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Multi-Discipline Engineering

Employee Owned Since 1997

Cooper Engineering brings comprehensive expertise to
every challenge, ensuring the best solution for your project.

Founded in 1950 by Robert G. Cooper, P.E., RLS​

Our Legacy and Philosophy

Our Legacy and Philosophy

​Cooper Engineering is a 75-year strong civil engineering company located in northwest Wisconsin.  We are a full-service team and work with our clients throughout planning, design, and construction to engineer your transportation, municipal, industrial, airport, environmental, or development project. 

 

Our staff is well-educated, proficient, and brings years of knowledge to projects.  Our familiarity with regulations and policies produces progress with minimum delays.  Cooper Engineering manages costs by understanding our clients’ needs and decisively developing an approach to expediently achieve goals.  We guide our clients toward solutions that consider both the short-term construction and long-term maintenance costs. 

 

Our philosophy is to find long-term solutions, utilize cost-effective approaches in design and construction, and repeatedly meet your timelines and budget goals with professional service in balance with project demands.

Our Leadership Team

Our Leadership Team
Bruce Markgren,  P.E.
Bruce Markgren, P.E.

President

Steve Poethke, P.E.

Vice President
Structural Engineering

Steve Poethke, P.E.
Kelley Draeger, CPA
Kelley Draeger, CPA

Vice President
Business and Operations

Brad Volker, P.E.
Brad Volker, P.E.

Vice President
Aviation and Municipal

Aaron Scharf, P.E.
Aaron Scharf, P.E.

Vice President
Transportation and Municipal

Jacob Friberg, P.E.
Jacob Friberg, P.E.

Vice President
Construction and Bridges

​Cooper Engineering Company, Inc.

Rice Lake, Wisconsin

Phone: 715-234-7008

© 2026 Cooper Engineering Company, Inc.

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