Core Values
We put our people first.
Our people are our most valuable resource. We treat each other with compassion and respect and value the well-being of us all. When we each feel valued in our jobs, we take pride in our work and provide our clients with a high level of performance and communication, and they in turn feel valued.
We act with integrity to promote trust in the firm and ourselves.
Our clients and society-at-large expect technical and science-based professionals to act ethically and honestly. We are expected to be unbiased and to proactively solve problems. These expectations are because, simply put, we are the professionals. As D&K professionals, we embrace the fact that we are held to a high standard of public trust and care, and we welcome the responsibility that accompanies others’ expectations.
We strive to integrate sustainability practices into our daily work.
The need for sustainable and resilient design practices has never been greater. As the pressure on our natural environment continues to grow, perhaps exponentially, the critical need for forward-thinking solutions to address essential issues, such as climate change, never ends. All of us, as individuals, as communities, and as companies, can and will make the needed difference. At D&K, our efforts will make a real difference.
We aspire to surpass expectations.
At D&K, high-quality service is the bar. We challenge ourselves to leap higher than this bar and to develop solutions and products that exceed our clients’ expectation
We are stronger together.
We believe in teamwork. As a team, our work is better and we are more fulfilled as individuals. With our diverse service areas, D&K integrated teams bring to bear on our projects a particularly broad and varied set of skills. Sharing the work leads to improved problem-solving, innovation, a positive work culture, and a resilient company.
We pursue our passions by doing work that we love.
D&K has a bedrock culture of encouraging people to work in areas of their professional passion. We seek to provide professional development opportunities where professional passions and job responsibilities intersect and imagination is the limit.
We promote work-life balance.
Work is just one important component of life’s responsibilities, goals, and interests. We encourage a responsible work-life balance that reflects the needs of our unique life situations. We seek to maintain a healthy work environment where we support each other in responsible flexibility.
We are employee owned.
Following one year of service, every D&K employee becomes an Employee-Owner by steadily earning shares of D&K company stock through the D&K Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The D&K ESOP is a long-term profit-sharing plan which, over time, provides equity wealth growth and benefits to employee participants at no financial cost to them. Every Employee-Owner’s high-quality and thoughtful work will produce long-term profits that benefit everyone within the ESOP.