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<div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">'''Omaha, Nebraska, 1949-1976'''</div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">


DBA: B. H. Backlund & Associates

'''Brandon H. Backlund''', Engineer, was president and treasurer of B. H. Backlund & Associates.[[#References|[4]]] He served on the Ethical Practices Committee of the National Society of Professional Engineers from 1955-1956.[[#References|[5]]]

Backlund’s company was organized in Omaha in 1952, first as Backlund & Jackson, then as B. H. Backlund & Associates. The company focused on “[e]ngineering reports and investigations; economic feasibility studies; comparative construction cost analyses; services and fees evaluations for government and industry; organization and management conception and implementation; engineering and architectural design; preparation of plans and specifications; master planning; city, community, regional planning; construction administration, management, surveillance, inspection, layout; land surveying, subdivision, [and] development.”[[#References|[4]]]

In 1971, Backlund discontinued his private practice, and partnered in McGaughy Marshall McMillan & Backlund, Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, as vice-president.

This page is a contribution to the publication, '''[[Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects]]'''. See the [[Format and contents of Nebraska architect entries|format and contents]] page for more information on the compilation and page organization.

==Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings==
Omaha, Nebraska, 1962-1968

Norfolk, Nebraska, 1960

==Educational & Professional Associations==
1946: engineer, U. S. Army Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska.

1948: salesman, Dunbar Insurance, Omaha, Nebraska.

1949-1951: field engineer, Portland Cement Company, Omaha, Nebraska.

1952-1953: Backlund & Jackson, Omaha, Nebraska.[[#References|[4]]]

1954-1970: engineer and owner, B. H. Backlund & Associates, Engineers & Architects, Omaha, 
Nebraska.

1971-1976: vice-president, McGaughy Marshall McMillan & Backlund, Engineers & Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.[[#Notes|[a]]]

==Other Associations==
1958-1967: employed [[James T. Casperson (1923-2009), Architect| James T. Casperson]], architect.

1972: employed [[Anthony C. Hazuka, Architect|Anthony C. Hazuka]], draftsman.

==Buildings & Projects==
Photo Studio (1953).[[#References|[6][7]]][[#Notes|[b]]]

Cuming County Courthouse (1953-1955), West Point, Nebraska.[[#References|[1:104]]][[#Notes|[b]]]

Fremont National Guard Armory (1954), Fremont, Nebraska.[[#References|[3]]]

Mills County Courthouse (1958), Glenwood, Iowa.[[#References|[2]]]

Brown County Courthouse (1959-1960), Ainsworth, Nebraska.[[#References|[1:107]]]

Boyd County Courthouse (1966), Butte, Nebraska.[[#References|[1:111]]]

==Notes==
a. Last Omaha directory listing, 1976.

b. In association with [[Jack Comp Jackson (1917-1997), Architect|Jack Comp Jackson]].[[#References|[6][7]]]

==References==
1.  Oliver B. Pollak, "Nebraska Courthouses: Contention, Compromise, and Community", ''Images of America Series'' (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2002).

2. “Iowa’s Courthouses: Mills County,” Iowa Courthouses website, accessed July 10, 2013, http://www.iowacourthouses.org/mills.html 

3. Plans and Specs, in Archives Record, Nebraska Military Department, p. 74. Nebraska State Historical Society. Printed Materials: Reports, Plans, and Studies, 1955-1976. RG0018, SG2, S14, B1. Online: http://nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/public/state_finding_aids/military_dept.pdf   Accessed July 10, 2013. 

4. Company description, isolated and undated page on the Universal Digital Library website, accessed July 10, 2013, http://tera-3.ul.cs.cmu.edu/NASD/4dcb85c3-9fee-4c83-9e6d-fe6ce5522b59/China/disk2/20050325-067/31006947/HTML/00000080.htm 

5. “Canons of Ethics for Engineers (1957),” Codes of Ethics Collection, accessed July 10, 2013, http://ethics.iit.edu/ecodes/node/3258 

6. American Institute of Architects, comp., ''American Architects Directory'' First Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1956), 271, accessed March 3, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1956%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx 

7. American Institute of Architects, comp., ''American Architects Directory'' Second Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1962), 342, accessed April 4, 2010,
http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1962%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx

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