S&Me
S&ME is a 100% employee-owned engineering services firm providing geotechnical, environmental, civil, and construction engineering consulting to enterprise and government clients across the Southeastern United States. Founded in 1973, it operates AASHTO-accredited labs and 12-state DOT prequalification serving transportation, energy, water, manufacturing, and telecommunications markets.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1973
- HeadquartersRaleigh, United States
- Headcount501–1,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What S&Me does
S&ME, Inc. is a privately held, 100% employee-owned engineering services and consulting firm founded in 1973 and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, with 501-1,000 employees serving enterprise and government clients across the Southeastern United States. The firm operates four integrated practice areas — Geotechnical, Environmental, Civil, and Construction Engineering — supported by AASHTO-accredited laboratories, NQA-1 nuclear quality assurance credentials, and one of only two U.S. labs licensed for radioactive-contamination testing of geotechnical materials for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Service offerings span the full project lifecycle from due diligence, drilling and subsurface exploration, and environmental/brownfields assessment through foundation and civil site design, construction materials testing, NDT/NDE, special inspections, coatings, and pavement management (including 200,000+ miles of pavement condition surveys conducted to date).
S&ME's commercial model is fee-for-service professional consulting billed per project scope, priced quote-by-quote on complexity, location, and service line, with no public pricing disclosures. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales executed through regional vice presidents and client development directors across South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, and Virginia, complemented by a campus recruiting and thought-leadership content engine. The firm's customer base is horizontally diversified across transportation infrastructure, energy, water resources, industrial and manufacturing (including EV facilities), telecommunications (3,500+ tower and small cell projects), government, commercial real estate, education, and waste management; notable enterprise engagements include Duke Energy (Great Falls-Dearborn Diversion Dam Bypasses), Toyota (Greensboro-Randolph Megasite), Carolina Panthers, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium, alongside federal EPA Brownfields grant work and DOT prequalification in 12 states.
S&Me firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- S&Me
- Legal name
- S&ME, Inc.
- Website
- https://smeinc.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1973
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 501–1,000 employees
- Short description
- S&ME is a 100% employee-owned engineering services firm providing geotechnical, environmental, civil, and construction engineering consulting to enterprise and government clients across the Southeastern United States. Founded in 1973, it operates AASHTO-accredited labs and 12-state DOT prequalification serving transportation, energy, water, manufacturing, and telecommunications markets.
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S&Me industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Engineering Consulting Services
- NAICS
- Engineering Services (54133), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)
- SIC
- Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling) (IMAKAKAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Inspection Services (Ground, Aerial/Drone, Helicopter, Climbing) (EUADAJAC), Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)
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Where S&Me is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Raleigh
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
S&Me business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Professional Engineering Consulting Services: S&ME generates revenue through fee-for-service professional consulting engagements across geotechnical engineering, environmental services, civil engineering, and construction engineering/testing. Services are billed per project scope, typically involving professional staff hours, laboratory testing fees, field inspection charges, and project-specific deliverables over the project lifecycle from due diligence through construction completion.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels7 records
S&Me product offering
Product offeringCore offering
S&ME is an engineering consulting firm that provides geotechnical, environmental, civil, and construction engineering services to enterprise and government clients. Services span the full project lifecycle from due diligence and subsurface exploration through construction materials testing, special inspections, NDT/NDE, pavement evaluation, brownfields redevelopment, and coatings inspection. The firm operates AASHTO-accredited laboratories and one of only two US labs licensed for radioactive contamination testing for USACE projects.
Product overview
S&ME is an engineering services and consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of geotechnical, environmental, civil, and construction engineering services. The company provides integrated multi-disciplined services including drilling and subsurface exploration, environmental assessment and remediation, construction materials testing, special inspections, NDT/NDE, pavement services, and NQA1 nuclear quality assurance. Services are organized around four core practice areas (Geotechnical, Environmental, Civil, and Construction Engineering) with specialized market-focused offerings in Transportation, Energy, Water, Industrial Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Education, Government, and Commercial Real Estate. The company operates with 100% employee ownership and has served clients since 1973.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Geotechnical Services
Quantifiable outcome
- Over 3,500 telecommunications tower, small cell, and in-building projects completed
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use S&Me
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments11 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
S&Me technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature7 records
S&Me partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Duke EnergycoreS&ME provided geotechnical engineering, environmental design, permitting, and construction materials testing and support for Duke Energy's Great Falls-Dearborn Diversion Dam Bypasses project in South Carolina. This was a multi-disciplined engagement supporting the Owner of the Project.
- LandDesign, Inc.coreS&ME continued involvement under contracts with LandDesign, Inc., the civil engineer of record for the Carolina Panthers Training Facility, providing geotechnical and construction materials testing services throughout design and construction phases.
- Brasfield & GorriecoreS&ME supported the contractor Brasfield & Gorrie on the Great Falls-Dearborn Diversion Dam Bypasses project by providing erosion and sedimentation control (E&SC) design and permitting for their laydown area and project changes.
