TVGA Consulting is a Buffalo based firm with 50 employees that just recently moved out of the suburbs and into downtown Buffalo. This hometown group has weathered the recent economic times, and notes they don't last forever. There's a shortage of young people coming up into the trade. He provides a tip if you are searching for a career right now. It can be a good sign to see where the economy is going next. Schiller continued, "I think the prognosis going forward is that there seems to be a re-emphasis and acknowledgment that the infrastructure in this country is in bad shape, so we are hoping there is going to be some emphasis on rebuilding it. Hager can be a land surveyor by trade. So, we've seen a substantial increase in the residential market, which is always a good sign. Douglas Hager, another principal at TVGA told Eyewitness News, "We're seeing the residential market, which is the housing market, starting to uptick a little bit. What that means is the company designs and oversees the creation of bridges, roads, sewers, and anything else the public sector needs built. Edward Schiller, Principal at TVGA Consultants notes, "We are a consulting engineering firm, civil engineering, survey, environmental, predominately infrastructure driven. TVGA doesn't just do government work. For 90 years, TVGA has been helping to build Western New York with a team of civil engineers, environmental scientists, planners, architects, draftsmen, and surveyors. There is a lot of room in the colleges for mores students, and there's definitely a shortage," according to Hager. |