The firm was founded in 1908 by former
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge engineer
John Edwin Greiner (February 24, 1859 – November 15, 1942) and led by Greiner and his associate Hershel Heathcote Allen. The firm was later known as
Greiner Engineering and opened a second office in
Chicago, apparently in connection with its work on the
Calumet Skyway. In 1995, the firm was acquired by
URS Corporation, now part of
AECOM. The firm designed several notable bridges and also prepared transportation planning studies, the first of which was ''Maryland's Primary Bridge Program
for the Maryland State Roads Commission in 1938. Later studies included Transportation Plans for Washington
for Washington, D.C. in 1946, and Expressway System for Metropolitan Providence'' for
Rhode Island, in 1947, both with De Leuw, Cather & Company. ==Works==