- Turner ConstructioncoreS&ME provided materials testing and special inspections during construction of the Library and Archives facility ($125 million project) for Turner Construction as part of the Bicentennial Capitol Mall project.
- Thomas & Hutton (on behalf of Richland County Economic Development)coreS&ME provided environmental, geotechnical, and construction materials engineering services for the Scout Motors EV manufacturing facility in Blythewood, Richland County, SC, working through Thomas & Hutton on behalf of Richland County Economic Development.
- Team PainminorS&ME teamed with Team Pain (a skate park design/build firm) to develop the Lakeland Skate Park, working with City staff and local skaters through a series of open houses to create a community-driven design.
- Southeast Tennessee Development District (SETDD)coreS&ME was selected by SETDD to manage a Community-Wide Brownfield Assessment Grant for a coalition of ten counties and three cities in southeast Tennessee under the US EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant Program.
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)coreS&ME supports clients in accessing EPA Brownfields Program grants and manages EPA-funded brownfield assessment programs. The EPA Brownfields Program has provided over $34.4 billion in cleanup and redevelopment funding and leveraged over 170,000 jobs nationwide.
- Regal Entertainment GroupminorThe Baptist Hospital Brownfields site in Knoxville was redeveloped with Regal Entertainment headquarters as part of a $160 million mixed-use project, contributing to the South Waterfront revitalization.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
S&Me competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Terracon Consultants: Terracon is the largest U.S. employee-owned (prior to recent transactions) geotechnical, environmental, construction materials, and facilities engineering consulting firm. It is the closest direct comparable to S&ME across service mix, ESOP-style culture, and reliance on CMT/environmental/geotechnical work.
- Kleinfelder: Kleinfelder is a national engineering consulting firm focused on geotechnical, environmental, construction materials testing, and inspection services—closely mirroring S&ME's core four-pillar portfolio.
- ECS Group of Companies: ECS is a Mid-Atlantic/Southeast-focused geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials engineering firm with similar service lines, DOT prequalification strategy, and mixed public/private client mix as S&ME.
- Haley & Aldrich: Haley & Aldrich provides geotechnical, environmental, and construction engineering consulting with strength in complex industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects—a comparable specialty mix to S&ME's higher-value engagements.
- Braun Intertec: Braun Intertec is an employee-owned engineering, environmental, and construction materials testing firm operating across the central/southeastern U.S., with closely overlapping services and ownership structure to S&ME.
- Geosyntec Consultants: Geosyntec is an employee-owned consulting firm specializing in geotechnical, environmental, and water resources engineering—overlapping directly with S&ME's environmental, water, and energy service lines.
Broad incumbents
- AECOM: AECOM is a global, publicly traded engineering and infrastructure consulting firm that competes with S&ME on larger transportation, environmental, and energy programs and is acquiring regional/specialty firms to consolidate share.
- WSP: WSP is a global engineering services firm expanding aggressively in U.S. transportation, environment, and property markets through acquisitions of mid-size engineering consultants—a top-tier competitor for S&ME on larger pursuits.
- Stantec: Stantec is a publicly traded global engineering, environmental, and project management firm with significant presence across the U.S. Southeast, competing with S&ME across infrastructure, environmental, and community development.
- Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a large, publicly traded consulting and engineering firm with deep expertise in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure—competing directly with S&ME's Water Resources and Environmental Services practice areas.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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S&Me leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles11 records
S&Me funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Frequently asked questions about S&Me
What does S&Me do?
S&ME is an engineering consulting firm that provides geotechnical, environmental, civil, and construction engineering services to enterprise and government clients. Services span the full project lifecycle from due diligence and subsurface exploration through construction materials testing, special inspections, NDT/NDE, pavement evaluation, brownfields redevelopment, and coatings inspection. The firm operates AASHTO-accredited laboratories and one of only two US labs licensed for radioactive contamination testing for USACE projects.
Is S&Me a public or private company?
S&Me is a private company. It is classified as management employee owned and is currently operating.
When was S&Me founded?
S&Me was founded in 1973. It employs 501 to 1,000 people.
Where is S&Me based?
S&Me is headquartered in Raleigh, United States, in the North America region.
How does S&Me make money?
One revenue line is on record: professional Engineering Consulting Services.
Who are S&Me's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Terracon Consultants, Kleinfelder, ECS Group of Companies, Haley & Aldrich, Braun Intertec and Geosyntec Consultants. Broad incumbents are AECOM, WSP, Stantec and Tetra Tech.
Does S&Me have an API?
No public API is recorded for S&Me.
What industry is S&Me in?
S&Me's product category is Engineering Consulting Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAKAKAA, Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling), with a secondary code of EUADAJAC, Inspection Services (Ground, Aerial/Drone, Helicopter, Climbing). Its NAICS code is 54133 and its SIC code is 8711.