“By the way, I was back at Siena today. The sidewalk view was every bit as good as I remembered.”
– An e-mail from Denice Bruce of Professional Engineering Consultants joking about the Ambassador Hotel’s website, which brags the hotel has views “overlooking the sidewalks of Wichita”
“I admit I’m on a one-woman crusade about it.”
– Professional Engineering Consultants communications specialist Denice Bruce, speaking at the Women in Aviation lunch, on outlawing PowerPoint presentations
WICHITA — The Wichita office of Kansas Legal Services is moving to a new home not far from its existing one.
The organization, which is based in Topeka, has offices in 11 counties throughout the state and offers a variety of legal aid to a variety of people and groups.
Currently, the Wichita office is in 7,000 square feet at 200 N. Broadway.
The new office is at 340 S. Broadway where Rainbows United used to be.
“This building is better suited for our needs,” says Rhonda Sullivan, managing attorney.
The new 8,400 square feet will offer more storage space and a conference room, which she says “makes me really happy.”
Sullivan says Kansas Legal Services has been in its current space a dozen years.
“We’ve changed a lot in those years.”
UPDATED — Professional Engineering Consultants has opened its sixth office, this time in south Oklahoma City at 10017 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
“We have a lot of existing clients really throughout Oklahoma,” says spokeswoman Denice Bruce. “We’re hoping to build on that clientele . . . and expand into other client areas as well.”
PEC also has a Tulsa office.
“We have historically done a lot of work for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation . . . and we’re working on several projects for them right now,” Bruce says.
The Oklahoma City office has two engineers and a technician for now.
“Again, the idea is to obviously expand as the clientele expands,” Bruce says.
PEC also has offices in Pittsburg, Topeka and Lawrence. The majority of its 250 employees are in its Wichita office.
Bruce says while the company has long-range plans, there are no immediate deals for other new space.
“We always have our eye open for new markets and new opportunities.”