At Barnard, we cultivate a culture of neighborliness. Whether at the Home Office in Bozeman, Montana, or in field offices throughout the United States, we are a responsible, participatory member of the community.

As a Corporation

As a company, we believe in all-inclusive training at all levels. From the outset, all new employees and interns participate in project-specific orientation that covers our company’s culture, the community’s culture in the job location, safety on the jobsite, and teamwork.

Barnard also supports all levels of education. Our company sponsors and often coaches teams of Montana State University engineering students in competitions ranging from estimating to steel bridge construction. Each year, some of our employees serve on advisory panels at the college level as well as supporting and mentoring in the local schools. Our people support and/or participate in Engineers without Borders.

We take pride in our individual and corporate giving, which has ranged from supporting teams in fund raisers to providing transport or resources to individuals in need of special medical attention to building a swimming facility for the handicapped in recent years. Some of the other organizations we support financially, in hours volunteered, or both include: Special Olympics, Shodair Children’s Hospital, the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, the United Way, Habitat for Humanity, the Gallatin Valley Food Bank, the Alzheimer’s Association, the Intermountain Opera, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Museum of the Rockies, Boys & Girls Club of America, Junior Achievement, Cub Scouts, and the Montana State University Rodeo Club.

In the Field

We have a history of pitching in. When we set up shop, we often bring many families along. We become invested in the community. Our children attend local schools, our families coach Little League, basketball, and football. We sponsor teams and class projects.

In the field, we respond to local cultures and needs in many ways. We work with owners to make information about a project’s progress accessible to the public. This may involve conducting site tours, building viewing stands, writing news releases, or holding community meetings. Open communications work best.

We host fund-raising events, such as a recent golf tournament that raised $33,000 for the parks and recreation department in South Bay, Florida, where we’re building a reservoir (EAA A-1 Reservoir Project).

And we pitch in as any good neighbor would. We keep our sites clean and organized. We use our time and equipment to help out when needs arise, whether fighting a brush fire, clearing a wastewater treatment pond, improving a local fishing access,  helping maintain softball fields, or building a pavilion for youth hockey players.

We strive to be an asset to each community in which we work.