WESTFIELD, MASS. — Appledore Engineering, a 23-year-old civil engineering firm located in Portsmouth, N.H., has joined forces with Tighe & Bond, a New England engineering and environmental consulting services firm that celebrates 100 years in business this year. This move will enable Appledore Engineering to expand its service offerings and also will provide Tighe & Bond greater opportunities for expansion into New Hampshire and Maine markets. Appledore Engineering will remain at its Portsmouth location and do business as Appledore Engineering, a division of Tighe & Bond.

Appledore Engineering currently provides site design, planning, permitting, and construction administration services to public and private clients in New Hampshire and throughout New England. Several noteworthy New Hampshire clients include: Wentworth by the Sea Hotel in New Castle; Exeter High School; Port Walk, a mixed use 400,000-square-foot project in Portsmouth; Portsmouth Regional Hospital; Lindt Sprugli in Stratham; and Lonza Biologics in Portsmouth.

Tighe & Bond employs nearly 200 professionals and offers a wide range of engineering expertise that includes civil and environmental engineering, water resources, wastewater management, solid waste management, transportation planning, traffic engineering, parking consultancy, geographic information systems (GIS), regulatory compliance, and brownfields remediation. Several noteworthy New Hampshire clients include: Public Service of New Hampshire and the town of Jaffrey.

Founded in 1911, Tighe & Bond is one of the most experienced engineering firms in New England, with offices in Westfield, Worcester, and Pocasset, Mass.; Middletown and Shelton, Conn.; and Portsmouth, N.H. Engineering News Record annually ranks Tighe & Bond among the top design and environmental engineering firms nationally. The firm provides engineering and environmental services for clients in government (federal, state, and local), industry, healthcare, education, real estate development, renewable energy, power utilities, and water/wastewater utilities.

For more information, visit www.tighebond.com.