How Barge Design Solutions reduced turnover and increased promotions by treating licensure as a benefit
Barge built a centralized License Lab on top of School of PE, giving every employee one trusted path to PE, FE, surveying, and certification prep.
Where Barge Design Solutions started
At Barge Design Solutions, getting licensed is the gateway to promotion. Engineers must hold a PE to advance, and that promotion happens automatically once the state registers the license.
Before School of PE, support for that journey was fragmented. Barge reimbursed exam fees, but employees were left to prepare on their own, with processes varying by department and no central resource to turn to.
The team knew they needed a fair, centralized program. For a multidisciplinary firm spanning civil, architecture, environmental, and more, finding a partner with the breadth to serve everyone was challenging.
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How we partnered with Barge Design Solutions
Barge partnered with School of PE to build a licensure prep benefit program. Employees visit the License Lab, a dedicated intranet hub where anyone pursuing licensure or certification can find everything they need in one place.
- A single registration flow with manager approval, so HR keeps oversight without slowing employees down
- Coverage that spans engineers, architects, surveyors, and project managers, not just one or two disciplines
- Prebuilt cohorts on a recurring schedule, with new cohorts added multiple times since launch to keep pace with demand
- A dedicated Customer Success Manager driving rollout, communication, and reporting
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What changed at Barge Design Solutions
Since launching in fall 2024, demand for licensure support has surged. Employees who previously felt overwhelmed by the process now know exactly where to go, what to do, and that the company is behind them.
Managers are having career conversations with confidence, and leadership is amplifying the program as proof of the firm's commitment to internal growth. The numbers tell the same story: a 7 percent reduction in employee turnover and a 38 percent increase in promotions.
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