About Us
Griner Engineering,
Inc. is a full
service mechanical,
electrical, plumbing and
fire protection
engineering firm located
in St. Petersburg,
Florida. Our project
background consists of
educational facilities,
municipal facilities,
office buildings,
healthcare facilities,
multi-family/mixed-use dwellings,
industrial buildings,
laboratories, retail
facilities and food
service.
Griner Engineering was founded in 1968 as Best &
Associates by Barney P. Best. Best & Associates was
primarily an electrical engineering firm until 1970.
At that time, Mr. Best was joined by Karl Hickman to
form Best Hickman & Associates. Best Hickman &
Associates quickly grew to one of the largest
mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering
firms in the Tampa Bay Area. The firm specialized in
health care and educational facility design, with
offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg. In 1989, Joseph
H. Griner III joined Mr. Best to form Best Griner &
Associates Engineers, Inc. Barney Best retired in
1997 and the firm name was changed to Griner
Engineering, Inc. in 2004. Since then the firm has
grown and developed successful projects all across
the United States.