Dave Wiegand, president and co-founder of Specialized Engineering, announced that Baltimore SmartCEO magazine has named Specialized Engineering a 2006 “Future 50” winner. This is the third annual “Future 50” list and the second consecutive year that Specialized Engineering has been named.

Nominees for the list had to meet three criteria: 1) be located in the Baltimore/Metro area; 2) be privately-owned and; 3) show fast growth of sales and employment averaged over the past three years. The companies were judged on their rate of growth and answers to a variety of questions.

Specialized Engineering was established in 1992 and has over 80 employees. The company has offices in Maryland and West Virginia and offers construction quality control, environmental consulting and geotechnical and forensic engineering services throughout the mid-Atlantic region. It is just one of 172 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) companies in Maryland.