Corporate Sponsors

Founded in 1885 and headquartered in New York City, PB is a leader in the development and operation of infrastructure to meet the needs of communities around the world. The firm provides strategic consulting, planning, engineering, and program and construction management services to both public and private sector clients. PB supported Bridges to Prosperity with its annual Holiday Card gift in 2007, and is excited about participating and supporting Bridges to Prosperity as it expands to accomplish its 2020 goals. Those 2020 goals will see Bridges to Prosperity start a program in a new country every year (the next new country is Zambia, Africa), and through training increase worldwide footbridge production in the poor rural areas to 500 per year.

Ross Construction is a large construction firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area that specializes in the construction of large high-density urban in-fill apartment projects. Doug Ross, CEO of Ross Construction has offered to become a primary corporate sponsor of our Honduras program in 2007-2009. During this period they will sponsor 1-2 bridges, and send down a team of their employees to erect the new suspension bridge technology being pioneered there. Click here to learn more about Ross Constructions work and their innovative building systems:

Eric Kuhn of Leipzig Germany is CEO of Alpin Technik. He has agreed to act as sponsor of the Tres Unidos bridge in Peru. Eric traveled in early 2006 to perform the needed survey. Following completion of a preliminary design, Eric has agreed to find the needed financial sponsors for the bridge, and then return with a team to direct the actual construction. To view updated information on this bridge from the Alpin Technik, view their project website: Click here and for the latest newsletter: Click here.

McNary Bergeron & Associates provides cost-effective design and engineering services for all phases of construction for complex bridge projects. Their team of award-winning engineers has been involved in the design and construction of over 100 bridges on four continents. Their Engineered Construction® approach helps their clients successfully meet the technical as well as the financial challenges of building today's sophisticated bridges.

In the US, Ferguson is ranked by trade publications as the largest
distributor of plumbing supplies and pipes, valves, and fittings. Ferguson
is also the third largest distributor of heating and cooling equipment
(HVAC). Ferguson, a subsidiary of UK based Woseley PLC, is headquartered in Newport News, Virginia.

Ferguson has donated both the software and support to make it possible for Bridges to Prosperity to effectively hold no cost quarterly board meetings. This donation has further made it possible for us to strengthen our board by including supporters from all over the world.

Distagage.com is a leading distibutor of Laser Measuring technology. They have donated Trimble Spectra Precision HD150 laser measuring devices to Bridges To Prosperity for determining bridge span measurements in the field, especially when rivers are too dangerous to pull a tape measure across.