant in the Midwest US
2002
Zurich North America Insurance, Schaumburg, Illinois
Served as administrator on national commercial restaurant maintenance program
2005
Sydney Water, Sydney, Australia
Partnered with Macquarie Bank to introduce low pressure sewer collection systems to eliminate on-site septic systems in Australia
2006
Grove Farms, Kauai, Hawaii
Sustainable community study for island of Kauai, Hawaii
2007
Hawaii Reserves, Laie, Hawaii
Introduced low pressure sewer collection systems to the State of Hawaii
2008
SAVVIS
Reliability Centered Maintenance evaluation of data center elements
2008
Far West Water and Sewer Inc, Yuma, Arizona
Four advanced wastewater treatment plant designs with total recreational reuse
2008
MARSHALL BANK
Served as independent engineer for biodiesel and ethanol plants in Midwest US
2009
County of Sandoval, New Mexico
Inland brackish water study and pilot plant operation
2010
Skanska, USA
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis of new data center
2011
Avoca, North Carolina
Waste to energy facility using agricultural waste as fuel for industrial steam production
2012
State of Missouri
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis of equipment serving mental health hospitals in Missouri
2013
Baja, Mexico
Energy audits for water and wastewater facilities including the Mexicali - Tijuana Aqueduct - Border Environment Cooperation Commission
2016
Private Client
Computer risk modeling of a major data center.
2017
Rio West, New Mexico
1. Inspection, repair, and stabilization of 6,000 feet deep artesian water wells
2. Development of an inland brackish water treatment plant with full mineral recovery
2017
Vance Brothers Asphalt
Asset management tank inspection program for facilities in four states.
2017
Minnesota Vikings Stadium
Air handling system improvements producing 30% energy savings and healthier ambient environment.
2018
Dairy Farmers of America
Industrial Pretreatment
2019
Gossner Foods
Industrial Pretreatment
2019
Pet Foods Project (Private Client)
Industrial Pretreatment
2019
Foodwaste Anaerobic Digester (Private Client)
1. Foodwaste converted to biogas to electricity.
2. Waste product converted to OMRI certified organic fertilizer (zero waste facility).
