JWD Group, a division of DMJM Harris

For over 40 years, JWD Group has focused on marine planning and analysis for clients in addition to architectural and engineering services. The division provides professional design services to commercial and government enterprises. The team of experts specializes in all aspects of design, commercial and industrial architecture, civil and structural engineering, port master planning, marine terminal design, and computer-simulated operations analysis.

Working in concert with the depth of resources of DMJM Harris’s Marine practice, JWD Group has over 40 years of in-depth experience in port planning, operations analysis, and maritime and industrial architecture, with specific expertise in:

• Port planning services that have earned a global reputation on projects ranging from planning portions of container terminals, such as gates and buildings, to master plans encompassing entire ports.
• Analysis services, including computer simulation of container terminal operations and other material handling facilities. Offerings include a family of flexible simulation models for use in planning, primarily to predict the physical and economic performance of container terminals.
• Architectural design services for office, industrial and retail buildings, providing conceptual design through construction support services for new buildings or for renovation of existing facilities. Special emphasis is placed on maritime and maintenance facilities.
• Civil and structural engineering services, working in tandem with architectural services, to produce innovative, efficient and cost-effective building designs for both new and renovated buildings, and with port planning services to provide effective civil solutions.
• Graphic design services, including computer-generated three-dimensional renderings of large and small projects.