What Colliers Engineering & Design does

Colliers Engineering & Design is a full-service engineering, architecture, design, and consulting firm operating as a division of Colliers International (publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under CII). The firm was originally founded in 1984 as Maser Consulting P.A. and is now headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey, with a workforce of 1,001–5,000 employees across the United States and Australia. It is ranked #24 on ENR's Top 500 Design Firms list in 2026 and operates through wholly-owned entities including Colliers Engineering & Design, Inc., Colliers Engineering & Design/Maser Consulting Inc., and CED Architecture, Inc.

The company's service portfolio spans eight core lines: Architecture & Design, Energy & Sustainability, Engineering & Infrastructure, Geotech & Environmental, Planning & Advisory, Program & Project Management, Survey & Geospatial, and Telecommunications & Site Acquisition. These are delivered across eleven vertical markets including Government, Education, Healthcare, Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Science & Technology, Water, Transportation, Data Centers, and Communications. Notable technical capabilities include proprietary Echelon Intersection Design for traffic optimization, Riegl VUX LiDAR mounted on a Vapor55 UAS platform for high-density point cloud data, customized GIS asset management solutions, and an AI-powered pavement assessment platform offered via a strategic alliance with vialytics.

Colliers generates project-based professional services revenue through customized engagements priced by scope and complexity, typically on multi-year contracts with public-sector agencies, transportation authorities, educational institutions, healthcare providers, and private-sector enterprises. Distribution is primarily direct enterprise and government sales, supplemented by a partnership and referral network with other AEC firms. The firm has executed seven disclosed acquisitions between 2021 and 2026 (Bergmann, KFW Engineers & Surveying, HILGARTWILSON, TTM Group, MG2, Terra Consulting Group, and Ramos Consulting Services) plus a partnership with FSB Architects + Engineers, expanding geographic reach into Arizona, California, Rochester NY, Australia, and aviation/mission-critical capabilities, with acquired-firm leadership retained as shareholders under the partnership model.

Name

Colliers Engineering & Design

Legal name

Maser Consulting P.A.

Website

https://colliersengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Colliers Engineering & Design is a multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, and consulting firm (ENR Top 500 #24, 2026) serving government, transportation, healthcare, education, and private-sector clients across the U.S. and Australia via project-based professional services delivered through direct enterprise sales and acquisition-driven geographic expansion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Holmdel

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Consulting Services: Project-based professional services revenue generated from engineering design, consulting, architecture, survey, and related technical services delivered to government, institutional, and private-sector clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Colliers Engineering & Design is a full-service multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, design, and consulting firm delivering professional services across eight core service lines: Architecture & Design, Energy & Sustainability, Engineering & Infrastructure, Geotech & Environmental, Planning & Advisory, Program & Project Management, Survey & Geospatial, and Telecommunications & Site Acquisition. The firm serves public-sector agencies and private-sector enterprises across transportation, water, government, healthcare, education, data centers, industrial, commercial, residential, science & technology, and communications markets.

Product overview

Colliers Engineering & Design is a full-service engineering, architecture, design, and consulting firm providing multidisciplinary professional services. The company operates across seven core service lines: Architecture & Design, Energy & Sustainability, Engineering & Infrastructure, Geotech & Environmental, Planning & Advisory, Program & Project Management, Survey & Geospatial, and Telecommunications & Site Acquisition. These services serve diverse market segments including Transportation (encompassing intersections, interchanges, bridges, aviation, and rail), Data Centers, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Residential, Science & Technology, Water, and Commercial real estate. The company also offers specialized technology services including GIS Asset Management and an AI-powered pavement assessment platform through a strategic alliance with vialytics. Recent acquisitions (HILGARTWILSON, TTM Group, MG2, Ramos Consulting Services) and partnerships (Bergmann, FSB Architects + Engineers) have expanded its geographic reach and capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture & Design Services
• Energy & Sustainability Services
• Engineering & Infrastructure Services
• Geotech & Environmental Services
• Planning & Advisory Services
• Program & Project Management Services
• Survey & Geospatial Services
• Telecommunications & Site Acquisition Services
• GIS Asset Management Solutions
• vialytics AI Pavement Assessment Platform

