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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-04-10T20:10:25Z</created-at>
  <description> &lt;p&gt;Oklahoma City, OK-(March 28, 2008)-Crafton Tull Sparks has acquired Design Engineers,  Inc., of Oklahoma  City. The combined firm will have over 300 employees  company-wide.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Crafton Tull Sparks is an  architectural and engineering firm that is on Engineering News Record&amp;rsquo;s list of top  500 design firms. They have also been named to ZweigWhite&amp;rsquo;s Hot Firms list of  fastest growing architectural, engineering and environmental firms for the last  two years.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Design Engineers, Inc. was founded  in 1948 and provides engineering, planning and surveying.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;This is a wonderful opportunity for  our employees and our clients,&amp;rdquo; said John Baker, P.E., president of Design  Engineering, Inc. &amp;ldquo;We are committed to this city and our clients. Joining  Crafton Tull Sparks will position us to be a bigger part of the city&amp;rsquo;s  growth.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;We are two client focused firms  which makes it a natural fit,&amp;rdquo; said Tom Hopper, president of Crafton Tull  Sparks. &amp;ldquo;Oklahoma City is a dynamic city that is poised for  growth.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Crafton Tull Sparks  has 315 employees with offices in Conway,  AR, Little Rock,  AR, Oklahoma  City, OK, Rogers, AR, Russellville, AR,  Tulsa, OK and  Wichita, KS. Founded in 1963, they provide  architectural, engineering, interior design and surveying services across the  nation.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;-End-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial"&gt;Contact:&amp;nbsp;Shelley  Bowersock, Manager Marketing/PR&lt;br /&gt;Crafton Tull Sparks&lt;br /&gt;(918) 588-4026 /&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: #0000ff" class="209084020-08112007"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailtshelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com" title="blocked::mailtshelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com"&gt;shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="../../../assets/0000/0415/Crafton_Tull_Sparks_Acquires_OKC_Firm.pdf"&gt;&lt;img src="../../../images/icons/silk/page_link.png?1207855628" border="0" alt="Page_link" /&gt; View press release.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <published-at type="datetime">2008-03-28T00:00:00Z</published-at>
  <sub-title>Design Engineers, Inc., Joins Firm</sub-title>
  <title>Crafton Tull Sparks Acquires OKC Firm</title>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2008-04-10T20:56:51Z</updated-at>
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