W.E. Quicksall commitment remains amid new partnership

A longtime friend and partner of Holmes County may be changing names, but that doesn’t mean the company will change anything else when it comes to providing quality service to the county.

W.E. Quicksall & Associates, a company that has done many Holmes County projects from water and sewer projects to sidewalks and more over the past several decades, will join forces with Spicer Group Inc., an employee-owned engineering and surveying firm based out of Michigan.

On Monday, Dec. 22, Nathan Quicksall, vice president and director of business development, and his father Don Quicksall, regional manager, stopped by the Holmes County Commissioners Office to discuss the move and notify the commissioners that although the name may be changing, the quality services and relationships that have been cultivated over the years will continue on.

Bob Quicksall said this was good news for everyone involved because it will allow Quicksall to continue to serve Holmes County and the surrounding counties with the same team and same commitment to quality it has continually offered while delivering access to additional resources and technical expertise through Spicer’s professionals.

“It’s a good fit for us,” Bob Quicksall said. “They’re a good firm. We’ve been talking with them for about 10 months. They really bolster our abilities.”

“They complement a lot of the services we provide,” Nathan Quicksall said. “They are one of the largest surveying outfits in the Midwest. It’s not only going to help us with our bandwidth to take on more work, but also to help us to try to bring more talent into the company.”

He said there are approximately 100 professional surveyors associated with Spicer Group, and they do municipal design, roadway design, and a lot of water and wastewater modeling.

Nathan Quicksall said the two firms are currently going through a transitional time as Quicksall meshes with the Spicer Group, and they hope to continue to convey to all their partners that they will remain committed to everything Quicksall has been about for many years.

“Nothing changes,” Nathan Quicksall said. “We’ll continue to provide our regular services in a different name.”

Quicksall is currently working with Holmes County Planning Commissioner Arnie Oliver on the large Historic Downtown Millersburg sidewalk project, and the company has been instrumental in many projects that have improved Holmes County.

The Quicksalls said that project remains on time and is going well in the developmental stages.

Bob Quicksall said the Spicer Group will now become the contracting entity with the Holmes County Commissioners moving forward, but the Quicksall project managers and engineers the commissioners already know and trust will remain the county’s primary contacts, thus ensuring no interruptions on the sidewalk project will hamper progress.

They also let it be known that all current contracts with the county will remain in place during the transition.

Both the Quicksall family and the Holmes County Commissioners agreed the relationship that has been built over the years between the two groups is one of mutual respect, and both sides said they have thoroughly enjoyed partnering with one another.

“We’ve done so many various projects for (Holmes County) over the years, and we’re excited about this opportunity moving forward as we continue this relationship,” Bob Quicksall said.

“It’s been three or four decades of building trust, and it’s been a great relationship,” Commissioner Dave Hall said.

W.E. Quicksall is a family business of four generations of Quicksalls that began with Bob Quicksall’s father and grandfather.