Your Infrastructure Ally since 1946
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) is a 100% employee-owned civil engineering firm with more than 75 years of service to local communities and organizations. Our engineers, environmental specialists, agricultural experts, and technology consultants empower our clients to thrive by solving infrastructure challenges.
Our Vision
To make community possible.
Our Mission
To empower clients and employee owners to thrive by solving infrastructure challenges.
What Makes Us Different
Our dedication and commitment to excellent customer service is directly linked to the fact that R/M is 100% employee owned. Our employee-owners value the fact that their individual success is directly linked to our clients’ success.
We’ve spent more than 75 years building lasting relationships with the organizations and communities we serve. Our clients are our friends and neighbors, and we are committed to providing them with unparalleled customer service because we live, work, and play in their communities.
Our experts are at the forefront of industry-wide technological innovation. From state of the art data collection devices and drone survey, to our GIS-driven asset management software, we offer our clients the best solutions available in order to keep their projects streamlined and efficient.
OUR HISTORY
R/M was established in 1946 by John Mielke and Frank Ruekert, Sr., who met after John returned from his service in the Army Corps and was hired to work alongside Frank as an engineer for the City of Waukesha. Driven from the post-WWII housing market boom, John and Frank began their early partnership moonlighting as subdivision designers, working from their kitchen tables after their full-time jobs late into the evenings.
R/M designed much of the first-generation infrastructure for many communities in Southeastern Wisconsin, including the Village of Menomonee Falls, the City of Pewaukee, the City of Brookfield, the Village of Elm Grove, the Village of Sussex, the Village of Hartland, the City of New Berlin, and the City of Muskego. We also designed some of the area’s first business parks, subdivisions, and municipal swimming pools, including those in Hartford, Evansville, Waukesha, and Sun Prairie.
Over 75 years later, R/M is on its third generation of ownership. In 1995, R/M transferred 30% of the company’s stock to the employees, and in 2015 the firm became 100% employee-owned. The benefits of employee ownership have paid off, and R/M has been named one of Wisconsin’s Top Workplaces for five consecutive years and counting.