Who We Are

Get to know us here, and you’ll learn why we’re the best choice.
Everything we do focuses on the goals of our clients and communities.

Facilities play an important role in people’s lives and are central to providing places to live, learn, work, and play. We believe that through innovation and collaboration, we have the power to change lives. And through sustainable solutions, we have the power to change the future. That’s why we do what we do each and every day: provide solutions to positively impact people through innovative facility solutions.

Our Mission

To positively impact people through innovative facility solutions.

Our Leadership
Andy Faulkner
President
Brett Baldry
Vice President of Construction
Chris Ziemer
Project Development Director
Damien Williams
Project Director
Dana Fontaine
Director of Technical Services
Donny Hines
Safety Director
Eryn Sorensen
Director of Marketing & Communications
Jason Splett
Business Development Director
Jeff Schiltz
Business Development Executive
Kyle Walter
Project Director
Matt Kelly
Project Director
Pat Overom
Business Development Executive
Phil Solomon
Regional Manager
Tim Guider
Director of Development & Engineering
Todd Wetzel
Project Director

The History of ICS

1922

Foster, Jacobs, and Johnson, Inc. (FJJ) was founded in 1922 in Duluth, Minnesota.

2006

ICS Consulting, Inc. (ICS) was founded in 2006 in Minneapolis, Minnesota providing facility solutions to public sector clients across the Midwest.

2014

FJJ opens an office in Fargo, North Dakota in 2014.

2016

FJJ opens an office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 2016.

2016

FJJ opens an office in Media, Pennsylvania in 2016.

2016

FJJ and Obermiller Nelson Engineering (ONE), a consultant MEP firm, merge in 2016.

2017

ICS merges with ONE and FJJ and provides a one-stop-shop for a variety of clients for MEP, construction, and facility-related services.

2019

ICS opens an office in Park Rapids, Minnesota in August 2019.

2019

ICS opens an office in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota in August 2019.

2019

ICS Consulting, Inc. simplifies their name to ICS and launches a new brand in December 2019.

Jan. 2021

ICS acquired CPMI, a skilled cost estimating and cost management firm that's been in business over 51 years.

July 2021

ICS was aquired by Therma Holdings, an integrated energy solutions provider that is accelerating the energy transition in the built environment.

June 2022

Therma Holdings was rebranded to Legence, an energy transition accelerator™. Our team of companies radically improves the performance of the built environment by maximizing efficiency consumption.

September 2022

ICS opens an office in Brainerd, Minnesota in September 2022.
Why choose ICS?
The company you collaborate with on your facility project can be the key difference in having a successful project or not.

Our goal is to offer the best service and consumer experience—and to do it all in a sustainable way. We focus on building strong, respectful connections with project partners and engaging in meaningful conversations with our clients. It’s because of our collaborative approach that we can keep things simple, lean, and productive approaching each project with multifaceted solutions to best meet the needs of end-users. Together, we build strong connections that result in great facilities.

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Our Values
We Care

We care about exceeding the expectations of our clients, enriching the lives of our people, and having a commitment to safety throughout all facets of the organization.

Integrity

We will commit to developing strong relationships through honesty and trust.

Quality

We believe that excellence and accountability are necessary characteristics that result in accomplishment for our employees and success for our clients.

Collaboration

We will provide the best solution by working together as coworkers, clients, and partners.

Smart Innovation

We will continue to innovate new products, technologies, and lines of service that provide superior client solutions and ensure company success.

A Legence Company

ICS is a member of the Legence family of companies. Legence, a Blackstone portfolio company, is an Energy Transition Accelerator™ that provides advisory services and implementation focused on financing, designing, building, and servicing complex systems in mission-critical and high-performance facilities. With five decades of expertise in the built environment, Legence has a proven track record of reducing carbon emissions, implementing renewables, lowering utility costs through efficiency consumption, and making systems run better at unmatched speed and scale.

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