Named customers16 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FSB Architects + Engineers (Frankfurt-Short-Bruza Associates, P.C.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Colliers Engineering & Design signed an agreement to partner with FSB, an award-winning architecture, engineering and design firm, expanding aviation and mission-critical services. The partnership strengthens capabilities in these specialized markets.
• vialyticscoreTechnology or Integration · 12 February 2026Colliers Engineering & Design and vialytics announced a strategic alliance to help municipal and public-sector clients modernize pavement assessments and infrastructure planning. The collaboration combines vialytics' AI-powered smartphone-based road imagery analysis with Colliers' engineering expertise.
• Ramos Consulting ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 February 2026Colliers acquired Ramos Consulting Services, a California-based transit engineering firm founded in 2008, to strengthen its U.S. public transportation capabilities. Ramos' senior leadership will remain in charge while becoming significant shareholders in Colliers Engineering under its partnership model.
• MG2coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2024MG2, a global architecture and design firm, has joined Colliers Engineering & Design, a division of Colliers, to expand its services and geographic reach. The partnership enhances MG2's expertise in engineering, site development, civil engineering, and construction management, with MG2's leadership remaining in place.
• TTM Group Pty LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 October 2024Colliers announced the acquisition of TTM Group Pty Limited, a Brisbane-based transportation engineering consultancy, which will be rebranded as Colliers Engineering & Design. This expands Colliers' transportation capabilities across several Australian states.
• HILGARTWILSON, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 May 2023Colliers Engineering & Design acquired HILGARTWILSON, an Arizona-based engineering, design, and survey firm. The deal expands the company's capabilities and presence in Arizona, with full integration expected in early 2024.
• BergmanncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2021Colliers Engineering & Design announced a partnership with Bergmann, an architectural and engineering firm based in Rochester, New York, in September 2021. The deal was expected to enhance both companies' service offerings and support their growth within the A/E industry, with the agreement closing in late 2021.

Scale indicators11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Stantec: Global multi-discipline engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with strong U.S. transportation, water, environmental, and buildings practices — directly comparable to Colliers Engineering & Design's multidisciplinary service portfolio.
• WSP Global: Engineering professional services firm with deep U.S. transportation, water, and infrastructure practices built through aggressive acquisitions — a direct comparable on business model and growth strategy.
• Kimley-Horn: Privately held U.S. planning, engineering, and design consulting firm with comparable disciplines (transportation, land development, environmental, water) and a partnership-style equity model for principals — closely analogous in culture and offerings.
• HDR Inc. Employee-owned engineering, architecture, and consulting firm serving transportation, water, healthcare, and government clients — directly comparable in service breadth and customer mix.
• Tetra Tech: Engineering and consulting services firm with strong water, environmental, and infrastructure practices — a direct peer in the public-sector infrastructure and water engineering markets.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm with comparable water, mobility, and buildings practices serving public and private sector clients — comparable on international scale and multidisciplinary offerings.
• Burns & McDonnell: Employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction firm serving power, transportation, water, and government clients — comparable in full-service multidisciplinary model and public-sector focus.
• Gannett Fleming: Privately held infrastructure engineering firm with strong transportation, water, and geotechnical practices serving U.S. public-sector clients — a direct peer on service mix and customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Much larger publicly traded infrastructure consulting firm with overlapping transportation, water, and environmental services — a broad incumbent competing for many of the same public-sector contracts.
• Jacobs Solutions: Large global engineering, technical, scientific, and consulting services firm with transportation, water, and buildings practices — broad incumbent competing across Colliers Engineering & Design's service lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A8 records

Investments

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