What Vanasse & Associates does

Vanasse & Associates Inc. (VAI) is a privately held professional engineering consulting firm headquartered at 35 New England Business Center Drive, Suite 140, Andover, Massachusetts. The firm specializes in traffic engineering, transportation planning, and highway engineering, serving private real estate developers, municipalities, state agencies, healthcare and educational institutions, attorneys, and sporting/event facility owners across the New England region (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island). VAI has permitted more than 4,000 development projects through New England, ranging from small residential subdivisions to mixed-use and transit-oriented developments exceeding two million square feet. The firm is led by Managing Partner Jeffrey S. Dirk, P.E., PTOE, FITE, alongside partner-level and associate-level managers across transportation, highway, construction services, and graphics functions.

VAI delivers its work through five integrated service lines: Transportation Planning Services (traffic impact studies, feasibility studies, environmental impact reports, peer reviews, parking studies, safety studies, access planning, and transportation master plans); Traffic/Highway Engineering Services (corridor planning, design and permit acquisition, right-of-way documentation, construction contract packaging, highway and roadway design, and traffic signal design); State & Municipal Services (professional reviews, corridor studies, safety assessments, and traffic management plans); Construction Services (administration and observation); and Expert Testimony Services (depositions, affidavits, court testimony, and litigation support). Technical delivery relies on industry-standard software — AutoCAD Civil 3D, HCS, SYNCHRO, and SimTraffic — rather than proprietary technology platforms; the firm's differentiators are human capital (P.E., PTOE, FITE-credentialed staff), domain specialization in New England-specific regulatory frameworks such as MEPA, MassDOT guidelines, and MUTCD, and a documented track record of permitting complex projects before municipal and state authorities.

VAI's revenue model is pure professional services: project-based fees billed to clients under direct consulting engagements, with no subscription, SaaS, licensing, or product revenue. Acquisition is sales-led via direct client relationships, repeat business, and reputation-driven referrals within the New England development and municipal communities. Marquee clients named in project case studies include Camden Property Company (Avalon North Point, 871-unit transit-oriented development in Cambridge), Massachusetts General Hospital (parking garage traffic study in Waltham), Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (573,000 sf R&D expansion with TDM program), Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (15-year ongoing engineering consultant for ER, cancer center, surgery center, and parking garage expansions), and The Pinehills (3,000-acre master-planned community in Plymouth). The firm is privately held with no disclosed external institutional investment, consistent with a founder/partner-owned professional services structure.

Name

Vanasse & Associates

Legal name

Vanasse & Associates inc

Website

https://rdva.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vanasse & Associates Inc. (VAI) is an Andover, Massachusetts-based traffic engineering, transportation planning, and highway design consulting firm serving private developers, municipalities, and state agencies across New England, with over 4,000 permitted development projects completed.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Engineering & Planning Consulting

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

Keywords

• Traffic engineering services
• Transportation planning consulting
• Traffic impact studies
• Highway roadway design
• Land development permitting

Headquarters

HQ city

Andover

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Services: VAI provides billable professional engineering and consulting services for transportation planning, traffic engineering, highway design, and construction services. Revenue is generated through project-based fees for private development clients, municipalities, and state agencies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Vanasse & Associates provides professional traffic engineering, transportation planning, highway and roadway design, construction administration, and expert witness testimony services to private developers, municipalities, state agencies, healthcare institutions, and educational clients across New England. The firm guides land development and infrastructure projects through state and local permitting, delivering traffic impact studies, feasibility and environmental impact reports, parking studies, transportation master plans, corridor and signal design, and construction observation as integrated engagements rather than discrete products.

Product overview

Vanasse & Associates (VAI) is a New England-based transportation engineering and planning consulting firm offering a unified suite of professional services rather than a software product platform. The company provides five integrated service offerings: Transportation Planning Services (traffic studies, feasibility studies, environmental impact reports, peer reviews, parking studies, and transportation master plans), Traffic/Highway Engineering Services (civil engineering, corridor planning, roadway design, and traffic signal design), State & Municipal Services (professional reviews, transportation master plans, corridor studies, safety assessments, and traffic management for municipalities), Construction Services (administration and observation for infrastructure projects), and Expert Testimony Services (expert witness for litigation support). These services are delivered together as comprehensive project support, from initial planning through construction completion and, when needed, legal proceedings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transportation Planning Services Full complement of transportation planning services covering traffic impact studies, feasibility studies, environmental impact reports, peer review services, parking supply and demand studies, roadway safety studies, access planning studies, and transportation master plans for public and private sector clients.
• Traffic / Highway Engineering Services Civil engineering services covering corridor planning and feasibility studies, design and permit acquisition, right-of-way documentation, construction contract packaging, construction administration and observation, highway and roadway design, and traffic signal design.
• State & Municipal Services Comprehensive traffic engineering, transportation planning, highway design, and construction services assisting municipalities with community planning and transportation infrastructure investment, including professional reviews, transportation master plans, corridor studies, safety assessments, and traffic management plans.
• Construction Services Construction administration and observation services for highway, roadway, and intersection improvement projects, including contract documents, pre-bid conferences, bid evaluation, shop drawing review, construction observation, pay requisition review, and project closeout reporting.
• Expert Testimony Services Expert witness services in transportation, land development, roadway/intersection safety, motor vehicle crash analysis, and site design matters, including depositions, affidavits, court testimony, and support services before various courts and government agencies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully permitted over 4,000 development projects through New England Region
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenman-Pedersen (GPI): GPI is a multi-discipline engineering and construction services firm with a substantial transportation/highway practice in New England. It competes with VAI on private development and municipal traffic engineering work, but at a national scale with broader service lines.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with a robust transportation practice. It serves both municipalities and private developers across New England on projects comparable to VAI's portfolio.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with a top-ranked transportation practice competing for both public agency and private developer traffic engineering and transportation planning engagements in the Northeast.
• WSP: WSP is a global professional services firm with a major transportation planning and traffic engineering practice, including strong presence in the US Northeast. It overlaps VAI's service lines at scale on large public infrastructure and private development pursuits.
• Kimley-Horn: Kimley-Horn is a national planning and engineering design consultancy with a top-tier transportation/traffic engineering practice. It competes with VAI on traffic impact studies, transportation planning, and land development permitting, though as part of a much broader national platform.
• Michael Baker International: Michael Baker International is a national engineering and consulting firm with a strong transportation practice including traffic engineering, highway design, and transportation planning, competing for similar New England public and private engagements.

Direct peers

• Tighe & Bond: Tighe & Bond is a New England-based engineering firm offering traffic engineering, transportation planning, and municipal infrastructure services. It directly competes with VAI for municipal and private developer clients across Massachusetts and the broader region.
• Hoyle, Tanner & Associates: Hoyle, Tanner is a New England transportation and structural engineering firm competing directly with VAI in traffic impact studies, highway design, and municipal transportation planning engagements.
• BETA Group: BETA Group is a New England-based engineering firm providing traffic engineering, transportation planning, and land development services to municipal and private developer clients, directly overlapping VAI's core service offering.
• VHB (Vanasse Hangen Brustlin): VHB is a New England-headquartered transportation engineering and planning firm sharing founder lineage with VAI. It directly competes in traffic impact studies, transportation planning, and land development permitting across the same geographic footprint, but at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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