The title of Being HNTB was a deliberate choice for a book that conveys why it’s more important to be something than to do something. HNTB, a 100-year-old infrastructure engineering firm, was formed as a partnership on the ideals of being technically excellent, imaginatively solving clients’ problems on time and on budget, and upholding the highest standards in integrity and personal responsibility. The book reveals how HNTB shifted its business model with the times and became one of the world’s premier designers of highways, bridges, tunnels, airports and rail systems—known for tackling the largest and most complex of problems—while staying true to itself and the values it has held for more than a century.