About Us

Abonmarche was founded in 1979 to provide engineering, architecture, marina/waterfront, surveying, landscape architecture and planning services to governmental, commercial, educational, industrial and private residential clients.  Our many services include civil and transportation engineering, stormwater management, land and waterfront development, architectural design, community and private planning, feasibility studies, construction administration, structural engineering, hydrographic and land surveying, financing, state and federal grant assistance and master planning.


The Abonmarche team includes professional engineers, licensed architects,1empl.jpg registered landscape architects, planners, licensed land surveyors, hydrographic surveyors, natural resource managers and permitting specialists.  Our in-house multi-disciplined team allows us to provide services from preliminary planning to final design, as well as engineering and construction administration in all professional design areas.  Our staff of nearly 100 is constantly striving to provide professional, hand-tailored services to meet our clients’ requirements. We pride ourselves on our proven reputation for exceptional service, and for completing projects on time and within budget.  We call it “Confidence By Design”.

Our firm continues to grow and reaffirm its commitment to high-value client service.  The Cornerstone Alliance in Benton Harbor has honored Abonmarche with 5 “Platinum Stake Awards” (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2007) for growth and contribution to the local economy, and recognized past company president and CEO, Ronald Schults, P.E., with the 2005 Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award.

Recently, we received the distinction of being ranked number 27 among the state’s fastest growing firms in the “Michigan Private 100” and were chosen by the Michigan Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers as the 2000 “Quality of Life Award” winner for work done on behalf of the Edgewater Brownfield redevelopment project.


Our corporate office is located in Benton Harbor, Michigan, with regional offices in Manistee, Michigan, South Bend and Fort Wayne, Indiana .