In 1999, we began work on our first NFL stadium. While we had ballparks and university football projects in our resume, Paul Brown Stadium was our first NFL project--and we were given six weeks to get from concept design to contract documents to meet an aggressive schedule.

We set up a 'war room' and our team worked many, many late nights to sort out the engineering and prepare the documents and specifications.

The project would go on to include a number of firsts. At the time of opening, the home of the Cincinnati Bengals had the most extensive use of LED displays in any stadium in the US. As we looked at the mockup of the fascia boards back in 2000--even we were excited. Who would have known that concept would become standard practice for most stadiums and arenas worldwide?

Paul Brown Stadium is 10 years old this month.